Stocks hit by S&P downgrade speculation (AP)

By admin on January 15th, 2012

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 13, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP – Mounting speculation that a leading credit agency is to imminently downgrade the ratings of a number of eurozone countries drove global markets sharply lower Friday and sent the euro currency spinning down to a 17-month low.


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Traders are pictured at their desks at the Frankfurt stock exchange January 2, 2012. REUTERS/Remote/Pawel KopczynskiReuters – Concern about the appetite for euro zone sovereign debt pushed European stocks lower and hit the single currency on Thursday, with the first French bond auction of 2012 set to test how much progress policymakers have made in easing tensions.


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FOR USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS - FILE -In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, a businessman sticks his tongue out in jest as he walks past tents erected by protesters from the Occupy London Stock Exchange group, as they continue their demonstration outside St Paul's Cathedral, near the London Stock Exchange in London.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP – Enthusiasm for riskier assets such as stocks faded Monday as skeptical investors assessed a new European fiscal pact aimed at fixing the continent’s debt crisis and preventing a breakup of the euro currency bloc.


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Asia stocks rise amid approval for Europe pact (AP)

By admin on December 12th, 2011

Traders talk as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 9, 2011.     REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP – Asian stock markets rose Monday as investors cheered a new European fiscal pact aimed at fixing the region’s debt crisis and preventing a collapse of the euro currency.


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Trader Edward Curran, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Stocks rose broadly in early trading Monday on hopes for a plan to restore long-term confidence in the euro. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Asian stocks sank Tuesday after Standard and Poor’s warned 15 countries using the euro that it could downgrade their credit ratings. Skepticism over a new plan to prevent a breakup of the common currency also dragged markets lower.


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Market fears over Italy, Greece ease further (AP)

By admin on November 11th, 2011

A trader works on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 10, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarAP – The prospect of new governments in Greece and Italy helped support market sentiment Friday, at the end of a hugely-volatile week when investors fretted over the future of the euro currency and the outlook for the global economy.


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A TV cameraman films monitor screens displaying abrupt surge of the U.S. dollar currency rate against the Japanese Yen traded on the Tokyo foreign exchange market at a dealing room in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 after Japanese monetary authorities intervened in the currency market to weaken the yen. Monday's action, confirmed by Finance Minister Jun Azumi, came after the Japanese currency had surged to a post-World War II high of 75.32 yen against the dollar earlier Monday. By 11:45 a.m., Tokyo time, the dollar has risen sharply to 79.19 yen. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – Global stocks gave up some of their recent gains Monday amid concerns over Italy’s ability to get a handle on its colossal debt pile, while the yen slid in the wake of another attempt by the Japanese monetary authorities to weaken the currency.


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