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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... investor worries over the global auto and banking sector, with growing fears of a possible bankruptcy at US auto giant General Motors. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 12.43 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 4,018.23. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... 0.88 per cent, to 3,000.22. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei stock average slipped 0.92 per cent on Tuesday as worries over General Motors spurred investors to lock in profits on auto shares, while banks rose on upbeat results from US financial stocks. The Nikkei-225 ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Crrr...unch! That's the sound of General Motors and Chrysler getting closer to becoming junk as the US government asks them to go back to the drawing board. The greed of missing out on the budding equity market rally was quickly replaced by fear of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... about the banking sector. Automakers are under pressure after the White House rejected the turnaround plans from General Motors Corp and Chrysler, and pushed out GM's CEO Rick Wagoner. Banking stocks were also sold off heavily after US Treasury Secretary ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... per cent fall on Wall Street wiped away the previous day's gains, with more poor economic data, a warning from General Motors of possible bankruptcy, and ongoing uncertainty about the financial system sparking the sell-off. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... gains to send the sharemarket back to 12-year lows. The move was sparked by more poor economic data, a warning from General Motors of possible bankruptcy, and ongoing uncertainty about the financial system. The market is also extremely anxious ahead ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... Jones industrial average sank near the multi-year lows it reached last November. A big worry on Wall Street is that General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC might not be able to prove by Tuesday's deadline that they can repay billions of dollars in loans ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... America's three biggest automakers within a week. Congress is expected to pass a $15 billion bailout for Ford Motor Co, General Motors Corp, and Chrysler as soon as Tuesday. Major US stock indexes fell last week after a number of negative reports seemed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... All Ordinaries lost 8.4 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 3,468.1. NEW YORK - US stocks fell, pushed down by concern General Motors Corp may file for bankruptcy and a plunge in energy shares following Merrill Lynch & Co's prediction that oil will hit $US25 ...

Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... through 2009. The pie would be divided with US$7 billion each allocated to Chrysler and Ford and the remainder to General Motors. GM said that it has only weeks left before it runs out of cash to meet its financial obligations. The same is true for the ...