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Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... watching green shoots grow. As is typical in this stage of the cycle, the usual suspects - mixed economic data - caused the major US stock averages to bob up and bob down before closing narrowly higher in overnight activity. Shares bobbed down on news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... up 3.29 points, 0.35 per cent, to a preliminary close of 942.43. The market reacted cooly to a decision allowing ten major US banks to repay the Treasury $US68 billion for capital injections made to stabilise the financial system. Analysts had seen this ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... Local banks pushed the Australian share market slightly higher at noon, after the United States Federal Reserve said major US banks that were ordered to raise capital had developed sufficient plans. Many of the resource stocks, including Australia's ...

Sovereign funds lose out after bank bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... week the US government, in concert with the Federal Reserve and other related agencies, announced that it would put the major US banks, such as Citi and Bank of America, through an evaluation test that would assess whether they needed additional capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... Congress is expected to pass a $15 billion bailout for Ford Motor Co, General Motors Corp, and Chrysler as soon as Tuesday. Major US stock indexes fell last week after a number of negative reports seemed to indicate the recession is showing no signs ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were higher at noon after all major US indices surged more than eleven per cent overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 219 points, or 5.24 per cent, at 4399.7, while the broader All Ordinaries had gained 227.6 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... in Australia, the December SPI futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange, was up 306 points at 4,500. The three major US stock indices rose more than eleven per cent overnight after governments of major economies announced plans to guarantee the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from Wall Street, despite the turmoil in the financial sector. Major US indices finished over one per cent higher, although gold, silver, oil and copper were down. At 0737 AEST, the Sydney Futures ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... loan from the US Federal Reserve. Reports that the Fed has further expanded its lending facility, a consortium of 10 major US banks pledged to make US$70 billion available, and extra liquidity injections from the European Central Bank, the Bank of England ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
More than 45 per cent of major US pension funds and endowments are reviewing their securities lending programs after a number suffered liquidity issues during the worst of the credit crisis last year. This year financial services firm Greenwich Associates ...