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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... Tuesday from bruising losses a day earlier as comments by Mr Geithner eased market fears about the health of the banking system. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.6 per cent to 7,969.56, the Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 2.1 per cent to 850.08 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... retreated from a sizzling stock rally a day earlier fuelled by a new US government plan to clean up toxic assets in the banking system. The Dow Jones Industrial Average settled 115.89 points lower, or by 1.49 per cent, at 7,659.97.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... retreated from a sizzling stock rally a day earlier fueled by a new US government plan to clean up toxic assets in the banking system. At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 115.65 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 7,660.21, as selling pressures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... and the ultimate price. The Bank of England announced plans to inject STG75 billion ($A163.43 billion) into the banking system by effectively creating money. It also cut official interest rates by half a percentage point to a record low of 0.5 percent ...

BNP turns to games for education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... allows the bank's European based employees to create their own virtual bank and learn more about the international banking system. The game, Starbank, allows employees or players to build a bank in an orbital city set in the future. They must develop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... loans and credit cards. But some said Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments in Congress indicated the banking system is not yet on the mend. The Dow Jones industrial average gave up its earlier gains to close down 37.27 points, or 0.55 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... planning to nationalise banks. The news alleviated some of investors' deepening worries about the economy and the banking system, and the Dow Jones industrial average, coming off its lowest levels since 1997, jumped about 250 points, or 3.5 per cent. ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... time' and why the White House hastened to declare that US authorities, 'strongly believe that a privately held banking system is the correct way to go' is understandable because a democratic, capitalist society does not want to dirty its fingers with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... "We're following the expectations that some of this toxic debt will probably come off the US books or split the banking system to a degree, and we've followed suit." Mr Vaughan said BHP Billiton's surging share price explained much of the domestic market's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... Gains by technology stocks and a partial rebound in financial shares pulled the market higher after fears about the banking system pummeled Wall Street on Tuesday. Quarterly results and forecasts from PNC Financial Services Group and Bank of New York ...