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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Nasdaq Composite Index tacked on 31.13 (0.83 per cent) to reach 3,791.87. Investor anxiety eased on Thursday after Republican leaders offered President Barack Obama a short term extension of the US government's borrowing authority so as to stave off ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... from being paid under the new 'Obamacare' healthcare law to people whose incomes make them ineligible" (Reuters), Ohio Republican and House Speaker John Boehner conceded that his Grand Ol' Party did: "We've been locked into a fight over here, trying ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... be 15 Feb 2014. Reuters quotes an unidentified source "familiar with the negotiations" saying that, "Democratic and Republican senators are working on a fiscal deal that would extend U.S. borrowing authority at least through mid-February and provide ...

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
The Australian share market is making strong gains on signs in the US of progress in negotiations to raise the country's debt ceiling. Republicans have held talks with President Barack Obama, enough to send global markets higher, even though the talks ...

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... Boehner offered to extend the US borrowing authority for six weeks. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with Republican leaders on Thursday. The Boehner proposal would not end the government shutdown. LONDON - European stock markets soared as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian market is set to open lower ahead of the release of official jobs figures. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,117. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September labour ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian stock market has opened lower for the fourth straight session as concerns about political gridlock in the US hit investor sentiment across the globe. A standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress has already caused the partial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets as the US budget standoff enters its eighth day with no end in sight, stoking worries of a catastrophic default. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...