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Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... increased demand for crude as consumers start consuming again and factories start manufacturing stuffs anew...and then there's China. OPEC. There are indications that although OPEC has not lowered its production quota at 24.8 million bpd, its members ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... OZ Minerals Ltd holds its annual general meeting, following the miner's endorsement of a last minute revised offer from China's Minmetals. On Wednesday, the Australian sharemarket closed at a seven-month high, boosted by major miners, big banks and positive ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... pockets. Good for them and good for the US government as it would, at the very least, ease further strains on its deficit. China should be smiling. The global economy and financial system is in a state of repair. There will be other challenges along ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... rights issue as it scrapped its proposed $US19.5 billion ($A24.32 billion) investment deal with Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco). The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 36.6 points, or 0.93 per cent, to 3971.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was almost one and a half per cent higher at noon on Friday, as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto announced a massive joint iron ore venture, and Rio launched at $US15.2 billion rights issue. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent yesterday because of signs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... Kisen and resource-related shares such as Mitsui Mining and Smelting climbed on the prospect of a recovery in demand from China. The benchmark Nikkei rose 155.25 points to 9,677.75. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index lifted 717.59 points, or 3.95 ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... decide to stay. I pointed to improving dynamics - second derivatives they may be - in the big three economies (US, Japan, China) and how this is improving confidence in Europe and the rest of the world. Sure there were bumps along the way. Some economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... firms such as oil and gas field developer Inpex and shippers like Mitsui O.S.K. Lines on growing expectations of demand from China. The benchmark Nikkei rose 71.11 points to 9,522.5. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index lifted 285.73 points, or ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... independent directors. Other countries are already taking steps to curb excessive spending on exec pay. The Ministry of Finance in China for instance has ordered all state-owned financial institutions to cap pay for top executives at 90 percent of the ...