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Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... The warning is all there for all to see on Mail Online's website, "OECD sparks fears of second recession by slashing Eurozone growth forecast in half." Oh no, no, no. Not another recession scare. Following growth of 1.6% this year, the OECD expects the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... 50.9 points, or 1.15 per cent, to 4,360.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks plunged Monday amid renewed worries about the eurozone debt crisis, which claimed its first major US casualty -- a key brokerage that filed for bankruptcy. On the last day of trading ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... Street on Friday, stocks closed narrowly mixed, pausing a day after a blockbuster rally as investors digested Europe's eurozone debt deal and company earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 22.56 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 12,231.11 poin ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... YORK - US stocks closed narrowly mixed, taking a pause a day after a blockbuster rally as investors digested Europe's eurozone debt deal and company earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 22.56 points (0.18 per cent) to finish at 12,231.11 ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... fund at all. Some question whether this accord is credibly sufficient to bring down punishingly high interest rates on Eurozone borrowings, enough to reverse the moribund economic growth dynamics in the region - particularly, in light of the Spartan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... dollar surged to an eight-week high after European leaders surprised markets and reached a breakthrough to resolve the eurozone debt crisis. Eurozone leaders announced on Thursday (European time) a plan to shore up their bailout facility, pledging new ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... reported mulling seeking a buyer after its shares sank 52 per cent in two days following a rating downgrade due to its eurozone debt holdings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 162.42 points (1.39 per cent) to 11,869.04. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... strong gains to decline, as investors awaited key domestic inflation data and a meeting of European leaders to resolve the eurozone debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 27.1 points, or 0.64 per cent, at 4,227.9, while the broader All ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... couldn't come soon enough. Last night's October purchasing managers index (PMI) numbers pointed in the "R" direction. The Eurozone composite PMI dropped to a reading of 47.2 this month - the lowest since July 2009 -- from 49.1 in September, with the ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... strong earnings from Caterpillar, a spate of merger activity, and signs that Europe is making progress in tackling the eurozone debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104.83 points (0.89 per cent) to finish at 11,913.62. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ...