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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... Dow Jones industrial average jumped 0.59 per cent while the S&P500 and Nasdaq both climbed 0.75 per cent. Solomon Lew's Premier Investments has gained 17 cents to $10.00 after the retail group announced its underlying profit rose 10 per cent and further ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Li gets what Li likes. Yes Virginia, I've typed this phrase so many, many, many times -- changed from 'Wen gets what Wen wants when Wen wants it' when Li Kequiang took over China's premiership from Wen Jiabao on 13 March 2013 -- on this space before. ...

Tyndall to adopt parent name

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... for the Australian and New Zealand markets. "We are one company and therefore should share one name globally as Asia's premier global asset manager," said Takumi Shibata, president and chief executive officer of Nikko Asset Management. "The investment ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... target of 3.5%. This would give the Chinese central bank plenty of scope to ease monetary policy if necessary to achieve Premier Li Keqiang's 7.5% economic growth target. Not that the economy needs it, but just in case. China's GDP has already begun ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... demerge its chemicals business. And Wesfarmers was down 16 cents at $42.80 after announcing it had engaged former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett to mediate with suppliers.

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Politburo wants, it gets... or heads will roll (sometimes literally). In his speech before the BOE yesterday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang again (but some just refuse to listen) told us what the politburo wants: "I can promise everyone honestly and solemnly ...

7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
"Do you want fries with that?" Yes Virginia, this moment is at hand. For this time, we get to read Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's thoughts - he penned himself, in english - on the eve of his visit to the land of the English (he's there now). Not about ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... politburo commands, the economy asked "do you want fries with that?" About this time last month during his visit to Mongolia, Premier Li Kequiang declared that, "We should use appropriate policy tools and pre-emptive fine-tuning in a timely and appropriate ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... rent from the new partial owner. They will also have to distinguish between urban and regional distribution traffic. NSW premier, Mike Baird, said the proposal will now form a major plank of the government's re-election platform that will be presented ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... recovered to be up 30 cents at $46.20. Pacific Brands was flat at 51 cents and The Reject Shop was up 22 cents at $8.27. Premier Investments was down 10 cents at $8.23, Dick Smith was down 4.25 cents at $1.9225 and JB Hi-Fi was seven cents lower at $17.78. ...