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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
The Australian share market is making strong gains on signs in the US of progress in negotiations to raise the country's debt ceiling. Republicans have held talks with President Barack Obama, enough to send global markets higher, even though the talks ...

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 7 (going by the US time zone)...and counting. Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it Virginia? Wall Street's back to the seesaw - up or down depending on every single blah US politicians' invoke over the shutdown and the debt ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
Australian shares are firmer despite the continuation of a US Congressional stand-off over budget negotiations. Wall Street and European equity markets dropped overnight as the partial US government shutdown entered its third day. But the local market ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders nervous amid relentless partisan squabbling over a US budget bill to avert a partial US government shutdown. At 0759 AEST on Monday, the September share price ...