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Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... it will revise a government regulation and increase penalties on various forms of price speculation, such as hoarding of goods and price manipulation, to stabilize consumer prices." And that, ""There have been heightened expectations of an interest rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... higher at 4,735 points. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases International Trade in Goods and Services and Retail Trade data, both for September. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries releases car sales figures ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... term, if the proceeds are used to fund infrastructure projects that boost productivity. Improved infrastructure to transport goods, services, capital and labour around the country could help the economy deal with surging demand for exports, and a rising ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... resources sector. By providing a study on the low to middle class, the report also gives investors an idea on which consumer goods stocks could go ballistic over the next few decades. It also hints at how international equities portfolios should look ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... economy. Just have a look at Australia's trade statistics. Based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' International Trade in Goods and Services July report, China accounted for 23.1 per cent of Australia's total merchandise export for fiscal year ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... bolster its economy by increasing exports and reducing demand for imports. At one stroke of a pen, tariffs on over 20,000 goods imported into America were raised to record levels. Many economists argued that the sharp decline in international trade after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... leading the market, materials are also coming back a little," she said. "The US market had a strong result due to the durable goods data, despite the fact there is still concern about unemployment." "Locally it is running on the back of that sentiment." ...

Investors eye $650bn 'niche' asset class

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... shows. According to the latest Mercer report, the shipping industry is responsible for moving 90 per cent of the world's goods, generating annual global revenue of more than $656 billion. Capital and lending opportunities, however, dried up after the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... up 74 points at 4,567. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international trade in goods and services data for July, and the Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender of $1 billion of Treasury ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... action, investors would be looking at the details of the US external account and find that Americans are buying more imported goods. Imports increased by 3 per cent in the month. Consumers are consuming. The Fed's action undid the optimism that had slowly ...