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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... as investors locked in profits in recent high-fliers like telecoms firms, with many eyeing the US Treasury Secretary's Beijing visit for the outlook for the yuan. The benchmark Hang Seng index ended down one per cent, or 188.98 points, at 18,718.19. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... 0.99 per cent after key US data showed a healthy job market, while China Mobile led a rally in telecoms on hopes that Beijing is close to granting 3G licences, offseting losses in HSBC. The Hang Seng index ended the day 184.67 points higher at 18,924.66. ...

US slowdown won't hurt China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... McCormack, head of Asia sovereigns at Fitch ratings, told the Global Structured Finance Conference 2006 Asia, being held in Beijing this week, that a sharper fall in China's economic activity will be avoided despite expectations of a US slowdown next ...

CFS GAM in Chinese JV

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... Corporation (Cinda) will hold 54 per cent. With 40 newly hired staff already on board and offices set up in both Shenzen and Beijing, CFS GAM's chief executive officer, Warwick Negus, is placing confidence in the domestic Chinese retail market. "This ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... 15,859.45. HONG KONG - Stocks closed down just over half a per cent, with foreign investors cautious amid cooling measures by Beijing. The Hang Seng Index fell 105.88 points to 15,857.89. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket edged into negative territory ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... government has permitted its currency to break above this psychological point and has prompted speculation that authorities in Beijing would allow a faster appreciation of the yuan in exchange for not being labelled a currency manipulator by the US Treasury. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... KONG - Stocks closed up nearly half a per cent, boosted by property issues, but H shares fell on mounting concerns that Beijing could curb China's rapid investment. The Hang Seng index rose 70.19 points to 16,742.85. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
... up more than half a per cent as investors snapped up recent decliners such as China Mobile and shrugged off fears that Beijing could act to slow its economy. The Hang Seng index ended up 94.89 points at 16,672.66. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ...

CBA says in talks with China bank, Jinan, on cooperation

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2004
... (CCBs) in China by assets and is located in the capital city of Shandong Province on Chinas eastern seaboard, south-east of Beijing. JNCCB has total assets of approximately $A4 billion. CBA said this is the first time an Australian bank has entered the ...

Servcorp upgrades profit forecast by 35%

... the 2003 financial year. Mr Mouffarrige said Servcorp had opened two new offices in Tokyo, was building a new centre in Beijing and will complete new serviced offices in Nagoya in December, three months before the city is due to host World Expo. AAP