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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... watching." The Shanghai Index fell to 3940 points about 1130 AEST from China's Friday night close of 4030. The People's Bank of China's raised official interest rates on Friday by 18 basis points to 6.57 per cent, the fourth increase since April 2006. ...

China's market party gets louder

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... hiking 81 per cent since the start of the year. In a recent survey of 20,000 households conducted by the Peoples Bank of China, 30.3 per cent said they intend to invest in stock and funds. With banks offering at best 3 per cent on savings, for them the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... chips were mostly higher across the board, bolstered by a record close on Wall Street, with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China gaining as investors cheered its latest quarterly results. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 130.51 points or 0.64 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... at 18,157.94, but investors were cautious ahead of the Fed and Friday's trading debut of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ended just marginally positively as investors awaited the central bank's announcement ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... by strong demand for what should be a record $US19 billion initial public offering by the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. The benchmark Hang Seng Index swung in and out of negative territory within a narrow 135-point band before settling up 39.09 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... Toyota. Despite this reluctance talks are still continuing between the various groups. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is in talks with Indonesian Bank Halim over taking control of the medium sized institution. This would be a first for China ...

Star ratings on staff? Only in China

The third largest bank in China, the Bank of China (BOC), has introduced the penultimate in 'customer satisfaction' surveys, asking customers to rate individual banking employees on the spot with a one-star to five-star rating based on service level. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
... KONG - Stocks ended down 0.62 percent as recent gains in mainland banks triggered profit-taking in lenders like Bank of China, whose shares debuted in Shanghai to a strong reception. The benchmark Hang Seng index closed down 101.80 points at 16,267.18 ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
... month. The data indicates strengthening domestic demand in the country which could ultimately prompt the People's Bank of China to raise interest rates anew in its battle to cool down the overheating economy.

Aussie fund frontrunner for Bank of China $12bn float

Investors in a little known Sydney-based fund Premium China Fund could become the early beneficiaries of the Bank of China's initial public offering (IPO), one of the most widely anticipated and sought after public floats of the decade. China's second-largest ...