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It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... stated that the USA should be able to keep its AAA "even if the nation's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit isn't raised by Tuesday's deadline" (Bloomberg) - echoing Standard & Poor's statement issued days before. Yes, they were the same ones warning about ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... too extreme but just think of the economic and financial market carnage that's sure to follow if a deal isn't reached by Tuesday next week. But as we Australians say, "she'll be right mate." The US bond market agrees. Yields of 10-year Treasuries have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... 2,766.25. The US Treasury says that if the government's $US14.29 trillion ($A13.01 trillion) debt ceiling is not raised by Tuesday, it could be forced to default on its debts, an outcome seen as all-but-certain to have ruinous effects on financial markets. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... contracts. Global share markets were looking past any positive news and focused on the debt talks in Washington ahead of Tuesday's deadline for the US to raise its debt ceiling and avoid a sovereign credit default, City Index chief market analyst Peter ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... dollar." He said ongoing concerns about the US debt-ceiling deadlock were also dragging the market down. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks fell as the White House said it would object to a Republican plan in the House of Representatives that calls for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... due to release first half results. Macarthur Coal, Atlas Iron, Mirabela Nickel are due to announce quarterly reports. On Tuesday, Australian stocks closed firmer despite the debt impasse in the United States, and made up some of the lost ground from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... by the United States to resolve its debt-ceiling stalemate, which dragged Wall Street lower overnight. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30.5 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 4,560.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was 22 points higher, however, at 4,535. In economics news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens addresses The Anika Foundation in Sydney, and the Housing Industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... week, retailer Harvey Norman releases its second quarter sales results on Monday, Alesco releases its full year results on Tuesday, Australand Property releases its first half results on Wednesday, Macquarie Group holds its annual general meeting on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... to booming sales for iPhones and iPads. In contrast, internet giant Yahoo! plunged 7.6 per cent after it announced late Tuesday that its second-quarter revenue declined 5.0 per cent from a year ago. Europe's debt crisis also hung in the shadows on Wednesday ...