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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/china-manufacturing-grows-at-faster-pace-as-economy-withstands-tightening.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-23/china-can-grow-8-for-20-years-to-top-u-s-world-bank-economist-lin-says.html

india likely to be best performing bric economy http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-22/mobius-buying-petrobras-as-emerging-energy-equities-to-rally-1-.html

profit higher than last year (UK profit up , South Africa flat) ......asset and wealth management - "substantial inflows"and "significant momentum"........current sp 20% down on 12 months ago.

all very sad ......but I think stan and other asia banks will benefit in the months ahead from financing the private sector rebuild in Japan

only sense i can make of it is the law firms will be making a fortune....do we know if they are public or private?

yet insurers have been taking a hammering today on this news but probably wont start paying out for many months/years

i would have thought they will need emergency power asap.

terrible events in japan may result in big demand here

this went ex dividend on wednesday , now seymour pierce raises stan to a buy cuts barcs and lloyds price targets

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-02/standard-chartered-reports-full-year-net-income-of-4-33-billion-for-2010.html

and looking forward in 2011 (as you posted below mulledwine) "we have had a record January both in terms of income and profit"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12548766

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/marketreport/8296933/Tub-thumping-bolsters-Standard-Chartered.html

goldmansachs adds isat to its conviction buys

increase taxation on the big banks will affect stan least of all http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=STAN&ArticleCode=fg4w9sp3w0rlfny&ArticleHeadline=UPDATE_4UK_ups_tax_on_banks_ahead_of_lendingpay_deal

now UBS upgrades IMT to buy

upgrade today from S & P equity http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=IMT&ArticleCode=oxrlgpq5eq5cbad&ArticleHeadline=BRIEFRESEARCH_ALERTSP_Equity_Research_raises_Imperial_Tobacco_price_target

in other words he is not sure........just like the rest of us

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201102020700085241A