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| | | ... 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 ... |
| | | | ... 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 ... |
| | | | ... 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 ... |
| | | | 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 ... |
| | | | ... bank. The day's trading illustrated the ongoing push-and-pull caused by oil prices and any news about financials. The major US bourses were volatile and ceased to track one-another. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 139.88, or 1.19 per cent to 11,642.47 ... |
| | | | ... market is expected to open marginally higher today after the return of volatility on Wall Street overnight, with all three major US indices see-sawing their way to positive closes. At 0748 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index ... |
| | | | ... decisions that are in the shareholder's benefit, not that of the management. For example, more than two-thirds of 65 major US fund managers voted against poison pills adopted without shareholder assent. Funds also voted for almost 40 percent of shareholder ... |
| | | | ... 13,544.36. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares fell 1.8 per cent to a three-month low, as the prospect of lower earnings at major US corporations and speculation of an imminent rate hike in China spooked investors. The Hang Seng Index closed 413.32 points lower ... |
| | | | ... 3.88 per cent or $5.42 to $140.58. Brambles Ltd investors have begun bailing out of the company after it announced a major US customer, Wal-Mart, was reviewing its pallet arrangements with the logistics firm. Brambles stock fell 12 per cent or $1.24 ... |
| | | | ... Services may remove their triple-A rating on the two companies, which together insure more than $US1 trillion in bonds. Major US indexes wiped out gains of more than one per cent following a half percentage point interest rate cut by the US central bank ... |
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