Australia

There are two ways to view Australia’s quarterly rise in gross domestic product, revealed to a largely incredulous world on Wednesday. The glass-half-empty reading is that Australia, far from being different from the rest of the globe, is merely lagging it.

http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200903/24/P200903240266.htm

CE's speech at luncheon of Credit Suisse "Asian Investment Conference" (English only) (1) (with photos/video)
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ABN Amro has launched a new range of stock market indices, designed to outperform traditional benchmarks with the aid of market timing. The new indices, which will be independently calculated by Standard & Poor's, will be called the ABN Amro Alpha range.

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