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Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... government's latest fiscal dole-outs. Wall Street sat on the fence overnight as investors await the approval of US President Barack Obama's proposed stimulus package. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the legislation tomorrow morning (Australian time). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... stocks rallied late in trading, powered by the banking sector on expectation the US congress will approve President Barack Obama's plan to stimulate the recession-hit US economy. In London the FTSE 100 index added 15.74 points, or 0.37 per cent, to close ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... according to Bloomberg, the ugly US payrolls number in January 'would force Congress to reach a compromise on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package'. The employment report showed that 598,000 more jobs were lost last month - the biggest ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... market value as buyers have long vanished. This is perhaps why US equities took as positive rumours that President Barack Obama's latest stimulus package could include the creation of a bad bank - an 'Aggregator Bank' -- that will buy and stock illiquid ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Global equity markets will remain volatile, the cost of oil will rise and US President Barack Obama's popularity will wane are just a few predictions from this year's CLSA Feng Shui Index. Asian investment and brokerage group CLSA's Feng Shui Index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... index closed at 3283.6. NEW YORK - US stocks eked out small gains Monday in choppy trade as investors eyed President Barack Obama's stimulus plan weaving through Congress. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.47 points (0.48 per cent) to settle at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... investors are looking for insights into what steps the new administration will take to shore up the economy. President Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee, Timothy Geithner, was on Capitol Hill for his Senate confirmation hearing. He asked Congress ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... well-crafted political rhetoric?' Read the full text of President Obama's inaugural address and you decide. President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have ...