Asian Stocks Rise for Third Day as Greece Votes for Austerity
Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index headed for its highest close in a month, as concern about a banking crisis eased after Greece passed austerity measures and German financial institutions pushed toward an agreement to roll over Greek debt holdings.
Source: BusinessWeek
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U.S. stocks sink on debt fears; gold, dollar gain
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks closed with broad losses Monday as investors transferred holdings into safe-havens such as the dollar and gold on concerns over U.S. debt levels and European...
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US close: Stocks fight back
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Stocks finished in positive territory heading into the weekend, winning back some of the losses incurred earlier in the week. The Dow Jones closed up 42 at 12,479, the S&P 500 finished...
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Italy backs £42bn austerity bill as minister admits that 'like Titanic' not even rich will be spare
The package was being rushed through to stop growing fears that Italy - the third largest Eurozone economy - was sliding into the same financial abyss as Greece.
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Arab stocks suffer from Greek and Italian debt debacle
AMMAN: Arab stock markets lost ground last week as investors came under negative impact from global recovery worries, Europe's debt ordeal and the persistent political turmoil in the Middle East, financial...
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US stocks dip on debt worries
US stocks fell on Thursday as the market worried about a possible US debt default if Congress fails to act soon to raise the borrowing limit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 54.49 points (0.44...
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U.S. Stocks Pare Advance on Concern Debt-Ceiling Deal Will Fail
U.S. stocks pared gains, almost erasing a 164-point rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after the Associated Press reported that House Speaker John Boehner said it’s a “crapshoot” whether...
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Avoid China Banking Stocks Over Short Term
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Louis Wong, a director at Phillip Securities HK Ltd., talks about China's banking industry and the debt levels of the country's municipal governments.