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BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Mar 13, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Skepticism about the Fed's $200 billion liquidity plan, and another record closing high for oil, dragged the market lower Wednesday Major U.S. stock indexes closed lower Wednesday as trading turned more cautious after the market's huge rally in the pre.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 10:02pm neoform

Associated Content -- On Tuesday, U.S. Stocks plummeted more than 500 points in a single day. According to market experts, the drop may be a sign of concerns about the slowing rate of business growth, worries that the price of equities has become too inflated, or fears of a po.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Jan 18, 2008 @ 8:35am neoform

BBC News -- Global shares were volatile in Friday trading - after Thursday's heavy losses on Wall Street prompted by further fears of a US recession. However analysts said markets had been shored-up by hopes President Bush would propose measures to boost the econo.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- Stock markets have fallen across Asia and Europe as confidence in the US banking sector was dented further by the resignation of Citigroup's boss. Markets fell sharply in Asia in reaction to Charles Prince's exit, the second departure of a leading Wall.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 9:25am neoform

www.mises.org -- On September 18 the Fed cut its target for the fed funds rate by 50 basis points (0.5 percentage points), from 5.25% to 4.75%. The move surprised many analysts who had been expecting a more modest cut of 25 basis points. For those versed in the Austrian.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:04am neoform

CNN -- Global markets gained sharlply Tuesday a day after a record-breaking close on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average added nearly 192 points to end at an all-time high of 14,087.55 points on Monday amid hopes that banks have put the worst of the re.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Aug 29, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- European shares have seen mixed trading on Wednesday as US housing and credit woes continue to cast a shadow over global stock markets. After initially falling 43 points, the UK's FTSE 100 index was up 24 points to 6,126 by early afternoon. Germany's D.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Aug 13, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Global stock markets have recovered some ground from last week's sharp falls after central banks moved to ease fears of a worldwide credit crisis. European markets rose in morning trade, although the European Central Bank still pumped an extra 48bn eur.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 4:23pm neoform

FOX News -- U.S. stocks slid Wednesday, with the Dow dropping more than 100 points, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said uncertainties around the economy have increased somewhat. His comments were made in testimony before the congressional Joint Econom.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Mar 22, 2007 @ 7:59pm neoform

News.com.au -- The share market has opened flat today, with a slow US market overnight leading to predictions of a quiet day of trading. At 10.15am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.3 points to 5955.4, while the all ordinaries rose 0.8 points to 5936.2... Read More