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Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... bondholders to these auto companies and their suppliers. And while Obama withholds the money from GM and Chrysler, his Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appears to be softening up taxpayers to see more of their tax dollars thrown away. According to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... General Motors Corp and Chrysler, and pushed out GM's CEO Rick Wagoner. Banking stocks were also sold off heavily after US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner failed to rule out in a weekend interview the possibility that some US banks may need more government ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... Snapple Group all turned in quarterly reports that beat analysts' expectations. Strong demand for US government debt at the Treasury Department's latest auction also lifted stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.25 per cent to 7,924.56.

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... Taking advantage of the global disgust at the rapid erosion of wealth caused by 'inventive' financial engineers, Timmy (US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner) has unveiled a plan imposing tougher rules and regulations on 'too big to fail' or systemically ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... Group Inc all turned in quarterly reports that beat analysts' expectations. Strong demand for government debt at the Treasury Department's latest auction also lifted stocks. Investors had been nervous about the government's ability to fund its economic ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Now that you have seen the light, here's the oncoming train's headlights. Reports overnight revealed that yields on US Treasury 10-year notes increased to their highest levels in more than two weeks undoubtedly due to the massive amount of debt the US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... dipped into negative territory as bond yields rose following what analysts called a less-than-successful auction of US Treasury bonds, before a late recovery on the equity market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 89.6 points, or 1.17 per cent, to ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... on these issues. If we did what he advises, we'll all be in a better place.' Malcolm, eat your heart out. This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner patting the back of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as he went a-visiting in the good old US ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Here comes the meat! US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finally served up the meat to his 10 February bail-out barbecue fizzler. And the market saw that it was good. Equity markets around the world rallied following the unveiling of the details ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... showing a surprising increase in home sales. Major stock indicators surged more than six per cent, including the Dow. The Treasury Department's bad asset cleanup program would tap money from the government's $US700 billion ($A1.02 trillion) financial ...