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Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Wall Street down... on Iraq... on escalating Middle East tensions... Sounds about quite right 'eh Virginia? After all, an escalation of conflict in the land of the sand dunes would lift the price of what's underneath those sand dunes - oil. This, in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... Accenture Plc are helping the markets extend the week's gains, despite continued euro-area debt concerns, Middle East tensions, and the nuclear crisis in Japan," said analysts at brokerage Charles Schwab. Oracle shares closed up 1.7 per cent after their ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... the other way, the spin would be entirely different. The story would read like this. "Wall Street ignored Middle East tensions, buoyed by Bernanke's upbeat assessment on the economy and little concern over inflation." Big Ben told the US Senate Banking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... new trading week was set by the Chinese government further cracking down on bank lending, and continuing Middle East tensions. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 36.7 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 4,900 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... fell 6.8 per cent and Ford tumbled 8.1 per cent. Oil prices shot up two per cent to $US134.70 a barrel on Middle East tensions and a weak dollar, compounding already elevated fears about inflation and consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrial average ...
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