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China growth an uneven story: Keating

... dispelled some easy truths about doing business in a region going through an unprecedented growth spurt. "What's happening in China today knows no precedence in world economic history. Never before has one-quarter of a billion people dragged themselves ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... at 16,024.85. HONG KONG - Stocks held steady as investors took a breather after the last session's rally, with losses in China Mobile offseting gains in oil producer CNOOC Ltd. The benchmark Hang Seng index gained 9.06 points or 0.05 per cent to close ...

Star ratings on staff? Only in China

The third largest bank in China, the Bank of China (BOC), has introduced the penultimate in 'customer satisfaction' surveys, asking customers to rate individual banking employees on the spot with a one-star to five-star rating based on service level. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... cent by 2015. The Australian Services Roundtable convener, Jane Drake Brockman, said that Australian service companies in China are finding that operational limitations placed upon them by local authorities could only be addressed by negotiations between ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... about by rising crude oil prices, tensions in the Middle East and the increasing demands by the industrial expansion in China and India. First, there will be a $677 million eight year rebate scheme to assist the conversion of cars to LPG where the government ...

AMP Capital ploughing $260m into Chinese equities

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
AMP Capital Investors has been granted a license giving it access to over 1,400 stocks in China's largest equity market, usually restricted only to domestic Chinese investors. Under the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) license, AMP Capital ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... building industry fell to the lowest point for more than a decade and the number of new permits fell to a three year low. In China the trade surplus reached US$14.6 billion in July which tipped the $14.5 billion of June. China's trade surplus increased ...

CFS GAM in Chinese JV

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... funds management arm, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), has cast a significant vote of confidence in China, investing $7.7 million in a joint venture with a Chinese asset manager. The joint venture, with aims to launch a fund before ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... the lowest close in two weeks as geopolitical worries weighed on investors and the prospect of more cooling measures in China. The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 70.89 points to 16,064.82. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZX-50 was down 28.72 points to 3590.70 ...

Tread carefully in listed property: Perennial

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
... continue rising by 1 per cent a year& Sustained weakness in the US dollar will be very beneficial for property appreciation in China." And with many investment managers casting their nets towards China at the moment, Kwang summarised Perennial's outlook ...