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ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... welcome due to their history and other cultural issues. Indeed this was why Australia played a central role in the formation of APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, in 1989. ASEAN nations collectively represent approximately A$1.4 trillion in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... housing finance data for July. The Australian sharemarket closed slightly higher on Friday, led by resources stocks, but the APEC public holiday in Sydney kept trading light. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 27.4 points to 6278.4 and the All Ordinaries ...

APEC Public Holiday

... that today is a public holiday for the Sydney metropolitan area to coincide with the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit. The Financial Standard daily newsletter will resume on Monday, September 10.

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... residents are being given the big heave-ho. It's all the security forces can handle just keeping things nice (and clean) for the APEC visitors - those invited and those not. At last estimate, the security bill for APEC had blown out to $170 million - ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The APEC party is getting under way but unless you're one of the 21 world leaders or part of the entourage, don't expect an invite. Organisers have for months been sending out not-so-subtle hints for locals to stay away or better still just leave town ...

Marketwrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... the reporting season had been a mixed bag, so some stronger reports should see more confidence in the market, he said. "The APEC summit next week might quieten things down a bit," he added. Both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rose more than two per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... Banking Corp chief executive Dr David Morgan will speak at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch and Australia's Ambassador to APEC, David Spencer, will speak at an American Chamber of Commerce briefing on the issues to be addressed at the APEC Leaders' ...

Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... South Wales's is set to receive a government-sponsored boost in September as Sydney residents are given the big heave-ho. The APEC summit of world leaders, to be held from 7-9 September, is expected to cause traffic and transport chaos in the Sydney ...

Australia highlights support for ongoing APEC meeting

... presented to the Financial Standard by the office of Alexander Downer, the minister for foreign affairs, Australia's support for APEC in the ongoing meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, was highlighted in this country's Individual Action Plan (IAP). Australia's ...

APEC launches five-day Investment Mart

The five-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Investment Mart has kicked-off today in Bangkok, Thailand, ahead of the 21-nation group's leaders meeting slated for October 18-21. The Investment Mart was established in 1989 and is in response ...