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Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed at a six-week low, with better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data unable to inspire investors. HSBC's purchasing managers' index for China, released on Monday, slipped to 50.8 in November ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... was quiet on Friday due to the Thanksgiving public holiday. But, he said, better-than-expected official Chinese manufacturing figures, released over the weekend, had provided a small boost to the local market, especially mining stocks. "That was somewhat ...

Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... "We've been looking for a circuit breaker in the last four days - we were hoping it was going to be the Chinese manufacturing data," he said. "Ironically, it came from the US where the good data was cheered overnight." All sectors of the local market ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... said it was considering tapering its stimulus in the coming months, while the mining sector was hit by poor global manufacturing data. News that first time claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest level in two months failed ...

Crowe Horwath appoints chief executive

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... chief financial officer for over six years. Prior to that, he had an extensive career in chartered accounting and manufacturing. "We are confident that under his leadership Crowe Horwath will leverage its strong distribution network as the largest of ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... were in a bubble, despite strong gains this year. Markets meanwhile shrugged off a fall in the Fed's Empire State Manufacturing business condition index for November, which dropped to a negative 2.21 from a positive 1.52 in October, the first time in ...

Feds speak Fedspeak yet again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013

BAC chair to speak at CEDA annual dinner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... an adviser to state and federal governments. The Business Advisory Council, which includes representatives from manufacturing, agriculture, services, information and resources sectors, will meet with senior members of government three times a year. The ...