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Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Despite growing fears about a decline in manufacturing, Asia is underpinned by resilient domestic demand and strong growth in intra-region trade, according to Fidelity. Asian economies are less dependent on OECD countries than in the past, said David ...

China needs active management: Fidelity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... five-year plan. "The key aim of the plan implemented in 2011 was social harmony and to move the economy or growth from a manufacturing, fixed asset base to an economy driven by consumption and services. "Hence when you look at the positioning of most ...

Return to surplus may hit big business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... moving along as best as possible through the global economic uncertainty." Identifying retail, services, tourism and manufacturing as sectors struggling in current conditions, El-Ansary said the Treasurer's assessment that a surplus budget will make ...

China's consumption underestimated

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... two regions for growth; they have to depend on the intra-region growth that is happening. "China is experiencing manufacturing challenges, wherever China can seize market share they have already done it, they cannot go out and do anything new anymore." ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... Those thinking it would point to last night's worse-than-expected drop in the Institute for Supply Management non-manufacturing index. The index dropped to 53.5% in April. Although it indicates that America's service sector continued to expand last month ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... mostly fallen following more weak jobs data from the United States and Europe as well as figures showing euro zone manufacturing falling for a ninth straight month. Seoul fell 0.20 per cent, or 3.94 points, to 1,995.13 and Hong Kong shed 0.28 per cent ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... London's FTSE 100 index fell 0.93 per cent to close at 5,758.11 points, a day after climbing higher on robust US manufacturing data. In Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.42 per cent to 3,226.33 points but in Frankfurt the DAX 30 shed 0.75 per cent to 6710.77 ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Street 1st of May gain was prompted by a better than expected update of the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index - it rose to 54.8 in April from 53.4 in the previous month when most are expecting a decline to 53.3 - and of course ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... market looks set to open higher, following the lead of Wall Street which rose on the back of better-than-expected manufacturing figures and encouraging construction data. NEW YORK - A better-than-expected read on US manufacturing in April and encouraging ...