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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... leaders hit the ground running this week in crunch talks to save Greece from default and tame Europe's runaway debt crisis. BEIJING - China's trade surplus contracted sharply to $US17.8 billion ($A16.85 billion) in August, down from $US31.5 billion ($A29.81 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... more confident that the global economy is in a better state than they had feared. However, a mixed bag of figures from Beijing indicated that while the world's number-two economy was likely to not be heading for a hard landing, the outlook remained unclear. ...

QIC eyes Asian mandates through new ambassador

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... during which time he had helped QIC gain access to high profile Chinese organisations. "Geoff's former role and profile in Beijing will assist with our business development in the region," said David Addis, managing director, corporate strategy, QIC. ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... it'll just continue to grow nicely thank you very much. Those who continue to fret about a hard landing there are watching Beijing through capitalists' eyes - it is not. Continued growth in China translates into continued good news for the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... quarter but higher than forecasts for 9.4 per cent. The news dispelled concerns that a string of interest rate hikes by Beijing would lead the economy to a hard landing, economists said. However, they did warn that prices could be capped by a worsening ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... From a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." Peter Cetera - Glory of Love This tune played in my head when Beijing announced the country's June quarter economic scorecard yesterday - and boy oh boy, it was good. Could you imagine what could ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points in the latest salvo by leaders battling to bring inflation under control. Beijing, which has expressed fears that consumer price rises could trigger social unrest, earlier this year set a full-year target ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Chinese interest rate rise was a further dampener, although commentators put the best view on the announcement by saying Beijing would now likely wait for a while to see how the tightening is working. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... teetering on the edge of the 50 expansion/contraction mark - it fell to 50.9 in June - they should be terrified now that Beijing's slammed the brakes harder. But no, today financial commentators have sided with the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... June from 52.0 in May gave market another case of the jitters. But this should be taken as sunny news as it suggests that Beijing's efforts to prevent the economy from overheating are bearing fruit. All, it seems, are now walking on the sunny side of ...