Friday, 24 May 2013

Asia Pacific

  • ANZ trials IBM's Watson in customer service

    12:40 | 24/5/13
    Delimiter
    news Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has revealed it will be one of the first companies globally to trial using IBM's Watson expert data retrieval platform to attempt to enhance the quality of data available to the bank's customer service team ... more»

  • The Lions tight five

    12:14 | 24/5/13
    The Roar
    I think he's incredibly fortunate to tour given the exceptional form that Andrew Sheridan has shown in France this season, but he has a working relationship with Gatland and the Welsh tight five, who are travelling en masse. ... but he has been playing ... more»

  • NIWA: The Task before New MD Ciroma

    12:02 | 24/5/13
    THISDAY Live
    While the former is the capital of Nigeria which serves as the seat of power with many top government offices having their headquarters or liaison offices in it, the latter remains Nigeria's commercial nerve centre besides its enviable position as the ... more»
Asia Pacific Snapshot
CodeNameHighLowLastChange
NZ50NZSX 50 Index4,5964,5774,577120.26%
TWITrade Weighted Index76.3276.3276.320.060.08%
STIStraits Times - Singapore3,4473,3833,393611.77%
NI225Nikkei 22512,50212,44212,494220.18%
HSIHang Seng22,52922,36622,4651540.69%
  
 
Latest Asia Pacific News

  • Kiwi reaches Everest summit for ninth time

    12:01 | 24/5/13
    TVNZ
    The Himalayan Experience guide reached the top of the world's highest mountain yesterday, along with 21 other climbers, including sherpas, in the company's expedition group. Woodward's climb was two days after the ninth ascent of the 8848-metre ... more»

  • Low ball share offer for Dorchester Pacific

    11:54 | 24/5/13
    The Farming Show
    Financial solutions provider Dorchester Pacific is the latest target of a low ball share offer, by Australian company Washington Securities Limited. Dorchester chief executive Paul Byrnes says the offer is for 10 cents per share, more than 60 per cent ... more»

  • Kimco Divests Nine Mexican Assets - Analyst Blog

    11:48 | 24/5/13
    NASDAQ
    By Zacks.com, May 23, 2013, 07:27:45 PM EDT. Vote up. loading ... This retail real estate investment trust (REIT) had a 47.6% interest in the sold Mexican assets, which spanned 2.6 million square feet and were 91% leased. Notably, Kimco's share of sale ... more»

  • Colombia Escalates War on Poor Peasants and Workers

    11:44 | 24/5/13
    Pacific Free Press
    ... I heard Cathy Feingold, the Director of International Affairs for the AFL-CIO, call passionately for a movement to defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would be the largest FTA in the world, including the US, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile ... more»

  • EAST WEST PETROLEUM CORP : East West Adopts Advance Notice Policy

    11:40 | 24/5/13
    4-traders
    Such factors include, but are not limited to: the ability to raise sufficient capital to fund exploration and development; the quantity of and future net revenues from the Company's reserves; oil and natural gas production levels; commodity prices ... more»

  • Markets Live: Stocks set to rebound

    11:36 | 24/5/13
    Sydney Morning Herald
    James Hardie cut to underweight at JPMorgan; Westfield raised to overweight at JPMorgan; Slater & Gordon rated new buy at BBY Ltd; Oil Search cut to buy at BBY Ltd; Henderson Group cut to to neutral from buy at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch; QBE cut to ... more»

  • Nevada mining tax measure heads to voters in '14

    11:35 | 24/5/13
    Truckee Times
    But the industry counters that the net proceeds of minerals tax, which is constitutionally limited to 5 percent, is a property tax above and beyond other taxes that it pays, such as sales and payroll levies. Mining representatives also argue that ... more»

  • Barack Obama: Terror threat has evolved since 9/11

    11:31 | 24/5/13
    Scotsman
    In a major foreign policy speech yesterday, Mr Obama limited the scope of former president George W Bush's global war on terror, sparked by the 11 September 2001 attacks. more»
Global Indices
CodeLastChange
NZ504,577110.24%
COMP3,45940.11%
DJI15,295130.08%
SP5001,65150.29%
DAX7,789911.15%
FTSE6,6971432.10%
NI22512,494220.18%
TWI76.320.060.08%
Most Viewed Stories
Currencies
CodeLastChange
EURUSD1.2920.0010.09%
NZDUSD0.80880.00180.22%
AUDUSD0.96920.00520.53%
NZDAUD0.83510.00060.07%
Newsletters