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Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... presidential vote, with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked neck-and-neck in the race for the White House. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 20.47 points, or 0.16 per cent, at ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... to negative market sentiment. One final concern is that the closeness of the election might see either man win the White House but without control of the Senate. "In the event that the Senate majority and the presidential victor are split, we can expect ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... was the lowest since January 2009 when the Big O first sat on that chair in the Oval Office at the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Good labour market news just a month before his bid for a second term? Hmmm. Conspiracy or not, the details ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... markets took heart from reports that debt-laden Greece is close to reaching a deal with its creditors and news that the White House plans to expand a foreclosure-prevention program that will boost the local housing market. IG Markets' institutional dealer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... markets took heart from reports that debt-laden Greece is close to reaching a deal with its creditors and news that the White House plans to expand a foreclosure-prevention program that will boost the local housing market. IG Markets' institutional dealer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... markets took heart from reports that debt-laden Greece is close to reaching a deal with its creditors and news that the White House plans to expand a foreclosure-prevention program that will boost the local housing market. IG Markets' institutional dealer ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... of both parties to do the right thing and support this deal with your votes over the next few days," he said at the White House. Australia reportedly has $11.2 billion in US treasury holdings including from super fund investment, banks and the Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... August 2 deadline, when the Treasury says it will run out of cash, global markets are looking to Washington, where the White House, Democrats and Republicans have failed to agree a deficit-cutting plan. Tokyo ended 0.69 per cent, or 68.32 points, lower ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... about the US debt-ceiling deadlock were also dragging the market down. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks fell as the White House said it would object to a Republican plan in the House of Representatives that calls for raising the US debt limit by $US1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline after US stocks fell on a White House threat to veto legislation that would avert a US debt default. But Australian resource stocks may gain after the price of metals and oil rose. At 0826 AEST on the ...