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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after Wall Street plunged as lacklustre reports on Chinese and US manufacturing activity added to concerns about economic growth and emerging-market economies. At 0845 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... December, the ANZ job advertisements series for January is due out as is the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, both for January. In equities news, JB Hi-Fi, Country ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Australian shares are weaker, following surprisingly weak Chinese manufacturing data. The HSBC purchasing managers' index on Thursday showed Chinese manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in January, with a reading of 49.6, down from December's ...

Li likes 7%, maybe 7.2%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... set to open lower, taking its lead from Wall Street which is down one per cent after weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing figures. At 0855 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 31 points at 5,197. No major economic ...

There's the good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... cut between now and 2015" (AFR). Like Ford Australia - which only last May announced it's shutting down all of its manufacturing operations by 2016 - before it, Holden's had been kept alive through the kindness of Australian taxpayers. And for our largesse ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... economic growth of 0.5 per cent in the last quarter of this year, the Bank of France said, citing a "clear" rise in manufacturing and deliveries in most sectors. The euro climbed to $US1.3723 from $US1.3705 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... Sentiment was also hit after eurozone data highlighted falling retail sales, and slower-than-expected expansion in the manufacturing and services sector. But European stocks pared their losses after mixed US data sent Wall Street higher as markets continued ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell following Wall Street's losses after a better than expected US manufacturing report heightened speculation that the Federal Reserve will begin winding down its stimulus this month. Japanese shares bucked ...