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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... detection of plutonium at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, which was crippled by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a devastating tsunami on March 11, raised new worries over the extent of a partial meltdown of fuel rods. However, the Nikkei recovered from its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... limit to 696 yen. Shares in the utility have fallen to below a third of their value before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeastern coast and knocked out the cooling systems of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Dangerous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... buying amid signs some of Japan's biggest companies are closer to resuming production after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 101.12 points to 9,536.13, while the Topix index added 3.43 points, or 0.40 per cent ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... include: the floods and cyclone in Australia, the earthquake in New Zealand, tensions in the MENA region, the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear incident in Japan and revived worries over Eurozone debt, and monetary policy tightening in emerging economies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Co's (TEPCO) troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site. Japan on Wednesday said the cost of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami could hit Y25 trillion ($A304.9 billion), more than double the 1995 Kobe quake and nearly four times more than Hurricane Katrina. ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... the finish. And fears that the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged in the massive earthquake and tsunami earlier this month, could get even worse dampened sentiment overall. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... uncertainty into the minds of many investors, already struggling to factor in the effects of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami and the associated nuclear plant crisis there. In London, downbeat data set a disappointing tone on the eve of the British ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... ($A24.53 billion) into the money market, as it continued its emergency fund provision following a devastating earthquake and tsunami. Shortly after, the Australian dollar dropped 0.15 US cents. National Australia Bank senior economist David de Garis ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... United Nations - started bombing Qaddafi's bum off his throne. And by the looks of it, they may have to unleash a military tsunami not only in Libya but in most of the MENA region. Here, for instance, are today's headlines from theage.com's World section ...