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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... some positive changes together. There is nothing wrong with change per se," said Cormann. Channeling US President Barack Obama's famous 2008 election campaign he added: "We need change we can believe in." Bowen said that in calling for greater certainty ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... one or the other. Done! Not so fast. According to Mr. Soltas, "...the chair isn't the only appointment President Barack Obama will make to the Fed's Board of Governors next year. In fact, he may have to fill as many as five seats, counting the top one". ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Twitter message from a hacked Associated Press account said there were two explosions at the White House and President Barack Obama had been injured. LONDON - European stock markets rose strongly as traders focused on corporate earnings and brushed aside ...