Can Indonesia be Asia’s star bourse for a third straight year?

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Indonesia’s stock market in 2010 was the star performer among the 10 countries in the MSCI Asia ex-Japan Index for a second straight year.1 So far, however, 2011 hasn’t been

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The Great Sendai Earthquake of 2011

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Perspectives At 2.46pm on Friday March 11, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale occurred off the north east coast of Japan near Sendai, triggering a 10 metre tsunami

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The likely economic/financial impact of Japan’s earthquake

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Key points The Japanese earthquake has caused terrible human suffering. In terms of the economic impact, in the short term it will likely depress Japan’s economy as a result of

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Credit: How Irish is Australia?

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Summary Ireland has gone from financial market darling to a challenging credit in the space of three years. With a similar concentrated banking system that has a high exposure to

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The implications of the floods for Australia

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Key points Like the fires of two years ago the floods have wrought terrible tragedy in terms of loss of life and disruption to people’s lives. Beyond the human suffering

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Investment Briefing – The great experiment

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The world is still working through the aftermath of the credit crisis. While improving economic data and more fiscal stimulus in the US support a positive consensus for 2011, other

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