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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... corporation. The moves in Britain are designed to insure banks against further losses and are similar to steps the US government has made to protect Citigroup and Bank of America. State Street Corp, which had been performing better than most financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... edged higher Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street where hopes mounted for fresh stimulus steps by the US government to fight a recession in the world's biggest economy. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 0.80 per cent, or 66.82 points ...

Right to choice must balance costs of choosing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Choice is important but not if it imposes too many administration costs or forces people who don't want to choose to make un-informed choices. "While the Government is committed to the rights of members to choose their own super fund, we are also committed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... 3,247.48 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares soared Monday after Wall Street rallied on hopes of fresh action by the US government to tackle the deepening recession. But analysts cautioned that the rebound could fizzle out later in the week if there is more ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... financial system that is blocked. This time US interest rates are very close to becoming inutile. This time the US government is drowning in deficit. This means that many of the system's automatic stabilisers might not be as effective as in previous ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... credit card loans, and loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.' Bernanke assured his audience that the US government is continuing to take all necessary steps to limit systemic risk and 'stands ready to act if needed' should financial ...

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... technology companies occurred in the third quarter of this year. Wiles said the sector received a boost from the US government's $700 billion Housing and Recovery Act package that provided tax concessions for wind energy, geothermal and biomass projects. ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... fare. News headlines explained yesterday's rally in the domestic market as due to investor optimism following the US government's bail out of its once biggest bank - Citigroup. More likely, the Australian stock market was just following the random walk ...

In defense of Citi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The US government's bail-out of Citigroup shows that policymakers have learnt the lessons of September when the collapse of Lehman Brothers launched financial market panic of seismic proportions. The 158-year old Lehman Brothers - may it rest in peace ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after European and US markets rallied on the back of a US government promise to protect banking giant Citigroup and the release of a STG20 billion ($A47.05 billion) economic stimulus package in ...