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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... 4.5 per cent of output this year ahead of a possible rebound in 2013, the Bank of Greece says in an annual report. WASHINGTON - Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar says his country is cutting its debt levels faster than earlier projected under its ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Minister of Foreign Affairs) Kevin Rudd to speak those precise words in front of the American Press - and the world - in Washington, would you? What he said was: "I cannot continue to serve as foreign minister if I do not have the Prime Minister's support ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... rating of Spanish banks, including the country's four largest lenders, following their downgrade of Spain last month. WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is selling a $US3.8 trillion ($A3.57 trillion) election-year budget - a spending outline designed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... index futures contract was up two points at 4,239. There is no economic news scheduled for Friday. In equities news, Washington H Soul Pattinson holds its annual general meeting in Sydney. On Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 108.8 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... a 6.0 per cent rise, the exporters' federation said on Tuesday expressing cautious optimism for the coming months. WASHINGTON - US consumers appeared to regain confidence in November, with a key survey released on Tuesday showing a recovery from the ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Jones Industrial Average squeezed by a sharp downward revision to US growth figures and lingering political concerns in Washington and Europe. The Dow was down 53.59 points (0.46 percent) to 11,493.7 at the close of trade. The NASDAQ was down 1.86 points ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... least US$1.2 trillion from the budget deficit over 10-years starting next year. So what else is new in dysfunctional Washington? Republicans don't want tax increases, especially on wealthy Americans while the Democrats refuse to reduce benefit spending ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... ratings agency is again considering another downgrade, from AAA to AA+, following concerns over the political impasse in Washington. Events in Europe suggest, however, foreign investors will hardly notice.

Congressmen agitate for US transaction tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... apply to short term security transactions and hedging strategies. That draft Bill is still in committee, reported the Washington-based SmartBrief news service. It was estimated at the time the tax would raise US$150 billion per year. The European transaction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... route out of the region's sovereign debt crisis. Sentiment was also lifted by better-than-expected economic data out of Washington that eased concerns the United States is slipping into recession. Tokyo jumped 1.66 per cent, or 139.04 points, to 8,522.02 ...