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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... points, or 4.22 per cent to 4,794.6, while the broader All Ordinaries climbed 183.2 points, or 3.96 per cent, to 4,814.5. NEW YORK - Financial markets uneasily awaited a US Senate vote on the government's proposed financial sector bailout early this ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... however, as Congress again votes on the bail-out legislation. Christopher Page, Rainmaker managing director, said from New York this morning, that Congress will reconvene immediately after the Jewish New Year public holiday on Thursday, which coincides ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... points, or 4.3 per cent, to 4,600.5, while the broader All Ordinaries dropped 207.9 points, or 4.2 per cent to 4,631.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street snapped back on Tuesday after its biggest selloff in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... after two-thirds of Republican legislators dismissed the bill's pre-conditions on Wall Street as inadequate, reported the New York Times. The failure of the bill, however, has no impact on the funding arrangement already put in place for AIG, parent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... points, or 1.9 per cent, to 4,807.35, while the broader All Ordinaries gave up 95.45 points, or 1.9 per cent to 4,839.18. NEW YORK - Wall Street has ended a stunning session with a huge fall, the Dow Jones Industrials Average plunging more than 770 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... points, or 0.45 per cent to 4904.75, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 26.17 points, or 0.52 per cent to 4,934.63. NEW YORK - Financial markets remained on edge on Friday after the Bush administration's proposal for a $US700 billion banking bailout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... points, or 1.09 per cent, at 4927.4, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 47.4 points, or 0.95 per cent, to 4960.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares vaulted higher, with investors optimistic that the US congress was on the verge of a deal on a massive ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... conclude that it is not only our economy that is at risk, Mr Secretary, but our Constitution, as well," reported the New York Times. Fears the bail-out bill is unconstitutional stem from prohibitions on Congress to bail-out private firms without adequate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... per cent, higher at 5020.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 209.4 points, or 4.33 per cent to 5050.1. NEW YORK - US shares plunged as doubts emerged about the prospects for a $US700 billion dollar government plan to bail out the banking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... points, or 4.27 per cent, to 4804.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 188.8 points, or 4.06 per cent, to 4840.7. NEW YORK - Wall Street extended a huge rally on Friday as investors stormed back into the market, relieved by government plans ...