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BOBisms

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... 0.8 per cent in August following an upwardly revised 1 per cent gain in the previous month. Similarly, output in manufacturing climbed by 0.6 per cent after again, an upwardly revised 1.4 per cent increase in the previous month. Sure industrial production ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... especially if the positive trend in retail sales continues. Maybe production has already started? The Empire State manufacturing survey jumped to 18.9 in September - the fastest in nearly two years - from only 12.1 in August. But many in the market remain ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... White House acquiesced to the demands of the steelworkers union, what's stopping US footwear, clothing and other manufacturing industries from demanding, 'me too!' It took more than a decade for the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to be repealed and replaced ...

FTSE4Good deletes 15 from series

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... for failing to meet human and labour rights and environmental criteria. Japan-based companies Canon, Ibiden, Koito Manufacturing, Stanley Electric, Toyoda Gosei and US company RR Donnelly & Sons were deleted from the series for not meeting human and ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... her a Miss or a Mister), risks assets are running on high levels of good news testosterone. We have seen the ISM manufacturing index rebound to growth territory last week and the August Beige Book - a survey of America's 12 Federal Reserve Districts ...

AMP hires former ING Aus exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... launching the BT Wrap service as senior vice president business development. Paul Sainsbury, director of product manufacturing at AMP, said the appointment reflected the firm's commitment to broadening its distribution channels.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... about how well Japan's newly elected Democrats will be able to govern and ahead of US indicators, including the ISM manufacturing index that was due later on Tuesday. Turnover for the Tokyo exchange's first section fell to Y1.2 trillion ($A15.24 billion) ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... what the index is at, at this present time. But the latest reading from the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing survey gives me greater confidence that the US recovery, and by extension the world - will be V-shaped. The ISM manufacturing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... news on Tuesday, the Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers release their Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for August. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals data for July and balance ...

Dead cat bouncers dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... news in the US labour market is consistent with previously released reports - from jobless claims, to housing, to manufacturing - announcing that, "Elvis has left the building!" But as I've often warned, "one swallow does not a spring make." It was true ...