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Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... down as better-than-expected US jobs figures were offset by caution ahead of the US presidential election and the start of China's leadership transition. The US dollar remained elevated against the yen and euro after Friday's employment numbers, but ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... consensus on whether or not an Obama re-election is good or bad for his health... so too is a Romney upset. It's certainly not China. Wen's getting what he wants there. Japan? Could be. Its economy is expected to contract again in the third quarter after ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... statistics from Washington follow data out of Asia earlier on Thursday that showed manufacturing slowly picking up, with China seeming to have come to the end of its recent malaise. Tokyo was helped on Friday by a weaker yen, jumping 1.17 per cent, or ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Farmers in China have seen their incomes grow rapidly this year, helping to close a wealth gap between rural and urban areas. It was the third year in a row that the gap has narrowed, according to a Ministry of Agriculture report cited by the state ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... still weak indicators despite the announcements. But look now - the indicators are beginning to turn... almost everywhere. China's official PMI increased to 50.2 in October - the first time its manufacturing expanded (above 50) in three months - from ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... cent higher, gaining 18.58 points to 8,946.87. But Seoul eased 0.71 per cent, or 13.62 points, to 1,898.44. Data showed China's manufacturing activity expanded in October for the first time in three months, adding to renewed optimism that the world's ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Despite concerns over a seismic slowdown in China, the Asian monolith remains a global economic powerhouse responsible for 34% of global economic growth in 2012, according to Commsec economist Craig James. In his keynote address to the AFA Conference ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... audience any bad news, saying that threats to the global economy were over-stated and would survive a possible hard landing in China. While many fear Australia's over-reliance on its mining industry, James pointed out that it accounts for little more ...

RMB to be used in a third of china deals by 2015

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Most China corporations expect one in three of all Chinese trades to be done in Renminbi by 2015, said a survey by HSBC. HSBC also found that 30% (of China businesses) plan to use RMB for investment-related purposes in the next 12 months. Half of all ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith was upbeat about the bank's record $6 billion profit at yesterday's annual result announcement and said the company would target further growth in Asia with acquisitions likely to follow. Smith described the 6% rise in ...