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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... stoked growing concerns that the global economic recovery is in trouble. Slower Chinese growth in the second quarter as Beijing pared its stimulus spending and reined in red-hot property prices was also taken badly, traders said. The figures added to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... the Nikkei slipped into negative territory in the afternoon. Contributing to the fall were falls in Chinese shares after Beijing denied reports it had loosened controls on mortgage lending, and a strong yen, which trimmed early gains amongst exporters. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... to 857.70. HONG KONG - Hong Kong and Shanghai shares rose following earlier gains on Wall Street and indications that Beijing will ease tightening measures designed to cool the property market. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index closed up 88.77 points ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... without running into serious capacity constraints or macro-economic disequilibria, do they? China will slow but only down to Beijing's target of around 10 per cent growth this year. It will have it -- give or take a few points. Even the International ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... cent - indefinitely without running into serious capacity constraints or macro-economic disequilibria do they? Not even Beijing's diktats. In efforts to slow its economy, China have already tightened rules on property market development and investment ...

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... for more stimulus, Europe for more fiscal tightening and China... it just wanted to be ignored. According to Reuters, Beijing demanded that reference to its exchange rate in the draft communiquA(C) "be removed from the final version". Canada's Prime ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... higher at 20,856.61. Turnover was $HK56.50 billion (c. $A8.33 billion). SHANGHAI - Shanghai closed 0.73 per cent lower on Beijing's decision to scrap an export tax rebate on some commodities and limited moves in the yuan after policymakers pledged to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... for China's smaller second exchange edged up 0.6 per cent to 1,047.56. Euphoria over a rising yuan quickly eased because Beijing's pledge to allow more flexibility for the currency is considered a long-term process. Also dampening the market were European ...

The art of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... announcement for the sham that it was. That it was a stab at trying to prevent the G-19 from ganging up on and bashing Beijing when they convene their gabfest in Toronto in less than a week's time. Look here guys, we've already announced that, "It is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... Bank of China said on Saturday it would "strengthen the flexibility" of the currency, which some analysts saw as a sign Beijing was ready to scrap the US dollar peg and allow the currency to rise. The bank on Sunday doused expectations, however, saying ...