Posted on 04 April 2012. Tags: asset purchases, barack obama, cac 40, federal open market committee, german dax, ibex 35, open market committee, social darwinism, spanish ibex, york index
Stocks fell after the Federal Open Market Committee indicated that it did not see the need for more monetary policy easing ahead. Here’s your scoreboard:
Dow: 13,199, -64pts, -0.49%NASDAQ: 3,113, -6pts, -0.20%S&P 500: 1,413, -6pts, -0.40%
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Posted on 27 March 2012. Tags: barack obama, bryn mawr trust, discouraged workers, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, federal reserve chairman, health care law, nasdaq composite index, unemployment rate, unitedhealth group
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks leapt to multi-year highs and recorded one of their biggest gains of the year Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that the economy still needs help to produce faster job growth.The Dow Jones industrial …
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Posted on 11 March 2012. Tags: barack obama, composite average, dow jones, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, election chances, investment strategist, labour force, nasdaq composite, private creditors
Stocks rose after the February jobs report bolstered hopes that the US economic recovery is on track.
Three years after stocks hit their Great Recession low, the Dow Jones industrial average rose on Saturday enough to erase last…
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Posted on 24 January 2012. Tags: barack obama, cordillera energy partners, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, economic data releases, g steven farris, goldman sachs, jim balsillie, mike lazaridis, natural gas prices
US stocks gave up modest gains Monday to end the session flat as wary investors focused on Greece’s struggle to win a debt write-down from private bondholders.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 11.66 points (0.09 percent) to close fractionally lowe…
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Posted on 06 January 2012. Tags: barack obama, bund future, commodity prices, crude futures, currency strategist, dollar stocks, hourly earnings, initial jobless claims, london reuters, stock index futures
LONDON (Reuters) – Stocks, commodity prices and the dollar moved higher on Friday while safe-haven government bonds fell after better-than-expected U.S. jobs data for December confirmed the recovery in the world’s biggest economy is strengthening.
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Posted on 27 September 2011. Tags: barack obama, commonwealth bank of australia, dow jones industrial, financial group inc, financial stocks, investor sentiment, mitsubishi ufj financial group, mitsubishi ufj financial group inc, nikkei 225, taiwan mainland
BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks rebounded Tuesday as pledges by European officials to once and for all resolve the region’s debt problems helped soothe market jitters.Oil prices rose above $82 per barrel while the dollar slipped against the euro and the …
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Posted on 19 September 2011. Tags: austerity measures, bailout package, barack obama, debt woes, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, european finance ministers, ftse 100 index, goodrich corp, john boehner
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank Monday amid fresh concerns that a bailout package for Greece wouldn’t take shape in time for the country to avoid defaulting on its debts. The plunge comes in the wake of Wall Street’s best week in months.European finance …
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Posted on 12 September 2011. Tags: barack obama, bursa malaysia, datuk seri najib tun razak, economic transformation, klci, kuala lumpur composite index, market sentiment, performance dealers, previ ous, reserve chief
Posted on September 12, 2011, MondayKUCHING: Stocks in the market are expected to continue staying rangebound this week, amidst lack of fresh local leads to spur investors’ appetite to take trading positions.As players would continue to take the…
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Posted on 10 September 2011. Tags: barack obama, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, equity research analyst, nasdaq composite, point decline, shock waves, trading sessions, treasury yields, year treasury note
NEW YORK (AP) — The problems that weighed down stocks all summer show no sign of letting up.U.S. stocks plunged Friday, erasing the week’s gains, amid rising fears about fallout from Europe’s debt crisis. Seeking safer investments, investors sent the…
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Posted on 27 August 2011. Tags: barack obama, ben bernanke, congress president, debt worries, detail plans, hurricane irene, intraday lows, jackson hole wyoming, property insurers, proprietary trading firm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks are setting up for another turbulent week that will begin with a focus, oddly enough, on the weather.
Traders juggling European debt worries and soft economic data are now staring at satellite images, tracking the pa…
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