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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... the first ever challenge to Washington's top-line AAA grading. Voicing strong doubts over the ability of battling Republicans and Democrats to agree a credible plan on cutting the fiscal deficit, S&P gave the country until 2013 to act or face losing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... detailing a plan to reduce the US deficit by $4 trillion -- a plan that doubled as his 2012 re-election challenge to rival Republicans. The Fed's Beige Book, issued around the same time, confirmed the economy was growing on a broad base around the country ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... 0.62 per cent, to 5,036.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Friday as a deadline loomed for Democrats and Republicans to agree on budget cuts before the government would have to shut down. Markets started upward early in the day on optimism ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... resolve a budget crisis that could lead to a shutdown of parts of the government. Traders seemed uneasy as Democrats and Republicans continued to battle over cuts to this year's federal budget, with a deadline to prevent the shutdown looming at midnight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... investors have been more focused on the policies of the Federal Reserve rather than the threat of a government shutdown if Republicans and Democrats do not reach an agreement on federal spending levels. Stocks had edged lower in early trading, following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... 1 puts the government on course to cut deficits by about $US1.1 trillion ($A1.1 trillion) over the coming decade. Republicans and Democrats have sparred over how much spending to cut. The worry is that slashing spending could imperil the economic recovery. ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... rest of the world. There was worldwide cheer when Santa Obama announced that he's forged a compromise deal with the Republicans extending the Bush-era personal income tax cuts by another two years, temporarily reduce payroll and social security taxes ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... researchers looked at statistics from the UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Survey between 1991 to 2002 as the Democrats and Republicans each took turns in office. The results were the same whether investors regardless of their political preferences although ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... fill the seat of late Sen Ted Kennedy could shift power in the Senate if Republican Scott Brown wins. That would give Republicans the 41 votes necessary to filibuster Democratic proposals, including the health care bill. The prospect of a logjam in Washington ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... the economy is put on reversed. We may be seeing 'what happens' happening now. Illegal immigrants in the US and the Republicans are attacking President Obama's proposal to overhaul America's health care system as part of efforts to rein in government ...