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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Wall Street plunged overnight on worries that debt problems in Greece and Portugal could threaten the global economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrials had their worst drop in nearly three months after Standard & Poor's downgraded the sovereign debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... expectations and its shares shot to a lifetime high. Other solid US corporate earnings fed optimism about an economic recovery, with the yen's retreat against the dollar the previous day offering support to exporters. Toshiba Corp, the supplier of NAND-type ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... the United States. Comments by US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke that the US would likely see a "moderate economic recovery" also helped sentiment. The gains were pared, however, on uncertainty over the timing of possible tightening measures by Beijing ...

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... where he testified that improving business and consumer indicators "will be sufficient to promote a moderate economic recovery in coming quarters." But all the same, he is not taking any chances. Near-zero interest rates would remain for an extended ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... Wednesday as US data and better-than-expected corporate earnings bolstered investor confidence in the underlying economic recovery. Strong earnings at US computer chip giant Intel first gave Asian stocks a clear lead overnight, setting Europe up for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... Commerce Department said. A rise in imports to the United States was seen as another sign of a slow, but growing, economic recovery. But there had been a rocky start to the first-quarter earnings season. Alcoa on Monday reported lower-than-expected earnings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... KONG - Investors cashed in on recent gains in Asian stock markets on Thursday with optimism over the global economic recovery tempered by worse-than-expected credit data out of the United States. Hong Kong ended 0.28 per cent lower, dropping 61.73 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... with losses piling up in a late-session sell-off amid renewed concerns about the strength of the budding global economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 72.47 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 10,897.52.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... with losses piling up in a late-session selloff amid renewed concerns about the strength of the budding global economic recovery from recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 72.47 points (0.66 per cent) to 10,897.52 when markets settled ...

Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... exponential growth potential of China's education services sector. "As China continues to lead the world in economic recovery and growth, there will be increased demand for skilled workforce every year," said Khazanah managing director, Tan Sri Dato' ...