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UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services in the US are embroiled in a multi-billion dollar fraud lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's lawsuit charges UBS with falsely selling and marketing auction rate securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... S&P/ASX200 index shed 48.4 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 4922.1, while the broader All Ordinaries dipped 39 points to 4989.9. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 2.1 per cent after an International Monetary Fund report predicting continuing problems in the credit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... points, or 3.37 per cent, to 4,970.5 while the broader All Ordinaries shed 157.4 points, or 3.03 per cent, to 5,031. NEW YORK - US stocks rose 0.2 per cent, boosted by better-than-expected reports on orders for durable manufactured goods and new home ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... points or 0.76 per cent to 5,144.1, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 26.8 points or 0.52 per cent, to 5,188.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street decclined overnight as a weaker-than-expected report on the US housing market raised fresh fears about an economic ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... or 1.99 per cent, higher at 5105.3, while the broader All Ordinaries put on 85.7 points, or 1.69 per cent, to 5161.6. NEW YORK - US equities have advanced for the second straight session as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... 6.2 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 5005.6, while the broader All Ordinaries added 0.5 points, or 0.01 per cent to 5075.9. NEW YORK - Wall Street shook off early doldrums and closed sharply higher Tuesday after another drop in oil prices encouraged investors ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... the broader All Ordinaries rallied 160.1 points to 5,075.4, increasing the value of the market by about $39 billion. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks fell modestly Monday as investors consolidated gains from the past week's rally and mulled Bank of America's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... points or 1.24 per cent to 4,840.4, while the broader All Ordinaries dropped 62.1 points or 1.25 per cent to 4,915.3. NEW YORK - US shares closed mixed Friday in volatile trading after Citigroup reported better-than-expected losses and Microsoft and ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... distorted by a 103 percent increase in starts in the Northeast over the month due to a change in the housing code in New York City effective for permits authorised as of 1 July. According to the Commerce Department, "there was a large increase in building ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... index was 30.4 points, or 0.62 per cent, higher at 4901, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 29.9 points to 4977.4. NEW YORK - US stocks surged for the second straight day on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings results from investment and commercial ...