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Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... 0.22 per cent, at 4,493.6. NEW YORK - US stocks opened mostly lower on the eve of the 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 ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... to 7.9 per cent, the fact that the economy could pump out 171,000 net new jobs last month was seen as good for President Barack Obama and a negative for challenger Mitt Romney, the Wall Street favourite. The markets also were pulled down by Apple's 3.3 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... at 7.8 per cent, down from the previous 8.1 per cent and the lowest level since January 2009, the month that President Barack Obama took office. The data from its establishment survey was less buoyant, showing a modest 114,000 net new jobs produced ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... paper from Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, who notes the market odds for incumbent Barack Obama being re-elected are now highly correlated with the performance of the S&P 500. Some theories support the idea of a link ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... opened. The boost came ahead of the release of important jobs numbers Friday, and set a positive background for President Barack Obama's much-awaited address Thursday night to the Democratic Party's convention, kicking off the final stretch of the presidential ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... balance their budgets and reduce their debts. News reports out over the weekend say that Michelle Obama threatened to divorce Barack in 2000 because he ignored her advice about his political career. Oh sorry, wrong report. Take two. News reports out ...

Gensler to depart T. Rowe Price

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... arbitrage department. He is twin brother to the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Barack Obama, Gary Gensler.

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... those who are still in jobless queue can count on Uncle Sam's "just extended" largesse. MarketWatch reports that "President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Wednesday that extends a payroll-tax cut through the end of 2012, prolongs extended unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... including the country's four largest lenders, following their downgrade of Spain last month. WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is selling a $US3.8 trillion ($A3.57 trillion) election-year budget - a spending outline designed to cut $US4 trillion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... KONG - Asian shares mostly fell on Friday as China's August inflation rate remained on the high side, while US President Barack Obama's plan to boost jobs in the world's biggest economy failed to inspire markets. Sentiment was also weighed by news that ...