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ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... could boost employment, export and trading activities between Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan and its neighbours, including China. ADB's board of directors has approved two program loans of $96 million respectively to both Armenia and Georgia, along with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... October 6. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed up 1.97 per cent on Thursday, supported by gains in heavyweights HSBC and China Mobile. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 404.47 points to 20,899.24. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market took ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... mark, rising to 50.8 in July - the highest level since March 2008. This is good news all around. But there's better news in China where its PMI clocked its third consecutive month of above 50 reading, increasing to 52.8 in July. The question now is ...

Christmas in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... credit availability, offshore demand, etc.? And what about economic conditions? That's improving too. We've already seen China's GDP jump to 7.9 per cent in the second quarter from 6.1 per cent in the first. We know that Britain's real GDP improved markedly ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... demand. But the same bright outlook for the global economy is also a positive for gold as consumption demand, particularly in China and India, revives. Note that easing risk aversion of the past few months has propelled commodity prices - and what is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... advisor Michael Heffernan. The market was "motoring along very strongly" at noon, he said, despite continuing worries about China and low commodity prices overnight weighing on the resources sector. The major miners were lower, with Rio Tinto shares ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... bond issuances to raise capital of around USD$11 billion, according to data compiled by dealReporter. Hong-Kong listed, China-based companies as well as Indian companies are expected to take an active part in some of the new issuances. However, whether ...

The dragon stumbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
What's this? Wall Street dipped because China's stock market tumbled and commodity prices slumped? Here's Bloomberg's leader, "U.S. stocks fell for a second day as plunging Chinese shares and commodities stoked speculation that the surge in equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... up 25.98 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 10,113.24. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed 2.37 per cent lower on Wednesday as China counters tumbled after a slump on the Shanghai bourse. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 489.04 points at 20,135.50. ...

AMP Capital targets Japanese savings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... said the plan is to broaden the range to capitalise on the demand for higher returning income products and use its QFII China licence to market Chinese equity products. "The personal financial assets held by Japanese citizens is actually larger than ...