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Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... risks to price stability" and therefore, the ECB would "inevitably" need to "rebalance our monetary policy stance". As for China, the question is not when but when again. It again raised borrowing rates on 8 February - the third hike in four months. ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... up to the better life their comrades at the politburo promised. And as an aside, the clamour for democracy also spread to China just as we heard on yesterday's news. Remember the Tiananmen Square incident? Yes, this happened in 1989 at the height of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... trading overnight, with nervousness stemming from unrest in the Middle East and concerns over possible economic tightening in China contrasting with positive economic news in Europe. With US markets closed for a public holiday, there has been no lead ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Libya and Yemen and is now threatening to head eastwards into Asia. The Age website reports that, "CHINA has cracked down on activists as a call circulated for people to gather in more than a dozen cities yesterday for a ''Jasmine ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... the CAC 40 was up by 0.12 per cent to 4,157.14 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX gained 0.29 per cent to 7,426.81 points. China's central bank announced on Friday it would raise the amount of money banks must keep in reserve as it struggles to keep ...

Asian funds invest more in Taiwan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
Fund managers in Asia are predicting big things for Taiwan as improving relations with China look set to open the door to a wealth of investment opportunities. While concerns persist in Asian markets over rising inflation and central bank tightening ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... government spending take their toll this year. And then there's inflation. It's risen so fast in emerging economies, including China, that authorities there are tightening their respective policies, including China. But while the fear of inflation had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... Shanghai gained 0.10 per cent, or 3.06 points, to reach 2,926.96, its highest since December 14. The gains in Hong Kong and China were capped after the municipal government in Beijing imposed fresh restrictions on home-buyers in the latest attempt to ...

Grass greener for local bourse without SGX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... would open the doors for Australian investors to tap into Asian equities is flawed. "If the ASX wanted to get closer to China and Chinese listings, and they really believed that then they should go and merge with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange," he said ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... inflation is due to higher energy and food prices which are expected to ease later this year. Reports that inflation in China rose by a less-than-expected 4.9 per cent in January from 4.6 per cent in the previous month was unable to calm market nerves ...