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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 ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... contemptuous the frugal Germans are of their profligate Greek neighbours. They must be thinking about what George W said in Washington back in January 2009, "One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... concern over the banking sector in Europe and the United States, and the re-emergence of a bitter political row to raise Washington's debt ceiling. Markets were also rocked by news that Chinese manufacturing had contracted for the third straight month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... assistant governor (Economic) Philip Lowe delivers a speech to the Australian Economic Forum 2011. In equities news, Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd and Brickworks Ltd are both due to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... burden is dragging down eurozone growth as finance ministers headed for talks aimed at bridging splits over the crisis. WASHINGTON - IMF chief Christine Lagarde is pressing US and European leaders to take bolder action to rescue their economies, warning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Dow was down 4.4 per cent for August after a volatile month in which markets were rattled by the debt-ceiling mess in Washington, Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States, fears of a new recession and Europe's sovereign debt crisis. "It was a ...