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| | | ... 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 Exchange's benchmark Nikkei index rose 1.79 per cent or 144.95 points to 8,251.24. ... |
| | | | Australian stocks were lower at noon, as nervous local investors await the outcome of tonight's US House of Representatives vote on a new version of the $US700 billion ($A888 billion) bailout of the financial markets. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ... |
| | | | ... to 25 in favour of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The bill will be sent back to the House of Representatives for final approval later today (AEST). And to ensure that this time it passes the House, the bill now includes an increase ... |
| | | | ... entering a severe downturn. The package must still return to the lower house of the US Congress, the House of Representatives, which voted against an earlier version on Monday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 22.9 points, or 0.48 per ... |
| | | | ... to rescue the rescue package but it would not become a bill until Friday when it is sent back to the House of Representatives for their vote. To make the US$700 billion plan more palatable to taxpayers, Congress has reportedly included tax cuts and increased ... |
| | | | ... the real prospect of economic hardship for millions of Americans.' How true! The 228 members of the US House of Representatives who voted 'NAY' to the plan's passage are worried about the amount of money that US taxpayers will spend to bail out the (former) ... |
| | | | ... than US$1,000,000,000,000 (US$1 trillion) cheaper as investors dumped stocks following news of the US House of Representatives' rejection of the US$700 billion financial sector bail-out package. The S&P 500 index dropped 8.8 per cent - the biggest one-day ... |
| | | | ... Exchange could be in for a shellacking today, led down by the financial and resources sectors, after the US House of Representatives rejected a $US700 billion rescue package this morning. At 0809 AEST, the December Share Price Index futures contract ... |
| | | | ... National Australia Bank and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) appear before the House of Representatives economics committee inquiry into banking competition. Nylex Ltd and Western Desert Resources hold extraordinary general ... |
| | | | ... Exchange was up 36 points to 4,910. Today, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens addresses the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Melbourne. ANZ Banking Group releases its job advertisements data for August. In Canberra ... |
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