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Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... bail them out. But as the slump in equity markets showed, what is good for Main Street may not always be good for Wall Street. But investors who want to be clever by half should follow the money. These are just proposals - it might happen, it might not. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... director Richard Herring said several factors had come together to spark the market slump. "We had a weak lead from Wall Street on the potential moves from China to slow things down, and Mr Obama is going forward on bank regulation," he said. "There ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... or 1.70 per cent, to 3,862.16. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed up 1.22 per cent, shrugging off a negative lead from Wall Street as foreign investors bought heavyweight companies such as Toyota and Sony. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon but had improved from a weak start following sharp falls on Wall Street on China's decision to curb bank lending in January. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.1 points, or 0.39 per ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... there would be greater debate and less throat ramming by the Administration. And as expected, it may turn out good for Wall Street. But Wall Street's performance overnight didn't show that this might be the case. Or perhaps, it was a case of an ADHD ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... "That rubbed off on Rio as well." Rio Tinto shares traded 88 cents higher, by 1.13 per cent, at $78.83. Mr Smith said Wall Street's one per cent rise overnight could not be explained given Citigroup's $US7.6 billion ($A8.23 billion) December quarter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... chocolate maker Cadbury accepted a multi-billion-dollar takeover from US food giant Kraft. European shares rose after Wall Street opened higher as trading resumed in New York following a three-day national holiday weekend. London's benchmark FTSE 100 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... points, or 0.58 per cent, to 3,977.46. TOKYO - Japanese share prices closed down 1.16 per cent, tracking losses on Wall Street as investors took profits following a strong start to 2010. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index declined ...

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... years ago when it faced exactly the same problem at the time (how to help banks recover from the crisis then) said Wall Street has done an incredible job at pulling the wool over the eyes of government and others. "There seems to be an unwritten premise ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices higher, along with precious metals and copper, although the price of crude oil fell again. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...