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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... fluctuated in a narrow range after Lowe's Cos and Campbell Soup Co reported higher earnings but reminded investors a recovery among consumers is expected to be slow. Stocks drew some support from news that oil field services company Schlumberger Ltd ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... expected in the fourth quarter, Japan remains mired in deflationary conditions. The United States economy cannot sustain its recovery. Shucks! Sovereign debts are rising everywhere. Woe is us! Financial markets were spooked. Nothing seems to be going ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... make it quite fitting that on this day -- the first anniversary of the disbursement of the stimulus from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - the Obama administration is congratulating itself for a job well done. The fiscal and monetary ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... In his prepared remarks, Dr Bernanke said "accommodative" monetary policies were still needed to sustain an economic recovery but the central bank can exit from its stimulus "at the appropriate time." Bernanke, also said that the Fed was considering ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... jumps in first half profits. BHP Billiton unveiled first half profit up 134 per cent, but said it remained cautious about recovery and end demand for metal products remained sporadic. BHP Billiton shares were 91 cents higher, by 2.28 per cent, at $40.76 ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... dollars in the red, what does this make of Australia's rating? The Financial Review reports that the country's economic recovery has delivered "a A$7 billion to the budget bottom line" leading some economists to predict that the budget deficit would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... stocks were lower on Monday but trading in a tight range as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting sovereign debt in Europe. US stocks have traded erratically in the past four weeks as investors pondered over ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... to hold their own strike on the 10th of this month. Hard place. Increase government spending to sustain the economic recovery and the nation's sovereign credit rating suffers. Downgraded credit rating equals higher interest rates equals weaker economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... at a three-month low, as investors worried that they had been overly optimistic about the pace of the global economic recovery. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 107.3 points, or 2.32 per cent, to close at 4,514.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...