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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... 31.13 (0.83 per cent) to reach 3,791.87. Investor anxiety eased on Thursday after Republican leaders offered President Barack Obama a short term extension of the US government's borrowing authority so as to stave off a possible debt default. By Friday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... signs in the US of progress in negotiations to raise the country's debt ceiling. Republicans have held talks with President Barack Obama, enough to send global markets higher, even though the talks are yet to result in a clear outcome. All sectors on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... when House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner offered to extend the US borrowing authority for six weeks. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with Republican leaders on Thursday. The Boehner proposal would not end the government shutdown. ...

There is fear in the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Nasdaq Composite Index lost 17.05 points, or (0.46 per cent, to 3,677.78. Markets took in stride comments by President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Fed veteran Janet Yellen, who said she would keep policy focused on boosting growth. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... debt ceiling, so I'd say there will be some upside in stocks in the next week." Mr Radford said confirmation US President Barack Obama would nominate Janet Yellen to replace outgoing Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke may also help stem the losses ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
US President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank, White House officials have said. If confirmed by the Democrat controlled US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... the 2014 fiscal year on Tuesday. But the measure, which goes to the House of Representatives, does not defund President Barack Obama's health-care law, a prime objective of House Republicans. LONDON - European stock markets were hesitant as traders reacted ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... put Syrian chemical weapons under international 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 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader Eric Cantor had signalled their support for President Barack Obama's plan to attack Syria was weighing on market sentiment "That's the main reason our market is lower today," he said. ...