
UPDATE 1-S.Korea NPS denies Sydney building purchase
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- Mon 23 Nov, 03:31 AM
SYDNEY/SEOUL, Nov 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) denied a report of its pending purchase of an Sydney office building, but its overseeing ministry said the fund had received an investment proposal from the preferred buyer of the property.
Egypt's Beltone Financial sets up Libya subsidiary
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By Shaimaa Fayed
TRIPOLI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Egyptian investment bank Beltone Financial has begun operations in Libya, hoping to take advantage of a potential boom in new share offerings, a company official said on Sunday.
Investment firm Chieftain Capital to split -WSJ
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NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Chieftain Capital Management, an investment firm with about $3 billion in assets, is breaking up following a rift among its managers, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday.
Taiwan stocks almost flat; Mediatek weighs
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- Mon 23 Nov, 02:54 AM
TAIPEI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks inched down 0.06
percent on Monday as uncertainty over the strength of economic
recovery and consumer spending triggered selling in tech
heavyweights such as Mediatek
As of 0152 GMT, the main TAIEX share index had fallen
0.73 points to 7,682.24.
'We are still waiting for the next batch of data to tell us
more precisely how technology companies' sales will turn out, '
said Tom Tang, a vice president at Masterlink Investment
Advisory.
'But before those numbers come, foreign investors are going
to want to pocket gains in tech shares.'
Chip designer Mediatek, the most-active stock by turnover,
dropped 0.76 percent, while UMC, the world's second
largest contract chip maker, declined 0.63 percent.
UPDATE 1-Sembcorp Industries in $1 bln Oman JV deal
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- Mon 23 Nov, 12:28 AM
SINGAPORE, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Singapore's Sembcorp Industries has signed a joint venture deal with Oman Investment Corp to build a water and power project worth $1 billion.
Business coalition calls for firm CO2 treaty
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- Sun 22 Nov, 05:35 PM
The private sector investment needed to tackle climate change will not be made without a binding international deal on carbon emissions, according to the head of a big business coalition.
INDICATORS - Egypt - Nov 22
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--- INTEREST RATES ---
Latest Date Pvs Rate 4 weeks ago
91-day T-bill yield 10.116 24/11/09 10.06 -----
182-day T-bill yield 10.360 17/11/09 9.974 9.896
266-day T-bill yield 10.810 24/11/09 10.219 ----
273-day T-bill yield 10.469 17/11/09 10.211 9.781
350-day T-bill yield 9.806 1/9/09 9.794 10.273
357-day T-bill yield 10.528 17/11/09 10.239 10.237
364-day T-bill yield 10.981 24/11/09 10.263 10.242
Central bank (CBSU.PK - news) discount rate 8.5 2/8/09 9.0 9.0
Central bank o/n deposit 8.25 17/9/09 8.5 8.5
Central bank o/n lending 9.75 17/8/09 10.0 10.0
Overnight interbank 8.263 19/11/09 8.280 8.268
--- MONTHLY DATA ---
Month Pvs Yr ago
Countrywide CPI change Oct 12.8 10.2 21.2
(year-on-year, percent)
Countrywide CPI index Oct 145.6 142.8 129.2
Urban consumer prices Oct 13.3 10.8 20.2
(year/year, pct change)
Urban consumer price Oct 144.4 141.3 127.5
index
Core (Berlin: LJ1.BE - news) inflation Oct 6.5 6.3 22.3
(year-on-year, percent)
Producer price index Sept 152.4 152.8 163.3
Foreign reserves ($bln) Oct 34.03 33.51 35.03
Oil output (mln tonnes) Sept 2,889 2,974 2,891
Suez Canal ($mln) Oct 398.9 382.5 467.5
Money supply M2 Sept 8.99 7.1 14.07
(pct change yr/yr)
--- QUARTERLY DATA ---
Q4 2008/09* Q3 2008/09 Q4 2007/2008
(*provisional figures)
(all in millions of dollars)
Trade balance -5,680 -4,866 -6,626
Exports 5,915 5,658 8,518
Oil 2,416 2,607 4,552
Non-oil 3,498 3,051 3,966
Imports -11,595 -10,524 -15,144
Net services 2,878 2,158 4,170
Goods and services balance -2,802 -2,708 -2,456
Transfers 1,807 1,790 2,945
Current account balance -994 -918 489
Capital account 702 -1347 3,933
Net errors/omissions -743 469 -3,916
OVERALL BALANCE -1,035 -1,796 506
Q4 2008/09 Q3 2008/09 Q4 2007/08
Tourism receipts ($mln) 1,832 2,188 2,393
Q1 2009/10 Q4 2008/09 Q1 2008/09
GDP growth (percent) 4.9 4.7 5.8
--- ANNUAL DATA ---
2008/2009* 2007/2008 2006/2007
(*preliminary figures)
Real GDP growth (% change) 4.7 7.2 7.1
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ($mln) -3,378 5,420 5,282
Trade balance -25,173 -23,415 -16,291
Exports 25,169 29,356 22,018
Oil 11,005 14,473 10,108
Non-oil 14,164 14,883 11,910
Imports -50,342 -52,771 -38,308
Net services 12,502 14,966 11,771
Goods and services -12,671 -8,449 -4,792
Transfers 8,247 9,338 7,061
Current account -4,424 888 2,269
Capital account 1,381 7,558 853
Net errors/omissions -335 -3,025 -2,160
--- LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS ---
Standard & Poors BB plus (non-investment grade)
Moody's Ba1 (non-investment grade)
Fitch BB plus (non-investment grade)
* The base for the index has been changed to January 2007
Other notes:
1. Fiscal year is July-June.
2. Data from Central Bank except for the following.
Dubai reshuffles board of state investment unit
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AFX
- Sat 21 Nov, 06:46 AM
DUBAI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The ruler of Dubai has reshuffled the board of the Investment Corporation of Dubai, the state conglomerate that owns Emirates airlines, naming two of his sons as directors, a decree posted on his website showed.
Mexico FDI plunges 37 pct in first 9 months of 2009
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AFX
- Sat 21 Nov, 02:55 AM
MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Mexico plunged 37 percent in the first nine months of 2009 as the world financial crisis bit into capital flows, according to data released by the government on Friday.
Synthos buys shares worth $93 mln in two firms
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AFX
- Fri 20 Nov, 05:49 PM
WARSAW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Polish chemicals maker Synthos has bought shares in bathroom fittings producer Cersanit and developer Echo Investment for a total 260 million zlotys ($93 million), the companies said.
Glance-UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
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Bankers, regulators eye next generation of CoCos
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Year-end positioning, Ukraine worries hit stocks
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Russia's VEB prepared to finance AvtoVAZ -Ifax
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Vital Signs: Plenty of Support for Housing [at BusinessWeek Online]
01:24 PM
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Stock Picks: Intel, Texas Instruments
01:24 PM
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Stocks Fall on Stronger Dollar, Weak Techs [at BusinessWeek Online]
01:24 PM
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Zigzagging to Business School [at BusinessWeek Online]
01:24 PM
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Dell Stock Gains May Slacken [at BusinessWeek Online]
01:24 PM
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GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks fall and dollar gains
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TABLE-Russia Oct capital investment down 17.9 pct y/y
12:15 PM
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China Exim Bank, Bulgaria FIBank to fund projects
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Nomura Asset to suspend subscription of REIT fund
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Vladimir Putin and Germany's Gerhard Schroeder at a Moscow investment forum
11:13 AM
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Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans
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Glance-UPDATE 1-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
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UPDATE 1-Prodesse to wind itself down, sell assets
10:05 AM
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TABLE-Russia Jan-Sept FDI $10 bln, down 48 pct
09:15 AM
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GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks and dollar both gain
09:10 AM
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F&C Private's NAV edges higher
08:46 AM
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Nan Shan sales agents protest in Taipei after owning firm AIG sold its local unit to Hong Kong-based Primus Financial
08:32 AM
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A woman passes the offices of Nan Shan Life Insurance in Taipei
08:32 AM
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Caledonia unveils new FD
08:00 AM
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ShareCast]
Canny trades benefit RIT Capital
07:54 AM
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UPDATE 1-Kenyan Centum H1 pretax profit slides
07:34 AM
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Seoul shares flat; LG Elec rises, chipmakers fall
07:27 AM
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Kenyan Centum H1 pretax profit slides
07:05 AM
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The previously announced sale of a 70 pct stake had been held up by lawsuits
05:58 AM
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Burkle buys Barneys New York debt - WSJ
05:34 AM
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Seoul shares seen lower on U.S. fall, econ worry
11:57 PM
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Citadel funds rebound 60 pct but still in the hole
11:02 PM
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UPDATE 1-US SEC watchdog: revamp exam process post-Madoff
08:43 PM
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JPMorgan lands Cazenove in buyout
06:31 PM
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UPDATE 2-Standard Bank sees corp. defaults remaining high
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UPDATE 2-Nine countries warn Hungary over corruption
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UPDATE 1-Nine countries warn Hungary over corruption
04:46 PM
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BRIEF-Moody's cuts Interregional Investment Bnk (Russia)
03:49 PM
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STOCKS NEWS US-Volatility index lights up as stocks slide
03:46 PM
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STOCKS NEWS US-Expiration may have bearish tone-analyst
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stronger dollar weakens gold, equities fall
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