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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... and penalties for rule breakers. The plan, which would bring uniform discipline to government spending, was rejected by Britain, preventing it from applying to all 27 European Union countries. At 0715 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Bright House is not publicly traded. Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (up 0.2 per cent) and Britain's Vodafone (down 1.5 per cent on the Nasdaq). Blackberry maker Research in Motion plunged 9.7 per cent after warning it would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... cent, or 53.45 points, at 2,386.86. In a surprise move on Wednesday the central banks of the United States, the eurozone, Britain, Japan, Canada and Switzerland said they would cut the cost of providing dollars to banks. However, Bank of Japan Governor ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... around the world have been increasingly fearful of. Wednesday's coordinated action by the central banks of Europe, the US, Britain, Canada, Japan and Switzerland greatly alleviated those worries by cutting short-term borrowing rates to banks, giving ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... economy, but says the pain will be much worse if eurozone countries do not solve their sovereign debt crisis. LONDON - Britain will spend STG30 billion ($A47 billion) on major infrastructure projects over the next 10 years to stimulate economic growth. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... index of top shares closed up 0.74 per cent to 5,450.49, despite the Bank of England saying it expected no pick-up for Britain's stalled economy in the current fourth quarter. Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.61 per cent to 5,913.53 points despite reports ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... underperforming Wall Street's indices which rallied by at least 1.58 per cent overnight. US stocks rose due to reports in Britain's The Guardian newspaper that France and Germany are ready to sharply boost the eurozone's rescue fund in a bid to address ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... government financial support. Affected banks slumped, with Royal Bank of Scotland down 4.8 per cent. Moody's said it believed Britain's government was now more likely to allow smaller banks to fail if necessary. Dexia, the teetering Franco-Belgian bank ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... the arm after the European Central Bank announced it would, in cooperation with the central banks of the United States, Britain, Japan and Switzerland, provide three-month dollar loans to European banks. The central bank announcement boosted the euro ...