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Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised its growth forecast for the US economy, while increasing tensions in the Middle East sent oil even higher. Strong corporate earnings reports provided support as markets grow more optimistic about the global outlook. ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... sent Tunisia's President Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak packing could expand to more countries in Africa and the Middle East are becoming reality. But it is the autocrats of Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Iran and now Libya that are trembling... not the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all clearly lower, along with oil, although precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... range in the absence of major results, amid uncertainty over the transition in Egypt and growing protests across the Middle East. The vacillating markets came despite gains in Asia after Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster as markets digested mixed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... cent to $18.60. Two weeks of anti-government protests in Egypt sparked concerns the unrest could spread across the Middle East, contributing to volatility in markets and commodity prices worldwide. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 43.97 points ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... and those of its neighbours. Egypt's future remains uncertain as with the fate of other autocrats in Africa and the Middle East. The Tunisians' victory against Ben Ali, their president - toppled less than a month before - emboldened the Egyptians. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... investors took profits on recent gains and tried to get a fix on the outlook as political unrest in Egypt and the Middle East prompted caution. The Bank of England's decision to keep interest rates on hold was expected, although analysts said they believed ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... America and Europe and Asia. The Egyptian turmoil appears to have eased and this is calming nerves in Africa and the Middle East. Have you noticed that reports about Egypt have now been relegated to the inside pages and takes just a few seconds of TV ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... anti-government demonstrators, leaving some analysts worried about their impact on oil-rich countries throughout the Middle East like Saudi Arabia and the stability of the region. But better than expected December sales figures sent retail companies ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Economic uncertainty in the Middle East following uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt show how intertwined the global economy is with geopolitics, making more volatility the only certainty. First the background. According to a briefing note put out yesterday ...