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| | | ... 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 ... |
| | | | ... 2002, implying costlier energy and falling home prices deterred spending during the holiday shopping season. All three major US stock indexes ended down more than 2 percent. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 281.51 ... |
| | | | The Australian share market had lost nearly two per cent by midday today after a broker downgraded a major US institution related to suB-prime mortgage writedowns and lower base metal prices hit resource stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ... |
| | | | ... per cent, at 2,647.85. LONDON - UK stocks rose as higher raw material prices lifted commodity plays and after HSBC and major US banks reassured investors on their exposure to the credit market crunch. The FTSE 100 added 69.7 points to 6,432.1. FRANKFURT ... |
| | | | ... rally. The US market has been expecting an interest-rate cut to encourage economic growth later in the year. All the major US indices fell after both the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 Index had hit intra-day trading records. ... |
| | | | ... report increased concerns the housing slowdown could spread into the broader economy and hurt profits. Lennar Corp, a major US home builder, scrapped its 2007 outlook as it posted a 73.4 per cent slide in quarterly profit a day after government data ... |
| | | | ... sharpest drop in a decade. That led to waves of selling on Wall Street and in stock markets around the world. For the three major US stock indices, this week's plunge wiped out their gains for the year. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 120.24 ... |
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