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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... piling up in a late-session selloff amid renewed concerns about the strength of the budding global economic recovery from recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 72.47 points (0.66 per cent) to 10,897.52 when markets settled, extending a ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee - the courage to announce that the recession is likely over. He might be correct. Nay, he is correct. Data trickles in coming months would both confirm or question this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... moved higher Monday after economic reports posted encouraging surprises that fueled hopes the struggling recovery from recession is gaining traction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.48 points (0.43 per cent) to 10,973.55, extending Thursday's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... to government figures showing that Japan's economy is recovering more slowly than previously thought from its worst recession on record. The Nikkei-225 index climbed 101.03 points to 10,664.95 while the broader Topix index of all first section shares ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... experts. The perennial bear, Nouriel Roubini, predicts that the S&P 500 could drop to 600 or lower this year as the global recession intensifies. Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg joined the chorus and also forecast a similar level for the S&P ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... initial estimate of a 6.2 per cent gain. This is to be expected and typical for an economy that is just coming out of recession as output increases (up 7.6 per cent) while wages remain flat or decline (down 5.9 per cent) as a result of poor labour market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... department said. Analysts said that if the jobs picture fails to improve, that could spell trouble for the recovery from recession. But some said the figures may have been skewed by bad weather and that the trend still may be improving. LONDON - European ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... spike in gold prices, arguably to new record highs, said GFMS. Investor demand will come amid fears of a double dip recession, continuing huge government deficits, very loose monetary policy and a belief that "...notable, if not runaway, inflation is ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... revisions to the labour stats, the BLS now estimates that a total of 8.4 million jobs were loss since the start of the recession - more than a million more than the previous estimate of 7.2 million. Something for the bulls. The unemployment rate dropped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... said. "BHP and Rio are also contributing to the market." On Wednesday, News Corp said it was emerging from the global recession with "renewed vigour and strength", reporting net profit in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 of $US245 million ($A276.46 ...