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"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Australian dollar, Australians can afford to - so much for those claiming weakness in spending. We're spending on Capital goods (up 10.5%), Intermediate goods (up 2.3%) and Consumption goods (up 0.6%). But real gross domestic income has fallen by 0.3% ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... potential retaliatory measures by Russia are set to cloud the investment climate in Germany. The 4.6% drop in domestic capital goods orders (May/June versus March/April) points in this direction - even though special factors may have overstated the impact." ...

Acorn appoints former Citi portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... manager/analyst to the Australian microcaps team. Dalling, who will be responsible for the financials, REITs and industrials - capital goods sectors, joins the company from Citi where he was head of the emerging growth team. His earlier roles include ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... after Wall Street and European market posted strong gains overnight and the Australian dollar continued to slide. "Capital goods, health care and financial services could go on a tear, with the dollar falling and will raise earnings optimism for the ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... foreign cars. Imports of autos and auto parts rose 10.4 percent to an all-time high of $25.3 billion." "Imports of capital goods, such as computers and industrial machinery, also hit a record at $44.7 billion. And imports of food products hit a record ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... also helped the market. Most sectors were higher with Caterpillar, up 3.3 per cent, leading a strong surge by major capital goods firms. Apple gained 2.1 per cent a day after founder Steve Jobs reappeared from sick leave to introduce the new iPad 2 on ...

China proves resilience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Chinese companies were mostly solid and in line with expectations, with key earning drivers coming from the financial, capital goods and utilities. "If you take the MSCI China, its earnings growth was about 16 per cent year-on-year on the back of a 4 ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... bribery and corruption risks. The investors asked companies from eight sectors, including defence, construction and capital goods, to explain whether their anti-corruption management systems adhere to frameworks developed by the International Corporate ...

AMP Cap add resources as fund placed 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Badethalev as a portfolio analyst. Castillo will be responsible for a number of sectors including building materials and capital goods. He has more than eight years experience in company analysis and strategy including two years at CSR as a senior analyst ...

Instos to spend big in India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... Management vice president and fund manager Aashish Wakanker, said the bank was allocating towards engineering and capital goods because of the country's infrastructure shortfall. "This expected growth in infrastructure is not for tomorrow's demand but ...