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Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

... economic futurist and author Hamish McRae predicts that the US will remain the largest economic hub in the world by 2025 with China a close second but that Australia will be overtaken by India and Mexico. Speaking at this year's Fidelity Investment Forum ...

Water investments the next frontier

... and renewable energy." The report also confirmed that water supplies are rapidly depleting particularly in some parts of China, Africa and the Middle East. It also suggested that water would be potentially priced higher to encourage more efficient use ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... shares, including Mizuho Financial. The Nikkei average gained 38.39 points to end at 18,002.03. HONG KONG - Hong Kong-listed China stocks increased by 1.2 per cent with outlooks for higher steel prices driving Angang Steel up and positive profit guidance ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... is definitely to buy the mining stocks," Mr Anderson said. "We really haven't been rattled by the interest rate rise in China. "Newcrest reported today, and it was a very, very good result. Gold looks pretty perky, so people are pretty keen on the gold ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips nudged ahead 0.3 per cent, a second straight record close. It was a record that came as China stocks moved 1.3 per cent ahead with investors seemingly unperturbed about Beijing's latest interest rate rise. The Hang Seng ...

China's rates up again

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Some call it knee jerk, some call it inevitability, but either way China raised interest rates for the third time since March, by 27bp to 6.84 per cent in an attempt to cool the fastest pace of economic growth in 12 years and combat record inflation. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... Kong blue chips rose on the back of strong Wall Street results in Thursday's US trade and healthy gains in Chinese stocks. China Mobile was pushed higher after record subscriber growth in June. The Hang Seng index finished 275.70 points higher to 23,291.90,adding ...

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
China continues to blitz market expectations with GDP growth in the June quarter coming in at 11.9 per cent, well above the expected 11.0 per cent and their strongest growth since Q3 1994. China's industrial production also expanded by 1.3 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... strong rebound in mainland-listed equities spurred buying interest, with mainland lender Industrial & Commercial Bank of China getting a further boost from a broker upgrade. The Hang Seng Index closed up 103.36 points at 23,057.30. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket ...

Canada next on PIS list

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... Services (PIS) looks set to add Canada to the list of its overseas operations that already include New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Creating momentum for the latest initiative, called Project 500, PIS chief executive officer Robbie ...