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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... 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. LONDON ...

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. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... 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 on Wednesday. ...

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
... 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
... 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 and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... 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. Mr Weston ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... 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. Mr Weston ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... holiday, but stocks cooled considerably after Republican House Speaker John Boehner at mid-session backed President Barack Obama's call for military action against Syria. LONDON - European stocks fell in choppy trade as a US-Israeli missile test rattled ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... State John Kerry's comments that the use of chemical weapons in Syria was a "moral obscenity" and that President Barack Obama would demand accountability for the attacks. CMC market analyst Michael McCarthy said US stocks had been doing well before Kerry's ...