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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... for the second time since December. The Greek lead unsettled Asian markets where investors are already concerned about Beijing's increasing efforts to rein in the booming Chinese economy. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index closed down 1.02 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... 2,979.53 on turnover of 124.8 billion yuan ($A19.79 billion). Banks and property developers had led morning losses after Beijing announced further measures to cool down the real estate market, dealers said. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket regained ...

Grass is greener in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... bidding now, wait till it becomes number two in the world. China's sizzling growth report has again revived accusations of Beijing's "beggar-thy-neighbour" policy, particularly that of keeping the value of the renminbi "artificially" low. As I've said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... also helped sentiment. The gains were pared, however, on uncertainty over the timing of possible tightening measures by Beijing after China said its economy grew 11.9 per cent year on year in the March quarter. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... ($A9.81 billion). Chinese shares closed down 0.51 per cent, weighed by property developers due to lingering concerns that Beijing may introduce further tightening measures to rein in rising real estate prices, dealers said. The Shanghai Composite Index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... profit-taking after most regional bourses had risen five per cent in March. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was due in Beijing on Thursday to hold talks expected to focus on the yuan, with hopes that Beijing may allow its currency to appreciate. ...

Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... is in a strategic location - sitting within an hour's drive from two of the most affluent and populous cities in China, Beijing and Tianjin. OUC currently houses and provides education services to 16 colleges with a total student population of approximately ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... is one of the factors holding the market back from taking off as much and as fast as it wants. Australia has China. And Beijing has its sights on 10 per cent growth this year. It shall be so. Because of China, Australia is growing nicely thank you very ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... whether to label China as a currency manipulator in a semi-annual Treasury Department report due on April 15." Oh, no! Beijing will be labelled a "currency manipulator." We have to bomb the renminbi to restore freedom and justice and whatever it is America ...

Wen has spoken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010