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Seven signs of the end of an empire

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... global leader in technology, acknowledged Thomas - but for most of the factors, many have already come to pass. "If you go to China today and look at some of the advances being made in technology in China and India, you can argue today that America is ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... world) will begin to realise that the money they're playing with is Mickey Mouse-minted money. Maybe they have...already. China et al are starting to protect their coffers by diversifying into other currencies not minted by Mickey. The rise and rise ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... cent, to 9,770.31. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed up 0.70 per cent, led by Chinese banks, as sentiment was buoyed by China President Hu Jintao's pledge to boost domestic demand. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 156.06 points to 22,553.63. WELLINGTON ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... hanging around the big economies of the US, the UK, Japan and the Eurozone. And this could still all end in tears. But while China -- the economy that matters most to Australia - continue to grow, expand, accumulate and stockpile resources (and they ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... the region is not expensive but it's no longer cheap. This recovery and ability for emerging market-based companies across China, India and Asia to navigate the global financial crisis better than developed market firms has definitely been noticed by ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... falls some more. Foreign investors worry. Perhaps the only thing USA Inc. could hope for is for foreign investors (listen China) to believe the mantra that 'it is in nobody's interest to see the US dollar collapse'. This may be true. But wait till China ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... banks led gains after a series of ratings upgrades from Moody's and Credit Suisse on the major lenders. ICBC and Bank of China ended at two-year highs. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market failed to catch a wave of optimism that lifted other markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... to finish at 3,785.49. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average shrugged off weak US jobs data to rise 0.2 per cent on Monday, with China-linked shares such as Kubota Corp up on hopes Chinese economic indicators due later this week will be good. But gains were ...

December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... driven by strong shipments of coal and gold. No prizes for guessing who the biggest buyer of our exports was. And yes, it is China followed by Japan then South Korea and then India. Together these four countries alone take roughly 55 per cent of our ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... economic activity further eroding its ability to repay. Are we about to see the next stage of the change in economic order? China buys the debt that the US government bought from its financial institutions? It might also want to pick up UK Inc for trimmings. ...