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- Stocks open lower after disappointing job data
(AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:34:56 GMT
AP - Stocks are moderately lower in early trading after the government disappointed investors with news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace.
- World markets sink after Wall Street plunge
(AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:20:13 GMT
AP - World stock markets fell sharply Friday in the wake of a sell-off on Wall Street amid mounting concerns about a slumping U.S. economy and its impact on global growth.
- Wall St set to slide at open on jobs data
(Reuters)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:17:00 GMT
Reuters - Stocks headed for a lower open on
Friday after a government report showed the U.S. labor market
deteriorated further in August, pushing the unemployment rate
to its highest in more than 4-1/2 years.
- FTSE slides on economy fears
(AFP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:26:11 GMT
AFP - London shares were falling Friday on a weak outlook for the global economy following further disappointing US and European data.
- Global shares slide on economy fears
(AFP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:26:01 GMT
AFP - World stock markets tumbled Friday on a weak outlook for the global economy following further disappointing US and European data, dealers said.
- US stocks fall on poor retail sales figures
(FT.com)
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:45:20 GMT
FT.com - A battered financial sector led Wall Street into bear market territory on Thursday, as Bill Gross, manager of the bond fund Pimco, warned that a "financial tsunami" could ensue if the government failed to support markets.
- Wall Street, funds urge SEC to keep ratings in rules
(Reuters)
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:24:43 GMT
Reuters - Securities regulators are locking
horns with some of America's most powerful mutual funds and
Wall Street players over plans to scrap requirements that money
market funds hold investment-grade securities.
- ECB holds interest rates, slashes growth forecasts
(AFP)
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:05:37 GMT
AFP - The European Central Bank kept its key lending rate unchanged on Thursday and slashed its growth forecasts for this year and next, sending stock markets and the euro into tailspins.
- European shares mostly lower before interest rate calls
(AFP)
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:41:02 GMT
AFP - Share prices fell sharply in Frankfurt and Paris on Thursday ahead of European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet's press conference due after the central bank's latest call on interest rates.
- Hong Kong considers ban on fishing trawlers: report
(AFP)
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:10:29 GMT
AFP - Hong Kong is considering banning fishing trawlers in its waters to save fish stocks, a report said Thursday. The drastic proposal comes as annual catches were estimated to be 30 percent above sustainable levels, the South China Morning Post said, citing a consultation paper from the Food and Health bureau.
- German fertiliser group KS joins blue-chip DAX index
(AFP)
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:31:33 GMT
AFP - German fertiliser group K+S will join the DAX 30 index of blue-chip stocks, reflecting its growing business as prices for commodities and foods rise globally.
- 2 Wall St. brokers accused of $1B subprime fraud
(AP)
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:36:16 GMT
AP - A former Wall Street broker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he and a colleague duped investors into purchasing more than $1 billion in high-risk securities by making it look as though the trades were protected by the federal government.
- Kerkorian firm settles GM securities probe with SEC
(Reuters)
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:03:21 GMT
Reuters - Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's
Tracinda investment firm settled a regulator's allegations that
it was misleading about its plan to cut its stake in General
Motors Corp , the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
said on Wednesday.
- Toronto stocks dive in resource-driven retreat
(Reuters)
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:50:22 GMT
Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange sold off
sharply for a second day in a row on Wednesday, giving up more
than 2 percent by late morning in a broad decline led by
resource shares, which followed commodities lower.
- Chinese Stocks Are World's Worst In 2008
(Investor's Business Daily)
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:04:07 GMT
Investor's Business Daily - China won the most gold at the Olympics, but the country's stock market is in dead last.
- Hedge fund Atticus loses more than $5 billion: source
(Reuters)
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:28:53 GMT
Reuters - U.S. activist hedge fund Atticus Capital
has lost more than $5 billion this year, a source familiar with
the matter told Reuters, after its funds were hit by heavy
falls in financial stocks.
- Wall Street enters month of peril with outlook clouded
(AFP)
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:02:13 GMT
AFP - Wall Street returns from vacation season to enter what is historically the most perilous period of the year amid conflicting signals about the US economic outlook.
- Stocks end lower on personal income data
(AP)
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:22:13 GMT
AP - Wall Street tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed. The Dow Jones industrial average more than 170 points, while a disappointing profit report from computer maker Dell Inc. weighed on the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index.
- P&G SEC filing confirms antitrust probes
(AP)
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:25:21 GMT
AP - Authorities in the United Kingdom are investigating potential antitrust violations involving an unnamed Procter & Gamble Co. subsidiary, the consumer products company said Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
- Colorado Springs man settles SEC fraud case
(AP)
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:04:33 GMT
AP - A Colorado Springs man and his two oil and gas companies have agreed to pay $510,000 to settle civil fraud allegations, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
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