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BUMPER profit numbers from Apple sent regional stock markets rolling yesterday, although the local bourse lost its enthusiasm half way through the day.
The Straits Times Index was up by 17 points at one stage, but traders took advantage of the higher prices to cash in.
The sell-off sent the STI easing back to close virtually unchanged, 0.61 points lower at 2,711.09, while other regional bourses we… more

THE global financial crisis has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of private banking chiefs for Asia, including China and the Middle East.
Banks targeting wealthy individuals are ramping up their hiring while some senior executives from Europe are re-locating to the region to be closer to their new growth centres.
HSBC group private banking chief executive Chris Meares told a conference at the… more

Consumer confidence in the economy fell in September as worries about job security offset any enthusiasm about the rally in the stock market.

AFP – Oil prices closed mixed Thursday, with a late rally in Wall Street stocks firing up enthusiasm for the New York benchmark contract.