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| | | ... fears of more fallout from the credit crisis. Those concerns resurfaced with a vengeance just a day after the Federal Reserve cut benchmark interest rates and said financial market strains had eased somewhat, fueling broad gains for stocks. By Thursday ... |
| | | | ... director Peter Alexander speaks at the Sydney Mining Club. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Wednesday, buoyed by both the Federal Reserve's interest-rate cut and its view that credit market strains have eased somewhat and by reports showing surprising strength ... |
| | | | ... yesterday," he said. "It was probably a bit overdone... (now) I think there's just a bit of cautious trade ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting over in the States." Mr Wacher said falls in gold miner Lihir Gold and St George Bank in the finance sector ... |
| | | | ... Revolutionary Guards, the world's fourth largest oil producer. Oil prices could get another leg up this week if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates which is, according to consensus, no so much a matter of if, as by how much. However many market analysts ... |
| | | | ... record close of 6779.585 also set on October 11. NEW YORK - US stocks rose overnight as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will cut benchmark lending rates this week and that soaring commodity prices will boost profits of metal and energy producers. ... |
| | | | ... financial sector. Stocks extended their gains as the weekend approached, in a sign investors are expecting the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates when it meets next week. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 134.78 points, or 0.99 per cent, to ... |
| | | | ... Wednesday that were triggered by Merrill Lynch announcing its first loss in nearly five years, on speculation that the Federal Reserve would cut the discount rate. Earlier in the session, Merrill's loss, grim housing data and poor results from the semiconductor ... |
| | | | ... not enough to power big gains in the broader market, with the Dow and S&P 500 ending little changed after the Federal Reserve sounded a note of caution on the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 20.40 points to end at 13,892.54. But the ... |
| | | | ... yesterday's 6695.4. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 jumped to close at records on Tuesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showed inflation expectations were contained, leaving open the question of whether another rate cut is near. ... |
| | | | ... opened lower after a relatively flat performance on Wall Street, as hopes of another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve offset profit warnings from two US retailers. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 21 points to 6462 and the ... |
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