Trader Richard Scardino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Asian stocks surged Tuesday as a pledge by European leaders to protect the region’s banks from a debt crisis and Beijing’s move to buy the shares of major Chinese lenders boosted confidence.


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<p>Lucas Brancaccio, 18-year-old, of Las Vegas, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask marches during an AP – World stocks climbed Friday following confidence-boosting measures from European and British policymakers though investors became more cautious as they braced for a key U.S. jobs report.


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Specialist Jason Hardzewicz works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Asian-Pacific shares were mostly lower in early trading Wednesday, with market sentiment dampened by a slump in U.S. consumer confidence and a downturn in economic sentiment in Europe.


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In this Aug. 29, 2011 photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. European stocks were hurt Tuesday, Aug. 30, by a report showing economic sentiment in the eurozone was souring due to uncertainties about the future of the global economic recovery and the region's festering debt crisis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Stocks are falling after consumer confidence dropped in August to its lowest level since April 2009.


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A man walks by an electric stock index display of a securities firm in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Asian markets rose Thursday after stocks in Europe and the U.S. closed higher on a surge in demand for cars and planes in July that offered an unexpectedly upbeat sign of life in the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – A flash slide in Germany’s stock market dragged down indexes across the world Thursday, erasing earlier gains and shaking the confidence of investors cheering a $5 billion investment by Warren Buffet in Bank of America.


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Asian markets gain confidence from US gains (AP)

By admin on August 25th, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 24, 2011.    REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP – Asian markets rose Thursday after stocks in Europe and the U.S. closed higher on a surge in demand for cars and planes in July that offered an unexpectedly upbeat sign of life in the U.S. economy.


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A man takes a picture of a stock index board with his mobile phone outside a brokerage in Tokyo August 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters – The global economy stumbled deeper into crisis as stock markets slumped further on Tuesday, with investors losing confidence that the United States and Europe can rein in their debt burdens quickly and avert a double-dip recession.


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Reuters – Investors may have been relieved there was a Washington debt deal but they weren’t impressed enough to celebrate on Monday — and that may not bode well for stock prices for the rest of the year.

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