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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... York late Monday. HONG KONG - Asian shares are widely up, led by a sharp rise in Hong Kong, amid hopes of Chinese and US stimulus measures ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appearing before the US congress. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... points. NEW YORK - A dreadful Spanish bond auction and the reluctance of the Federal Reserve to launch a fresh round of US stimulus sent Wall Street share prices tumbling Wednesday. Before the US trading session Spain raised nearly 2.6 billion euros ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
This week's Financial Standard chief economist breakfast forum heard that no matter what the economic question, the answer always seems to be China and how we seize it's opportunities, contain its inflation threats and redirect its capital flows. The ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
Look ma, Uncle Ben's coming bearing more funny money tomorrow! More free money whoopee! Wall Street rose last night salivating over expectations that tonight's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would conclude with a kinder surprise ...

Don't punish fin services for GFC: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
The Federal Opposition said imposing a new round of regulation on the financial services sector as a reaction to the GFC could be counter-productive. Chris Pearce, Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, yesterday told ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... Rio." The local market opened over one per cent lower after US markets fell on scepticism about the effectiveness of a US stimulus plan and more gloomy economic news. Locally, the big miners were weaker, with BHP Billiton dropping 48 cents to $32.22 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... Australian share market is expected to open lower after US markets fell on scepticism about the effectiveness of a US stimulus plan and more gloomy economic news. At 0739 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 22 points ...
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