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All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth to bail-out the former fat cats of Wall Street, they will be lucky to afford half a can of soup. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics non-farm payrolls plummeted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... cent, to 3,489.9, while the broader All Ordinaries reversed 40.9 points, or 1.18 per cent, to 3,427.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street put an upbeat spin on the government's report that the US lost more than half a million jobs last month. Stocks reversed early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... higher on Wednesday, coming off sharp early losses after a series of much worse-than-expected data, as investors on Wall Street took a positive lead from online sales figures. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones industrial average had risen 191.08, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as the influence wore off from overnight gains on Wall Street, and the market digested domestic growth figures which suggested the Australian economy is heading towards contraction. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... Stockbroking associate Peter Wright said the local market was performing poorly on the back of a weak performance from Wall Street. "I saw that figure [the Dow] this morning and I thought - Oh, no. Here we go again," he said. Mr Wright said the expected ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... while shoppers spent 7.2 per cent more on average compared with last year, most were hunting for bargain sales. The Wall Street Journal informed its readers that total purchases over the internet have fallen by 4 per cent from a year ago, with gift cards ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the market was characterised by profit taking after several days of gains on Wall Street. "The banks are having a little bit of a bad day and resources are down with global demand collapsing," Mr Klusman said. "US ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... -32.7 -45.0 -46.7 FTSE-100 -24.2 -35.0 -33.3 Shanghai Composite -58.7 -71.0 -61.6 The strong stock market rally on Wall Street at the end of November had given investors fresh hope as American equities closed higher for five trading days uninterrupted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger on Monday after a rally on Wall Street. At 0723 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 15 points at 3,746. In economic news, amongst data released ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...