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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... In his prepared remarks, Dr Bernanke said "accommodative" monetary policies were still needed to sustain an economic recovery but the central bank can exit from its stimulus "at the appropriate time." Bernanke, also said that the Fed was considering ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... dollars in the red, what does this make of Australia's rating? The Financial Review reports that the country's economic recovery has delivered "a A$7 billion to the budget bottom line" leading some economists to predict that the budget deficit would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... stocks were lower on Monday but trading in a tight range as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting sovereign debt in Europe. US stocks have traded erratically in the past four weeks as investors pondered over ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... to hold their own strike on the 10th of this month. Hard place. Increase government spending to sustain the economic recovery and the nation's sovereign credit rating suffers. Downgraded credit rating equals higher interest rates equals weaker economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... at a three-month low, as investors worried that they had been overly optimistic about the pace of the global economic recovery. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 107.3 points, or 2.32 per cent, to close at 4,514.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... share market remained significantly lower at noon with investors selling stocks in all sectors on worries about economic recovery around the world. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 127.8 points, or 2.77 per cent, at 4,493.8, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... 2.15 per cent, to 4,596.9 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks slumped on Friday on persistent concerns over economic recovery, erasing early gains following data showing a stronger-than-expected US growth in the final quarter of last year. The Dow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Department reported that durable goods orders didn't rise as fast as anticipated last month, providing a reminder the economic recovery is likely to be slow. The Dow lost 115.7 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 10,120.46. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was ...

IT growth and spending to slow

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... fuel substantial growth" in 2010 should rethink their strategies. "While there are encouraging signs for an economic recovery, CIOs and IT decision makers are clearly more cautious when it comes to making short and long-term IT investments," said Madden. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... are expected to open higher on Thursday with the Federal Reserve's positive statements about the state of the economic recovery in the US driving gains on Wall Street. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract ...