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Ideas count and Australia is up to 69,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... nations despite being on the edge of the economic abyss still control 56% of the world's new ideas. Australia's ranking of sixth with 36,000 patents over the decade for a 0.6% market share is reasonable, but compared to our 2% share of the world economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... from July to 44.5, the lowest since April 2009. And in Europe, consumer and business confidence also slumped in August, the sixth consecutive monthly loss, according to a European Union poll, as the region continues to struggle with its debt crisis. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... markets were similarly mixed. In Europe, eurozone consumer and business confidence also slumped in August, falling for the sixth consecutive month as Germany, Europe's powerhouse economy, tanked, an EU survey showed. The decline resulted from a "broad-based ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... is Japan's subsequent downgrade and yet another prime ministerial re-shuffle as the Cherry Blossom nation tries out its sixth prime minister in just six years. The next layer in the global bond market maze is which country owns the debt each country ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... the news Noda defeated Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaeida in a second round of voting to effectively become Japan's sixth new Prime Minister in five years. The US dollar edged up to 76.69 yen from 76.65 in Tokyo afternoon trade. The voting came ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... Chinese banks' deposit base frozen. China lifted the reserve requirement ratio for large banks to 21.5% on June 20, the sixth hike this year. For small and medium banks it is now set at 19.5%. In 2005 the rate was less than 8%, with the massive hikes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... ended up 0.26 per cent, Bangkok edged up 0.80 per cent, on the eve of national elections, and Mumbai rose 0.81 per cent, its sixth straight day of gains. WELLINGTON - New Zealand's sharemarket ended the financial year with a bang, riding a rising tide ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... Kong ended slightly higher, adding 20.01 points to 22,061.78 and Shanghai ended flat, gaining 0.97 points to 2,759.20, its sixth straight session in positive territory. Seoul pared early gains to close 0.36 per cent down, by 7.38 points, at 2,062.91. ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Bloomberg's market headlines this morning: U.S. Stocks Decline as S&P 500 Has Longest Slump Since 2009 European Stocks Drop for Sixth Day; UBS, Kabel Deutschland Slide German Stocks Drop to Seven-Week Low; Kabel Deutschland Falls Asian Stocks Decline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Ordinaries index was down 32.4 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,608.7. NEW YORK - US stocks ended in negative territory for the sixth time in a row on Wednesday amid fresh signs of trouble for the US economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...