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Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... increased by 26% to US$1.04 billion - the first ever - this Black Friday from the same day last year. It's same old same old for China. No big changes apart from the PM-in-waiting, Li Kequiang, spelling out his plans for greater urbanisation... and this ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... annual general meetings scheduled. National Australia Bank chairman Dr Michael Chaney and Rio Tinto's managing director for China Ian Bauert are among the speakers due to address the University of Western Australia In The Zone conference. In Australia ...

Thank you, xie xie, arigato

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... Australia, the market on Thursday closed higher on Thursday, with positive manufacturing data out of the US overnight and China during the day promoting positive investor sentiment. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 43.6 points, or ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... With no local economic data scheduled for release on Thursday, many investors would be watching manufacturing data out of China later in the day for some direction. "Of course, if we get a strong reading, this would help support the notion that China ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... aging population is most acute in developed economies such as Japan, Germany and the rest of Europe but is also apparent in China. An aging population creates a funding crisis where fewer workers must maintain a larger number of retirees and can have ...

Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... across Premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang's article on the 'People's Daily' yesterday, it might not be same old same old for China. According to Blooomberg, Li wrote that, "... the nation must deepen its rural-urban population shift to support growth while ...

Final hour fiscal cliff verdict will be reached: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... opposed to tax increases. Europe continues to crawl forward with its fiscal adjustments. Fears of a global slowdown see China ease substantially to stabilise its growth outlook. With slower economic activity in the short term, commodity prices fall initially ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... Reserve's recently announced QE3 policy, which is aimed at lowering mortgage costs," he said. "Meanwhile, the news from China shows signs of the economic slowdown having bottomed," he continued. "The latest purchasing manager's index of manufacturing ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... hasn't come yet. But, the euro penny would drop... on Greece's begging bowl... eventually. Reports that the People's Bank of China is moving towards convertibility of its currency? It'll be good. One more currency to bet on and accusations of currency ...