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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... to $US1.2815 from $US1.2816 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as confidence that US politicians will agree a deal to avert a fiscal cliff was offset by profit-taking following a recent strong rally. The decision by Moody's ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... tax measures and government spending cuts which are due to automatically come into effect from January, unless US politicians can agree on a long-term debt reduction plan. The tax hikes and spending cuts are expected to push the US back into recession ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... traffic report. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher after investors received a glimmer of hope that US politicians may be able to negotiate to avoid falling off the "fiscal cliff". The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.6 points, or 0.57 ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... gets underway." Investors had already positioned portfolios according to their assessment of the probability of US politicians compromising on plans for tax hikes and spending cuts and a near term exit of Greece from the euro, he said. The big four retail ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... Dow has advanced 12 per cent since the beginning of the month, rebounding to the level last seen on July 28 when US politicians were battling over raising the nation's debt limit. There was little action in economic news -- a September reading on personal ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Australian shares were lower at noon as US politicians continue to squabble over how to resolve their country's debt issues. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.1 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4451.7, while the broader ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... the debt ceiling. What's another few dollars more, if it'll save the US economy - and the world - from drowning? US politicians from both sides of the ideological divide can debate and argue all they want over taxes, spending, deficits and debt after ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... gold its shine. With only two weeks to go before the debt ceiling blows up and bites their collective behinds, US politicians on both sides of the party divide remain in stalemate over the avenue to take to resolve the problem. The Democrats proposed ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... campaigning has kicked off on our big brother's shores. It's Labor Day in the USA, heralding the start of the period when US politicians promise each every American that they will mow their subjects' lawns, do their laundry or clean their toilets in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... day since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks -after the $US700 billion bailout of US banks was rejected by US politicians. The Dow Jones Industrials Average plunged 777.68 points, or 6.98 per cent to 10,365.45 and the broader S&P500 collapsed ...
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