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75% of Chinese financial institutions plans engaging in M&A in Asia
Chinese survey respondents are more eager than the rest of their Asian counterparts to develop new lines of business via M&A.
75% of Chinese financial institutions plans engaging in M&A in Asia
Chinese survey respondents are more eager than the rest of their Asian counterparts to develop new lines of business via M&A.
Taiwan warned on threats of slowing exports to job market outlook
Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate may have remained unchanged at 4.37%, near a three-year-low.
China’s flash manufacturing PMI dips to 49.4 in September
HSBC says the country won’t suffer a hard landing yet as exports growth has expanded over 20% despite the weaker external demand.
Taiwan’s export order growth plummets to 5.3% in August
DBS blames weaker demand from Europe and the US, as manufacturers have cut orders amid rising concerns over the debt crisis.
Property price hikes unstoppable in China
As new home prices rose in all 70 cities for the first time this year.
Asia Pacific lags behind in employee performance management
North American companies came out on top at every basic performance management practice.
India’s inflation alarming at 9.8% in August
The country’s inflation woes clearly won’t go away anytime soon.
Japan’s economy yet to recover from quake
The country’s GDP growth is set to post a mere 1.2% in the second half of 2011, bringing full-year GDP close to 0%.
Philippine exports down 1.7% in July
Even though electronic shipments plunged by 21.3%, all other aspects of exports have been doing well.
India’s industrial production disappoints at 3.3% in July
HSBC blames the volatile capital goods segment for the slower growth in production.
China’s industrial production plunges to three-month low of 13.5% in August
Production activities of heavy industries dropped from 14.5% in July to 13.5% in August.
Outlook for Philippine exports cloudy: DBS
As the export number for July will likely register negative growth of 6.8%, marking the third consecutive month of contraction.
Chinese government debt worrisome at 42.9% of GDP
However, the main problem is that the local government debt is much higher than the central government debt.
83% of fund managers bullish on Asian bonds
And over half of fund managers are bullish on Greater China equities as expectations of monetary tightening and inflationary hikes draw to an end.
Korean telecoms compete for the best bandwidth
As operators go through over 80 rounds of bidding for the auction of the 1.8GHz broadband wireless spectrum.
Outbound M&A hits record value of transactions in Greater China last year
Regional bidders seen to remain acquisitive despite highly volatile, uncertain economy outlook.
India’s core inflation critical at 5.2%
It breached the crucial 5% mark for the first time in 25 months.
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