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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... January this year for which the latest data is available. Continuing the raft of economic reforms that have been coming out of China recently, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has said that it will restrict foreign investment in real estate in addition ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... annualised when data is released later this week. The target inflation band in the US is now 1-2 per cent. The realignment of China with its medium term goals has continued with news that aluminium production is up nearly 41 per cent, refined zinc is ...

Opportunities in China twice that of India: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
A survey of money managers attending the Asia Funds Form conference found that 41 per cent believe China is the best opportunity in the region, more than twice the 18 per cent who believe the best opportunities are in India. Fourteen per cent believe ...

Global economy usurps local risks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... Because of this, Dutton saw many reasons to be positive on the global outlook. "There'll be strong growth in Europe, Asia and China & it's a structural thing, not a cyclical thing - I think that's where some are getting mixed up." However, Dutton warned ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... flooding the American market which now is the major source of the record Chinese trade surplus. The unpopular response of China was to tie their currency to a basket of currencies as opposed to pegging it to the $US.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... Barclays Plc and others might take over the Netherlands' largest bank, ABN AMRO. Today, a Telstra briefing is held from China on SouFun Holdings, while Bridgestone Australia will vote on whether to privatise its operations. Australian stocks closed slightly ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
China has announced that its prime lending rate will rise by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... and a weaker yen against the US dollar. The Nikkei rose 183.50 points to 16,860.39 HONG KONG - Blue chips rose as gains in China Mobile offset falls in HSBC. The benchmark Hang Seng Index increased 132.51 points to 18,969.44. WELLINGTON -NZ Stocks were ...

Australian M&A activity surges to record high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... Thomson Financial found nearly one-quarter of all M&A deals were done without adviser intermediaries. Another shock was that China M&A activity decreased 7 per cent last year, revealed Thomson Financial.

Asia Pac fin services IT spend reach $2.3 trillion

... services market is the leader for total IT spending and the server market is no exception, especially in emerging markets like China and India," said Jennifer Wu, research vice president at Gartner. "Many financial institutions in mature markets like ...