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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... to the yen's strength against the US dollar ahead of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy decision and President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Toyota shares lost 4.26 per cent after the company said it was suspending the sale of eight models ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... way, while mining companies lost ground on fears of lower demand from China. Bank shares also fell after President Barack Obama's pledge last week to crack down on the US banking sector. London's FTSE 100 index rose 16.54 points, or 0.31 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... $2.00, or 3.8 per cent, to $51.30. In the US, financial shares pulled the stock market lower on Thursday as President Barack Obama proposed rules that would limit the types of trading banks can do with their money. Rising unemployment claims and disappointing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... 0.93 per cent, to 4,849.6 points. NEW YORK - Financial shares pulled the stock market lower on Thursday as President Barack Obama proposed rules that would limit the types of trading banks can do with their money. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... that a special election in Massachusetts will take away power from Senate Democrats and make it harder for President Barack Obama to make changes to health care. The vote on Tuesday to fill the seat of late Sen Ted Kennedy could shift power in the Senate ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... an amendment proposed was the establishment of a council of regulators. In his weekly address last week, President Barack Obama applauded the step forward on financial reform. "Even as we dig our way out of this deep hole, it's important that we address ...