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China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... Australia's in trouble too and Asia and commodities and commodity exporting countries and China's main trading partners - South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, US, Australia, Germany. Not so according to the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department division chief, Steven ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... creating and exploiting digital markets. Only 2.3% of retail sales are online, compared to 10% in the UK and 13% in South Korea. The country's enterprises are inconsistent in their application of digital technologies to drive efficiencies. While Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... sell-off. Sydney shares were given a lift by data showing Australia's unemployment rate had eased slightly, while South Korea became the latest country to cut interest rates as it struggles to fight off deflation. Tokyo rallied 1.43 per cent, or 267.59 ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... this year..." on 5 February....and then, there were 24 with the addition of the central banks of Poland, Thailand and South Korea since - and this doesn't track those that have already double-dipped like the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Reserve ...

HLB Mann Judd launches Asia-focused business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... company has also appointed a head of Korea practice to focus on opportunities HLB Mann Judd is already developing in South Korea. "Our aim is to be a one-stop-shop for our clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region," Chew said. "Australia and New Zealand ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... potential for future opportunities under the Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). New Zealand and South Korea were also prominent investment sources in the Asia Pacific region contributing 14% ($4.3 billion) and 3% ($1.0 billion) to ...

Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... just 53% compared to a global average of 70%. The Australian results are on par with the UK and Germany, with only South Korea ranking lower on trust (at 47%). Contrasting other industries, 78% of respondents trust their supermarket while 71% trust the ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... rage that was the NICS - the newly industrialised countries of Hongkong (long before the 1997 handover to China), South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. I did my own, dig, dig, dig for data and found that... Lant & Larry could be onto something. The economies ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... slightly weak start, with resources stocks again among the worst performers. But he said with markets closed in China, South Korea and India for public holidays, trading volumes were likely to be light. "That could keep volumes quite light so there may ...