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Asian economies holding up: Merrill Lynch
AFI1, Singapore
Asia's strong economic growth will persist despite an ailing US economy as the region diversifies its export markets and a new breed of young and wealthy citizens drive consumption, investment bank Merrill Lynch said Wednesday.
Inflation is a bigger risk to the region than a slowdown induced by a recession in the United States, the world's biggest economy, said Timothy Bond, Merrill Lynch's chief Asia economist.
Despite a global credit crunch resulting from a crisis in the US housing market, Asian economies expanded 9.5 percent and China grew 11.5 percent in the second half of last year, he said at a Merrill Lynch conference in Singapore.
In die first quarter of this year, the region is expected to grow a slower but still robust 9.0 percent, and China 10.5 percent, he said
Central bankers urge more action to cut risks in forex trade
AFP, Basel Switzerland
Central bankers on Tuesday urged that more action be taken to reduce risks when settling foreign exchange transactions, according to a report published by the Bank for International Settlements.
Of 3.8 trillion dollars (2.5 trillion euros) in daily foreign exchange settlements, 32 percent or 1.2 trillion dollars were still settled by traditional correspondent banking and thereby subjected to a risk that a transacting party might renege on the payment, said the BIS.
"The financial services industry has made significant progress in dealing with foreign exchange settlement risk.
"However, more can and should be done to tackle remaining exposures and to guard against the risk of reversing the progress that has already been achieved," said Timothy Geithner, president of the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
India mulls steel makers1 plea to remove export duty
PTl, New Delhi
Indian government is "seriously considering” doing away with export duty after steel makers lowered prices to help contain inflation.
“The demand of the steel producers on rolling back the export duty is under consideration and a decision is expected
• soon,” Steel Secretary Raghav Sharan Pandey told PTI. Inter-ministerial consultations are on in this connection.
, During their meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week, steel producers pledged to lower prices Of flat products by Rs 4,000 a tonne and prices of reinforcement bars and structural steel by Rs 2,000 and hold the price line forthe next 2-3 months.
Tin price hammers record high above $25,000
Al P, London
( The price of tin hit a historic high on Tuesday above 25,000 dollars per tonne as the base metal was supported by dwindling global supplies and production problems, traders said.
On the London Metal Exchange (LME), the price of tin for delivery in three months surged to 25,300 dollars -- the highest point since 1989 when it was re-introduced on the London market.
The new record beat the previous high of 24,602 dollars that was hit on April 24.
"Tin prices continue to post impressive gains and have hit yet another fresh all-time high of 25,000 dollars per tonne... moving closer towards our short-term price target of 27,000 dollars," said analysts at Barclays Capital in a note to clients.
S Korean market finally to get a taste of BlackBerry
AFP, Seoul
South Korea has opened its restricted telecommunications market slightly to allow the BlackBerry to go on sale but only to corporations and not individuals, officials said Wednesday.
Officials of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Korea Communications Commission said they would no longer apply software rules governing cellphones to the BlackBerry - one of the world's most popular smartphones.
SK Telecom, the country'a largest telecom service pro-• vider, said it would offer BlackBerry services as early as August.
The BlackBerry integrates a cell phone with a personal digital assistant (PDA), allowing users to browse the Internet, use e-mail and make calls. It has proved a big hit with business executives worldwide.