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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... main stock markets rebounded as investors welcomed more bright Chinese economic data and the receding threat of imminent military action against Syria. At close on Tuesday, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 0.82 per cent at 6,583.99 points, while ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street, where stocks rose on optimism that a military strike on Syria might be avoided. At 0818 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 11 points at ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Australian stocks have opened lower as investors respond to an increased possibility the US will launch a military strike on Syria. IG market strategist Chris Weston said news that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday lost ground as renewed concerns about a possible US military strike on Syria outweighed encouraging figures on economic growth. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 35 points, or 0.67 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Australian stocks have opened lower as investors respond to an increased possibility the US will launch a military strike on Syria. IG market strategist Chris Weston said news that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a rise in US stocks, although concerns about a possible military strike on Syria cut into Wall Street's early gains. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... China may be coming to an end, while the US dollar climbed back towards the Y100 mark. Easing concerns about a possible military strike on Syria also lifted sentiment and reduced worries over crude supplies, sending prices lower. Hong Kong on Monday ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... quarterly online retail sales index. In Australia, the market on Friday ended higher as investor caution prompted by possible military action against Syria eased. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 42.6 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 5,135 points. The ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... closed higher following an upgrade to US second-quarter economic growth and a shift in expectations away from an immediate military strike on Syria. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 16.44 (0.11 per cent) to 14,840.95 on Thursday. The broad-based ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... creditors and clamp down even harder on recurrent budget expenditure particularly if pressure keeps mounting for increased military expenditure in an even limited intervention into the Syrian crisis. But the bigger influence on the retirement rush is ...