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AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... approved and put in place. Congress this morning rejected the bail-out legislation 228 votes to 205 after two-thirds of Republican legislators dismissed the bill's pre-conditions on Wall Street as inadequate, reported the New York Times. The failure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... remained on edge after the Bush administration's proposal for a $US700 billion banking bailout ran into opposition from Republican and Democrat congressmen alike. The Dow rose 121.07 points, or 1.10 per cent, to 11,143.13. But broader indicators were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... edge on Friday after the Bush administration's proposal for a $US700 billion banking bailout ran into opposition from Republican and Democrat congressmen alike. Stocks ended mixed, with big financial companies lifting the Dow Jones Industrials index ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Federal Reserve vice chair, was even reported to have said Paulson should be fired for the ill-thought proposal while Republican Senator Jim Bunning told the Senate Banking Committee the bail out is "financial socialism, and it's un-American". Rupert ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... flow onto other product areas especially since the Democrats now have a majority in the US Senate and support for the Republican government is at an all time low. Growing protectionist sentiment in the US may be expected to expand internationally as ...

CalPERS boss given marching orders

... activism and the actions of CalPERS over the past few years. However business groups and the California branch of the Republican Party deny any lobbying had taken part to remove Harrigan but did criticise him for using his post at the fund to promote ...