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Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... decline. Weak US growth unusually certain? European growth, too, looks unusually certain. The Markit Economics composite purchasing managers index of services and manufacturing in the Eurozone rose to 56.7 in July from 56 in the previous month. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... hour. Economic news didn't offer investors much incentive to buy. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said growth in services businesses slowed last month. Its services index fell to 53.8 from 55.4 in May. Economists ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... leading economic index for China to show a rise of only 0.3 per cent -- the slightest gain in five months. China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell from 53.9 in May to 52.1 -- weaker than median analyst forecasts of 53.1. Certainly, China's slowing ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... line. But similar weakening in the manufacturing indices in China and Europe are no good future indications. China's Purchasing Manufacturers Index (PMI) fell to 52.1 in June from 53.9 in the previous month. The Eurozone's PMI fell to 55.6 from 55.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... sentiment, the Bank of Japan's tankan, initially helped limit declines but this effect faded after data for China's purchasing managers' index, which fell to 52.1 in June from 53.9 in May. The benchmark Nikkei shed 191.04 points to 9,191.60, its lowest ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... very low demand, suggesting that European banks are able to source funding through the capital markets. The Chicago purchasing managers index declined to 59.1 per cent in June from 59.7 per cent in May. This is within market expectations and indicates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... China eased in May, indicating a slowdown in the world's third biggest economy. The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI, or purchasing managers index, fell to an 11-month low of 52.7 last month from a revised figure of 55.2 in April, indicating the recovery ...

NAB gains more time on AXA deal

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... between retail investment platforms. NAB needs ACCC approval for the proposal to proceed. The proposal involved NAB purchasing all of AXA Asia Pacific and divesting the Asian business to AXA SA. Separately, following the ACCC's decision, researcher Roy ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... fell by 23,000 in March. This is a bad sign. Bad! Because markets expected a 40,000 increase. Bad PMI! The Chicago Purchasing Managers index fell to 58.8 in March from 62.6 the previous month. A decline to 61.0 was expected. But is it really that bad? ...

Count buys DKN stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... merger of DKN and Lonsdale in November 2007. Count Financial has also been busy buying financial planning businesses, purchasing a 25 per cent stake in NSW-based Evolution Advisers through its subsidiary, Countplus, in August last year. In July, Countplus ...