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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... share market after a horror Friday appear to have been dashed after ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded United States government debt from AAA to AA+. At 0624 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... one to readily accept what is twittered, I logged onto Standard & Poor's website and sure enough, it was there. " United States of America Long-Term Rating Lowered To 'AA+' Due To Political Risks, Rising Debt Burden; Outlook Negative Publication date ...

Super funds hit back at anti-carbon tax groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... IGCC said that emissions coverage and financial scale of climate change action by China, the European Union, the United States, Brazil and many other countries dwarfs that by Australia, in line with the relative size of their economies. The ACCI was ...

Debt crisis not so bad for Latin America

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... although some of the exporters to these regions could suffer such as Mexican exporters who do business with the United States." However, Garcia noted that Latin America could potentially benefit from the sovereign debt crisis. "If there is a slow down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... the global outlook continues to weigh on investor sentiment," Mr Bell said. "The weaker consumer spending in the United States weighed on growth expectations of the US economy and that follows weaker manufacturing data earlier this week and weaker GDP ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... three-day run. On Monday, Australian shares gained more than one and a half per cent in a "relief rally" after the United States avoided a debt default with an eleventh-hour agreement to cut its deficit. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73.2 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Australian shares are soaring after the United States avoided a debt default with an eleventh hour agreement to cut its deficit. President Barack Obama said the deal will cut about $US1 trillion in spending over 10 years and avoid default, which would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... 2011 amid fears that the debt-ceiling impasse in Washington would provoke a ruinous default or a downgrade of the United States' credit rating. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 4.2 per cent, the S&P 500 dropped 3.9 per cent and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stocks markets were mixed, weighed down by debt strains in the United States, but reassured by earnings news while the euro fell against the dollar. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... are due to announce quarterly reports. On Tuesday, Australian stocks closed firmer despite the debt impasse in the United States, and made up some of the lost ground from Monday's sell-off. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 42.9 points, or 0.95 per ...