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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... positive territory in a narrow range throughout the day. Investors are concerned because of an October 1 deadline for Congress to fund the US government. Failure to reach a deal could force parts of the government to shut down. LONDON - European stock ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... the market on Tuesday fell for a third straight day, thanks to uncertainty about the debt ceiling stand-off in the US Congress. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.3 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 5,234.2. The broader All Ordinaries index was down ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Australian shares are weaker after a US Federal Reserve official said tapering of economic stimulus could begin in October. Resources and energy stocks were the worst performers on the market. St Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments weighed ...

Taper to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013

Everybody loves a dove

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... control. The US reacted cautiously to the plan, which comes as President Barack Obama faces a sceptical reception in Congress to plans to launch a military strike on Syria. Stocks moved higher at midday and stayed fairly high through the close. LONDON ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
"So, are you going to tighten by Labor Day?" Tonight we're going back to the future.A Going back to that fateful day on the 22nd of May -- when Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady posed this question upon US Federal ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... with more signs the US economy is emerging out of its slowdown although there are fears of renewed rumblings of another Congress showdown over the debt ceiling. The US Treasury yesterday warned that without a new debt ceiling deal that by mid-October ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... battle over the US debt ceiling. US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew brought this to the fore last night when he appealed to Congress to raise the ceiling from the current US$16.7 trillion before shayt hits the limit in mid-October. "The uncertainty caused ...

Withdrawal anxiety

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013