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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... suggested that the IMF was not too useful during the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and that the inclusion of countries such as China, Korea and India in discussions would be on the agenda for the next G20 meeting The government has moved to double the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... and other oil companies climbed on strong crude prices, helping to recoup some of the previous session's losses following China's move to raise interest rates. The blue chip Hang Seng index gained 141.87 points to finish at 17,149.75 on turnover of HK$21.8 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... since last Tuesday. HONG KONG - Stocks skidded 1.86 per cent, their biggest one-day percentage decline in two months as China's move to raise interest rates unsettled investors, prompting a broad sell-off. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 322.82 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... expansionary nor contractionary. Australia's farmers have continued to lobby the Federal Government for a free trade agreement with China with exports to China increasing three-fold in the last decade, according to the National Farmers Federation (NFF). ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... and utility shares. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell 0.45 per cent with investors cautious before the earnings report by China Mobile, while oil stocks dropped on the lowest crude prices in nearly eight weeks. The benchmark Hang Seng index shed 77.98 ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... about by rising crude oil prices, tensions in the Middle East and the increasing demands by the industrial expansion in China and India. First, there will be a $677 million eight year rebate scheme to assist the conversion of cars to LPG where the government ...

MacarthurCook shares up five-fold as FUM tops $1bn

... the coming years for LPTs in the south-east Asian region. "We are particularly interested in what's happening in Japan, China and in Singapore." Michelle Baltazar

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... of insurance recorded a decline of 1.5 per cent per annum," said Rudd, highlighting that financial exports to Asia, and China in particular, "barely registers at all." Despite this, recent Rainmaker data suggests the growth in overseas sourced FUM is ...

AMP Capital ploughing $260m into Chinese equities

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
AMP Capital Investors has been granted a license giving it access to over 1,400 stocks in China's largest equity market, usually restricted only to domestic Chinese investors. Under the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) license, AMP Capital ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... building industry fell to the lowest point for more than a decade and the number of new permits fell to a three year low. In China the trade surplus reached US$14.6 billion in July which tipped the $14.5 billion of June. China's trade surplus increased ...