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All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Two million jobs and counting. This is the number of Americans that will bring increased profits to Campbell Soup come Christmas time. And because these ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Has the US Treasury had a change of heart or merely trying to get on the good side of its boss-elect President Obama? The US$700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will no longer buy the TA (troubled assets) under the RP (relief program). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after global stock markets plunged on Thursday on growing fears the world economy faces a deep and lasting recession. At 0840 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Up and down we go, where it stops we do not know. Wall Street's performance overnight highlights how tenuous financial market sentiment remains. The sentiment seesaw became obvious as the Dow Jones industrial index went from a 4.4 per cent loss to a ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
'Rome was not built in a day.' Wall Street's behaviour over the past few days reflects the GenXers and GenYers culture of instant gratification. Flick a switch and dinner is cooked, the music plays, moving images play on the screen. Click on the mouse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher after US stocks slowed their declines on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index fell 1.49 per cent and 1.18 per cent respectively while the NASDAQ managed to gain 0.27 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker following a negative lead from the US as Wall Street tried but failed to find some stability from an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and other big central banks. At 0807 AEDT, the December ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were lower at noon after Wall Street sank to a five-year low overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 188.5 points, or 4.08 per cent, at 4430.2, while the broader All Ordinaries had lost 185.2 points, or 4.03 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
The Australian share market has received a negative lead from Wall Street after stocks dropped for a fifth day as investors shrugged off signs the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates and focused concern on financial companies' balance sheets. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is set to fall at the open after world stock markets plummeted on Monday as panic-stricken investors doubted whether a Wall Street bailout package would stem the global financial crisis. At 0806 AEDT, the December Share Price ...