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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower as Wall Street lost ground on lower oil prices and manufacturing surveys showed slower activity. Base metal prices were stronger overnight in London, however, which could help cap losses today. At ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... of economics and research at the Australian Industry Group, said, "We need to talk about the real economy, like manufacturing. Inside the sectors it can be quite a different story." Pensabene said the economic dark horse is currency. "The story for manufacturing ...

Vietnamese fund draws global attention

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... Stock Exchange. Viet Han Corporation (VHC), one of Vietnam's most prominent players in the telecommunications cable manufacturing sphere, made its debut in the local stock exchange yesterday. VHC traces its roots to parent company Indochina Capital Vietnam ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... quarter. Attributable largely to weaker foreign demand and a record-high euro negatively effecting exports, Europe's manufacturing and services industries expanded at the slowest pace since June 2005. Industrial output fell sufficiently in November for ...

ING PEAL pledges $10m to Wolseley

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... financial backing to the Wolseley Partners Fund II, a fund that will buy controlling interests in mid-sized unlisted manufacturing, distribution and service companies. Jon Schahinger, managing director of ING PEAL, said: "Wolseley operates in a segment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... overnight as financial shares retreated on renewed concerns about the impact of the housing slump. Data showing a manufacturing slowdown fanned worries about the profit outlook. Shares of industrial companies dragged on the market after the Institute ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... inventories, for the September quarter. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for November is due, as is the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for November. In Sydney, the Post-Poll ...

Toy story

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... China's toxic toy story has taken on a new development that will likely impact its lucrative Christmas export trade. Manufacturing remains China's main growth driver, attributable to its spectacularly successful exploitation of low-cost production that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... to 6848. In economic news today, the Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) for October is released, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on international trade in goods and services ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... engine maker Cummins, and lingering fears that more financial shares will be hurt by wider credit spreads. Housing, manufacturing and employment data all pointed to a weakening economy, but the US central bank still is expected to cut official interest ...