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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... global growth warnings, receiving support from Wall Street that looked ahead to a key jobs speech by US President Barack Obama. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies climbed 0.41 per cent to 5,340.38 points, Paris' CAC 40 also rose 0.41 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... markets had tumbled, were helped along by a strong opening on Wall Street a day before a key speech by US President Barack Obama in which he is expected to announce fresh measures to boost employment and stave off recession. The euro also benefited ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... client adviser Greg McPherson said volumes were below average as investors awaited firmer direction from US President Barack Obama's speech on Thursday (US time), which is expected to propose $US300 billion ($A286 billion) in federal spending and tax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... shed 3.24 per cent and other European markets slumped. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets surged after US President Barack Obama said lawmakers had reached a last-minute deal that would raise the country's debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default. ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... agreement to raise its debt ceiling, narrowly averting what might have become a global economic disaster. US President Barack Obama announced that Democrat and Republican Party leaders in both the House of Representatives and the Senate have backed the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for July is due. US President Barack Obama is due to give a speech on negotiations to avert a US debt default at 1100 AEST. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... 4,538 points, on a volume of 19,823 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said an address by US President Barack Obama on the US debt-ceiling deadlock had failed to register on the local market. The deadlock sent US stocks tumbling overnight. ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... be because except for a few 'old timers', no one has ever experienced an American default. Not even US President Barack Obama. He was not even conceived when the last one happened. According to the New York Times, the US defaulted back in 1933 "in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... company results bolstered investor confidence. Dealers said sharp gains overnight on Wall Street after US President Barack Obama welcomed a major bi-partisan deal on tackling the public deficit drove Asia higher and set up Europe to build on Tuesday's ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... funds by August 2. If a decision is not made, it will no longer be able to raise funds to pay its bills. US President Barack Obama has been locked in tense negotiations over the issue, walking out of yesterday's deficit meeting at the White House. Overnight ...