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Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Stop the clock! A deal has been forged in Washington! Yes Virginia, it again played out as scripted - after so much grandstanding, with both sides holding their ground and a lotta hullabaloos...an agreement was struck...at the last minute. Were it not ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 15 and counting...2 days to go till the US debt hits the ceiling. So what else is new? True to form...and recent history, it looks like the political powers in Washington will again take it to the limit. US President Obama must be wishing ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 14 and counting...3 days to go till the US debt hits the ceiling. But wait! There's news just out. Washington, it seems, is gonna kick the can a little farther. It won't be 22 November as reported last week, it'll now be 15 Feb 2014. Reuters ...

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets as traders reacted strongly to signs of a deal in Washington to avoid a dilapidating US debt default. At 0807 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian market is set to open lower ahead of the release of official jobs figures. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,117. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September labour ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian stock market has opened lower for the fourth straight session as concerns about political gridlock in the US hit investor sentiment across the globe. A standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress has already caused the partial ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank, White House officials have said. If confirmed by the Democrat controlled US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold the post in the institution's 100-year history, replacing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets as the US budget standoff enters its eighth day with no end in sight, stoking worries of a catastrophic default. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Australian stocks are slightly lower as concern about the political deadlock in the US continues to weigh on investors. Stock markets across the world have been in decline for most of the past couple of weeks due to the standoff between Republicans ...