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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Jones industrial average. Stocks traded in a tight range throughout the day as investors weighed the impact of President Barack Obama's $US3.73 trillion ($A3.73 trillion) budget proposal for the next fiscal year. Obama's budget includes a five-year freeze ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... billion. But even bigger than Jobs, Chinese President Hu Jintao is coming to America... and meet and dine with US President Barack Obama at the White House. I could just imagine the polite dinner conversation. BO: More roast beef Mr. President? (Hope ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... out with before they get overly optimistic with the scenario at this point of time," Mr Muller said. "And (US president Barack) Obama talked up the prospects of further fiscal stimulus last night, so it's probably a bit cautious." On Wall Street overnight ...

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
The biggest pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has applauded President Barack Obama's new federal financial reform law that holds credit rating agencies more accountable for their ratings and imposes tougher requirements on hedge funds. The $233 billion-plus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... the economy. More uncertainty was lifted from the market late in the day, when the Senate passed and sent to President Barack Obama the financial regulation bill. A series of disappointing economic reports had sent the Dow Jones industrials down nearly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... final legislation. The bill heads to votes by both chambers in the Democratic-controlled Congress before going to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed. On the economic front, the Commerce Department revised lower its estimate of first-quarter growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... to 4,936.8 points. NEW YORK - Stocks recovered from early losses and closed modestly higher on Thursday after President Barack Obama's speech on financial reform contained no unpleasant surprises. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about nine points ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... misalignments and take corrective action." And this from Reuters, "The U.S. Senate bill adds to pressure on U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration must decide whether to label China as a currency manipulator in a semi-annual Treasury Department ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Australian share market closed modestly higher, boosted by investor reaction to upbeat remarks in United States President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 28.7 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 4,673.3, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
The Australian share market had made marginal gains by noon on Thursday ahead of US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and US December growth figures due on Friday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had firmed 1.1 point ...