Archive for January 15th, 2010

The latest market prices, brought to us by I-Net Bridge, and read by Lindsay… »

Liston Meintjes conducts the last predictive piece, and hopefully the most definitive. Liston reviews his ideas of a year ago, and casts a cautious eye on a year that may well surprise us all. Our resident market veteran is in conversation with Lindsay… »

Factory output is slowly recuperating, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest manufacturing report. The nation’s manufacturing output increased 0.7% m/m in November, exceeding consensus expectations for a 0.4% contraction. On an annual basis, the pace of contraction moderated to 4.7% from 9.6% in October. The improvement was mostly due to higher production of petroleum, chemical… »

Johannesburg, Jan 14 (Sapa) - Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in South Africa dropped 61
percent in 2009, independent M&A intelligence service Mergermarket said on Friday.
2009 saw a total of 85 deals valued at US6.8 billion in South Africa, a decrease of 61 percent by value and 42 percent by volume from 2008.
In 2008, there were 146… »

— The Minister in the Presidency: National Planning, Trevor Manuel, briefs media regarding the call for nominations to serve as Commissioners in the National Planning Commission.
— Weekly treasury bill auction.
— Miranda Minerals Holdings holds AGM.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR:
After a slow start to the year, activity on the South African financial markets is… »

In celebration of England’s ineptitude in Jo’burg on Thursday, here’s some more that characterise the lot of the Barmy Army
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Haiti faced a second round of tragedy yesterday as the earthquake-ravaged country struggled to handle even the first trickle of the vast amount of international aid heading its way.

Relief flights were turned back from Haiti’s tiny airport, the port remained closed and most of the capital’s infrastructure has been destroyed. Angry Haitians set up road… »

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve officials are more confident the U.S. economy is moving toward self-sustaining growth, giving urgency to discussions about the tactics and timing of an exit from record-low interest rates.

Kansas City Fed Bank President Thomas Hoenig said Jan. 11 the central bank should end purchases of mortgage-backed securities because the… »

Efforts to reduce very high debt levels in the U.S. and other big economies will likely force widespread belt-tightening in the world economy and bring about very slow growth over several years, according to a new study.

The study from the McKinsey Global Institute, a think tank attached to the consultancy firm, suggests that the process… »

SINGAPORE — Asian shares were mixed Friday, with technology stocks leading the gainers after a solid earnings report from Intel.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.2%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.8%, South Korea’s Kospi Composite was up 0.7%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.1% the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.6% and India’s Sensex… »