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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
A pedestrian walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin
(photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Asia Posts Modest Gains
Wall Street Journal
By MYRA P. SAEFONG, SHRI NAVARATNAM And PHILIP VAHN | Asian markets saw broad but modest gains Wednesday, with strength in commodity plays and upbeat economic data helping to lift Australia's benchmark stock index to its highest level in more than five weeks. | Weakness in property stocks helped fue...
The logo of Swiss Bank UBS on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Swiss Bank UBS AG said Wednesday it expects a net loss of 4.4 billion Swiss francs (US$4.03 billion; euro2.73 billion) for the full-year 2007, largely as a result of bad investments in U.S. subprime mortgages. Switzerland's largest bank said the fourth-quarter net loss will amount to around 12.5 billion francs (US$11.45 billion; euro7.75 billion). Earnings will be published on Feb. 14, 2008
(photo: AP / Keystone, Walter Bieri)
UBS, JPMorgan turn positive on China realty
China Daily
| Brokerages increasingly optimistic about sector they say is undervalued | SHANGHAI: UBS AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co turned positive on Chinese property stocks, saying the plunge in share prices this year has made them cheap and concern over tighter credit has been overstated. | "Concerns over p...
World stocks in pause a year after rally started
Philadelphia Daily News
| PAN PYLAS | The Associated Press | LONDON - World stock markets traded in very narrow ranges Tuesday as investors took a breather a year after shares began their recovery from multiyear lows. | In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British share...
European stock markets fall as earnings from EADS disappoint, commodity prices slide
Star Tribune
| LONDON - European stocks fell Tuesday as corporate earnings from plane maker EADS NV disappointed expectations and investors stepped back to assess the pace of the global economic recovery in the wake of strong U.S. jobs data and the debt crisis in...
EADS loss weighs on European stocks
Newsvine
| LONDON — European stocks fell Tuesday as corporate earnings from plane maker EADS NV disappointed expectations and investors stepped back to assess the pace of the global economic recovery in the wake of strong U.S. jobs data and the debt cri...
Europe down, Asia flat as investors step back
The Times Of India
LONDON: European stocks eased lower Tuesday and Asia closed flat, as investors stepped back to assess the pace of the global economic recovery in the wake of last week's strong U.S. jobs data and the debt crisis in Greece. | Britain's FTSE 100 benchm...
Asian Markets Mixed; Nikkei Down 0.1%
Wall Street Journal
By COLIN NG And LESLIE SHAFFER | SINGAPORE -- Asian stock markets traded mixed Tuesday after a lackluster performance from Wall Street, with resources stocks retreating around the region. | Many investors were also looking to China for cues, and some...
CNNMoney.com Market Report
CNN
March 8, 2010: 9:52 AM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks held close to breakeven Monday as investors weighed corporate deal news ahead of a slew of economic news due later in the week. | The Dow Jones industrial average () and the S&P 500 index ...
A man walks by a video screen showing share prices at the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares plunged 7.1 percent in the first half hour of trading on the London Stock Exchange Friday morning, tracking steep declines in Europe, Asia and the
AP / Sang Tan
European Stocks to Open Higher
Wall Street Journal
By ISHAQ SIDDIQI | European stock markets are expected to start tentatively higher Tuesday, as investors shift into "wait and see" mode, pending further developments on the Greek d...
Indian stock broker reacts while watching Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index on his trading terminal in Mumbai, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Indian stocks sank Monday, with the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index tumbling as much as 5.7 percent before trimming losses. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)
AP / Rajesh Nirgude
Sensex down 72 points in early morning trade
The Siasat Daily
| Mumbai, February 18: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by over 72 points in choppy early trade on Thursday, snapping the two-session winning streak as investors sol...
JSE firm amid positive global sentiment
Business Report
  | Submit your comment | The JSE started in the black on Friday tracking a firm undertone in global markets despite a strong rand capping mining stocks. | At 9.21am the JSE all share index was up 0.20 percent, with resources flat, up 0.04 perce...
Mainland index falls most in five weeks
China Daily
| SHANGHAI: The mainland's stocks fell the most in five weeks, the steepest decline among global indexes, on concern bank lending may slow and interest rates will rise as inflation accelerates. | Industrial Bank Co dropped 2.4 percent after predictin...
JSE off lows as commodities recover
Business Report
  | Submit your comment | The JSE was off its earlier worst levels in late morning trade on Thursday as the euro recovery against the US dollar continued, lifting metals prices off their lows. | At 11:51 the JSE all share index was down just 0.1...
Economy
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Soaring China home prices thwart ordinary buyers
The Press Democrat
| Yang and many other young Chinese are finding their aspirations thwarted by an overheated property market that is enriching already wealthy speculators, local officials and other Communist Party allies. | It's a hard reality for a generation that views home ownership as a given after reforms more than a decade ago created a housing market open to...



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