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Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... investing overseas targeting the region. Significantly, investors have also shrugged off macroeconomic concerns in China and Western Europe, with both regions gaining in popularity in August. Asia, including Japan, is the second favourite destination ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Syria. LONDON - European stocks fell in choppy trade as a US-Israeli missile test rattled nerves and raised expectations of Western military action in Syria. At close on Tuesday, London's FTSE 100 index dropped 0.58 per cent to 6,468.41 points. Frankfurt's ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Li gets" (this used to be "what Wen wants...", but I have to adapt to the new Prime Minister). This is because unlike western democracies, China is centrally-planned.A The central government dictates its plans and businesses, institutions and its citizens ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... alleged chemical warfare attack on its people. LONDON - European stock markets rebounded as fears eased over any imminent Western intervention in Syria and investors switched focus to a possible mega sale in the telecoms sector. With oil prices retreating ...

New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... "Australians Over 60" - the cluster will bring together researchers from Monash and Griffith Universities, the University of Western Australia and the University of Warwick in the UK. The Superannuation Research Cluster will try to determine the optimal ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... problems on http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/34240686 -- have put the Fed's tapering on hold. "The prospect of Western military action against Syria has sent stock markets worldwide reeling. Emerging markets have sold off and oil prices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... using chemical weapons. LONDON - European stock markets fell further as tension mounts over Syria and the likelihood of a Western intervention, which has sent the price of oil soaring. Stocks in energy groups rallied as concern about potential disruption ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... Mirvac's net profit dropped 66 per cent, hit by $273.2 million worth of writedowns of development projects in Queensland and Western Australia. Builder and developer Lend Lease boosted its net profit by 10 per cent, largely thanks to a revenue hike from ...

US foreign exchange group sets up in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... region to oversee all aspects of operations, critical customer relationships and sales functions. He joins Cambridge from Western Union Business Solutions (WUBS) where he served as director of sales for corporate and enterprise accounts. "The remarkable ...