Wall Street loses ground as financials weigh (Reuters)

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Wall Street loses ground as financials weigh (Reuters)

Trading specialists work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 9, 2008. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters – The Dow and the S&P 500 briefly turned negative in choppy trade on Wednesday as persistent worries about the health of the financial sector punctured an earlier bounce.


Market closes well down

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Market closes well down
MELBOURNE – The Australian share market closed more than 1.5 per cent lower today, weighed down by falls in resource and energy stocks.At the 1615 AEST close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 87.4 po…

World stocks soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts (AP)

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World stocks soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts (AP)

Pedestrians walk in front of the electronic stock board of a securities company in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index was up more than 430 points, or 3.6 percent, at 12,650.27 in morning trading after Washington announced a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - a move that could help bolster a shaky U.S. housing market and renew investor confidence in stock and credit markets worldwide. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – World stock markets soared Monday after Washington announced a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

U.S. stocks plunge as Lehman shares collapse

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U.S. stocks plunge as Lehman shares collapse
The europhic emergence of bulls Monday, following the government takeover of Freddie Mac and Fannie May, ended Tuesday as bears took control again.

Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout (AP)

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Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout (AP)

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., left, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart, right, exchanges places during their news conference in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 on the bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Wall Street finally got what it’s been angling for: a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could aid a recovery of the broken U.S. housing market and arrest a slide in stock and credit markets worldwide.


US stocks surge on Fannie, Freddie takeover

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US stocks surge on Fannie, Freddie takeover
US stocks soared as investors welcomed the government takeover of beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout (AP)

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Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout (AP)

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., left, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart, right, exchanges places during their news conference in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 on the bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Wall Street finally got what it’s been angling for: a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could aid a recovery of the broken U.S. housing market and arrest a slide in stock and credit markets worldwide.


Stock Exchange back to normal after outage

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Stock Exchange back to normal after outage
Sign up for the FS newsletter today! According to a spokeswoman from the exchange, the outage occurred after 45 minutes of normal operation at 09:15(BST) yesterday. The outage was not fixed until 16…

TCI wants Boerse to sell cash unit to LSE: report (Reuters)

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TCI wants Boerse to sell cash unit to LSE: report (Reuters)
Reuters – Hedge fund TCI wants German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse to sell its cash equities business to the London Stock Exchange, German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday.

Updates, advisories and surprises

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Updates, advisories and surprises
) the Dallas holding company for the filtration- and environmental-systems producer Peerless Manufacturing Co., swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss from a year-earlier profit on 56% higher revenue…