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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The Australian market has opened flat as investors gave a lukewarm response to US Congressional Republicans agreeing to temporarily raise the debt ceiling. At 1015 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.7 points, or 0.12 per cent, at ...

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... Expect palpitations ahead as brinkmanship becomes headline. But this will be all over by March. The Democrats and the Republicans will shake hands (at the last minute) and congratulate themselves on a job well done. This gone, businesses, consumers and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... looks set to open higher after the Dow and the S&P 500 hit their best levels since late 2007, helped by news that Republicans might agree to raise the US' debt ceiling. At 0655 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 17 points ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... ceiling and Standard & Poor's took away one A from America's AAA credit rating. This time it's complicated by the Republicans wanting to tie spending cuts - they've already compromised on Obama's tax increases during the fiscal cliff negotiations - with ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... increases and federal spending cuts scheduled to start January 1. President Barack Obama said the White House and Republicans could reach an agreement "in about a week" if the Republicans drop their opposition to raising taxes on making more than $250,000 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... cliff" refers to a series of tax hikes and spending cuts that will come into effect on January 1 if Democrats and Republicans cannot reach a deal. "We've opened slightly higher on the back of a good night on Wall Street," Mr Smith said. "It's also been ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... political sparring over the cliff talks, with traders seeming to presume that the deep divide between Democrats and Republicans will be overcome before the January 1 deadline for implementation of harsh tax hikes and spending cuts. LONDON - Europe's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... negotiations. The fiscal cliff refers to the huge tax hikes and spending cuts that will come into force on January 1 if Republicans and Democrats do not reach a compromise. "We did take a bit of a positive lead from the close of the US session," he said. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... about a recession affecting the country if planned tax hikes and spending cuts come into force on January 1, which Republicans and Democrats are currently negotiating. "Europe economic data is also showing signs of weakness and everyone is a bit scared ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... from $1.2734 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly lower after Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax hikes for the rich as part of a deal to avert a fiscal cliff. Japan's Nikkei surged thanks to a weakening ...