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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... Corp propelled the increases in the Dow industrials after an unexpected rise in the Institute for Supply Management's factory index to its highest level in more than a year. Takeover activity included Canada's largest telephone company, BCE Inc, agreeing ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... 6047.23 points, up 112.96 or 1.90 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average rose 0.62 per cent, as Fanuc climbed on a new factory plan and a weakening yen lifted exporters such as Advantest. The Nikkei added 109.52 points to close at 17,842.29. HONG ...

Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... expanding by 73 per cent in May to US$22.45 billion. This is driving asset bubbles and raising the risk of overcapacity as factory investment heads into excessive levels. Stephen Roach, chief economist, and soon to be Asia chairman at Morgan Stanley ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... Corp and lawnmower maker Toro Co, posted sharp gains after government data showed bigger-than-expected increases in US factory orders. Among the biggest deals of the day was a $US10.6 billion ($A12.84 billion) offer from the Dolan family to take Cablevision ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... including Honeywell and Caterpillar, traded higher following data from the Institute for Supply Management showing national factory activity in April rose to the highest in nearly a year and above economists' median forecast. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... sales rose by a modest 0.3 per cent although in the Germany whose economy is leading the EU along with that of Spain, factory orders rose by a healthy 3.9 per cent. In the US mortgage application for March fell by 3.2 per cent continuing the problems ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... debt. Professor Mitchell notes that while the national labour market was tight, the areas of Sydney typically reliant upon factory work were suffering from a loss of full-time jobs since mid-2005. Within Sydney there has been a loss of in excess of 16,000 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... several years of the double digit regime, though this is now under threat. Japan's industrial production as measured by factory output rose by 1.6 per cent in October as a consequence of a 7.4 per cent increase in motor vehicle and semi-conductor production ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... to 4,995.9 and the all ordinaries gave back 3.1 points to 4,959.4. NEW YORK - US stocks fell after a report on regional factory activity prompted worries about a slowdown in the US economy and corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average finished ...

Daily economic update

... upside, creating doubts over expectations that the US Federal Reserve is nearly finished with its interest rate hikes. US factory orders surged by 4.2 per cent in March following an upwardly revised gain of 0.4 per cent in February. Expectations were ...