STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-SocGen raises equity weighting, likes Europe

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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-SocGen raises equity weighting, likes Europe
Oct 23 (Reuters) – STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 13:20GMT 23Oct2008-Societe Generale raises equity weighting, likes Europe ——————————–…

Stocks end mixed as investors search for bargains (AP)

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Stocks end mixed as investors search for bargains (AP)

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Europe stocks fall as earnings intensify econ fears

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Europe stocks fall as earnings intensify econ fears
LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – European shares fell on Thursday after bearish updates from engineering group ABB and auto group Daimler added to worries about the global economy that sent banks and commod…

Stocks end mixed as investors search for bargains (AP)

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Stocks end mixed as investors search for bargains (AP)

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Stocks tumble on worries about earnings forecasts

Posted by admin on October 23, 2008 under News | Be the First to Comment

Stocks tumble on worries about earnings forecasts
NEW YORK — Wall Street tumbled again Wednesday as investors worried that the global economy is poised to weaken even as parts of the credit market slowly show signs of recovery. The major indexes fe…

Argentine pension plan could postpone default (AP)

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Argentine pension plan could postpone default (AP)

Brokers work at the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. Argentine stocks plunged by 13 percent Tuesday in reaction to government plans to nationalize nearly US$30 billion in private pension funds. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)AP – Argentina’s surprise move to nationalize $30.1 billion in private pension funds amid the global fiscal crisis has driven the nation’s benchmark stock index down 20 percent in two days.


Prices lower on Taipei bourse

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Prices lower on Taipei bourse
Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA) Taiwan's share prices closed lower, moving down 80.13 points, or 1.62 percent, Wednesday, with the weighted index, the market's key barometer, to close at 4,862.59. Suffering a d…

Market battered by commodity slide (Reuters)

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Market battered by commodity slide (Reuters)
Reuters – The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index closed nearly 6 percent lower on Wednesday as resource issues sank along with commodity prices on concerns that a global economic slowdown will slash demand.

Bad day on Wall St – Dow down 5.6 pc

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Bad day on Wall St – Dow down 5.6 pc
It's been a terrible day on Wall St. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped 509.83 points or 5.64 per cent to 8,523.83 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slid 80.93 points or 4.77 per cent to 1…

Deep recession fears slam Wall Street (Reuters)

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Deep recession fears slam Wall Street (Reuters)

Specialist trader Brian Fairbrother works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 22, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters – Stocks tumbled to 5 year lows on Wednesday as investors grappled with an increasingly dire outlook for the global economy following a raft of disappointing profits and outlooks from major U.S. companies.