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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... the market lower. The Dow rose 121.07 points, or 1.10 per cent, to 11,143.13. Gains by JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America Corp gave support to the 30-stock index. Most of the advance came late in the session as traders placed bets that a deal would ...

Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... were not yet under 'conservatorship,' Lehman Brothers was still operating, Merryll Lynch did not need money from Bank of America and AIG was still a proud insurance giant. And back then, global economic growth was much stronger. Will US$247 billion be ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... of 68,262 contracts. Investors ran for cover after the emergency sale of Wall Street stalwart Merrill Lynch to Bank of America for $US50 billion ($A61 billion) in stock and Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after failing to find ...

Where to in global equities?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The demise of Lehman Brothers and the rushed sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America are just the latest examples of the ongoing financials fallout. But does it mean the sector is now full of bargain stocks carried in the sweep? Not quite - and not ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... bankruptcy protection on its debts worth more than US$600 billion. This was almost immediately followed by news of Bank of America's US50 billion take-over of America's third-biggest investment bank -- Merrill Lynch -- and American International Group ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... continues its fight for survival in the US, while rumours circulated that insurance giant AIG is unsteady and Bank of America may be eyeing Merrill Lynch. Austock Securities Senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said investors continued to show nervousness ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... settlement. The emergency order took effect on July 21 and is expected to end on July 29. BNP Paribas Securities, Bank of America, Barclays PLC, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group, Daiwa Securities, Deutsche Bank, Allianz SE, Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank ADS ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... after Wall Street fell modestly on Monday. US investors consolidated gains from the past week's rally and mulled Bank of America's better-than-expected earnings. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... team of investment professionals to Altius, including Christopher Pesce, ex-global head of Prime Brokerage at Bank of America, as chief operating officer. In addition to Altius, Blackstone's other businesses in Asia include its corporate private equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... broader All Ordinaries gained 37.3 points to 5797.7. NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower on Monday on worries that Bank of America Corp may walk away from buying troubled lender Countrywide Financial Corp, while oil jumped to an intraday record above $120 ...