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Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... respective government's latest fiscal dole-outs. Wall Street sat on the fence overnight as investors await the approval of US President Barack Obama's proposed stimulus package. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the legislation tomorrow morning (Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... - European stocks rallied late in trading, powered by the banking sector on expectation the US congress will approve President Barack Obama's plan to stimulate the recession-hit US economy. In London the FTSE 100 index added 15.74 points, or 0.37 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... advertisements has fallen. "The Olivier job index is weaker as well," Mr Sebastian said. "Most US investors are pinning hopes on President Obama's stimulus plan and factoring out the employment numbers, and we're doing the same here." Mr Sebastian said ...

FPA stops "highly offensive" ads

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has obtained a Federal Court injunction stopping Bannister Mansfield Financial Services and the firm's director from publishing ads featuring the FPA. The FPA's solicitors asked Bannister Mansfield Financial ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... Well, according to Bloomberg, the ugly US payrolls number in January 'would force Congress to reach a compromise on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package'. The employment report showed that 598,000 more jobs were lost last month - the biggest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... points or 2.15 per cent to 3,009.75. TOKYO - Japanese shares gained on Thursday as investors hoped for bold action by US President Obama to nurse the economy back to health after the House of Representatives approved a stimulus package. The Tokyo Stock ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... assets have no market value as buyers have long vanished. This is perhaps why US equities took as positive rumours that President Barack Obama's latest stimulus package could include the creation of a bad bank - an 'Aggregator Bank' -- that will buy ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Global equity markets will remain volatile, the cost of oil will rise and US President Barack Obama's popularity will wane are just a few predictions from this year's CLSA Feng Shui Index. Asian investment and brokerage group CLSA's Feng Shui Index ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... approved by Congress and vetted by the Senate. But while US congressmen display their gift of gab, arguing for and against President Obama's proposed US$825 billion bail-out package, the number of workers losing their jobs, people losing their homes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... when the index closed at 3283.6. NEW YORK - US stocks eked out small gains Monday in choppy trade as investors eyed President Barack Obama's stimulus plan weaving through Congress. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.47 points (0.48 per cent) to ...