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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... of the Alibaba trade helped push the market higher Friday morning, gains that were further propelled by Scotland's referendum vote rejecting independence from Britain. But all three indices retreated from their peaks as Alibaba began trading before 1600 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... Direct. "More critical for the domestic agenda is the fact that markets appear increasingly convinced that the Scottish referendum won't result in a break-up of the UK," he added. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly risen with the US dollar rallying ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... European stock markets have dipped as investors looked ahead to a policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve and the looming referendum on Scottish independence. However, sterling steadied, while the euro firmed, and the ruble tumbled. London's benchmark ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... spent much of the session in negative territory as renewed risk aversion among investors in the run up to the Scottish referendum and the (US Fed) meeting meant many investors steered clear of risk assets," Sucden Research analyst Kash Kamal said. "Furthermore ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... offset a better day for mining stocks. Wall Street finished little changed overnight as concerns about the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence and weak global inflation dampened market sentiment. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... futures contract is up three points at 5,550. US stocks have finished little changed as concerns about the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence and weak global inflation data weighed on sentiment. At the close on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... mixed amid concerns about French public finances and uncertainty over the outcome of Scotland's looming independence referendum. The euro on Wednesday slipped slightly against the dollar, which had hit a six-year high against the yen. The British pound ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... slumped as investors took profits while the sterling remained cowed over the uncertainty posed by Scotland's independence referendum. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed down 0.08 per cent to 6,829 points. Frankfurt's ADDAX 30 was down 0.49 ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... sanctions imposed by the West' on Russia - and Russia's revenge (cutting off gas supplies to Europe) -- and the secession referendum in Luhansk and Donetsk... and Russia continuing to amass troops in the Ukrainian border (this is still on-going). Still ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... to erupt soon after pro-Russian rebels in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk went ahead with the secession referendum - dismissed as illegitimate and illegal by Kiev, the US and the EU - over the weekend. This and the coming 25 May Ukrainians ...