FTSE unsettled by G20 unrest

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FTSE unsettled by G20 unrest
The FTSE 100 Index ticked higher today as widespread protests ahead of Thursday’s G20 summit failed to unsettle blue-chip stocks.Trading was thin as many dealers stayed away, but those who were at t…

Kuwait bourse suspends 36 stocks for late results (AFP)

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Kuwait bourse suspends 36 stocks for late results (AFP)

Kuwaiti traders follow the market's movement at the stock exchange in Kuwait City. The Kuwait Stock Exchange suspended trading in the stocks of 36 companies, mostly investment firms, for failing to report in time their financial results for last year.(AFP/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP – The Kuwait Stock Exchange suspended trading on Wednesday in the stocks of 36 companies, mostly investment firms, for failing to report in time their financial results for last year.


How the Dow Jones industrials fared Wednesday

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How the Dow Jones industrials fared Wednesday
Wall Street began the second quarter on solid footing Wednesday as better-than-expected economic reports helped extend a four-week rally. After falling in the early going on disappointing jobs data, s…

Outflow Hit Stock Funds In February (Investor’s Business Daily)

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Outflow Hit Stock Funds In February (Investor’s Business Daily)
Investor’s Business Daily – Reversing course, investors pulled $25.03 billion from stock funds in February, as the market fell.

Most Asia shares up; Nikkei ignores tankan to jump

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Most Asia shares up; Nikkei ignores tankan to jump
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Most Asian markets advanced Wednesday after a roller-coaster ride, with Japanese shares jumping as the yen's recent weakness and overnight gains on Wall Street lifted export…

World stocks recover as investors hunt bargains (AFP)

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World stocks recover as investors hunt bargains (AFP)

A trader speaks on a cell phone on March 30, 2009 outside the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets recovered Tuesday as investors hunted for bargains a day after sharp losses caused by heightened concerns for the US economy and in particular its ailing auto sector.(AFP/Stan Honda)AFP – Global stock markets recovered Tuesday as investors hunted for bargains a day after sharp losses caused by heightened concerns for the US economy and in particular its ailing auto sector.


Qatar stocks offer best value in Gulf – analysts

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Qatar stocks offer best value in Gulf – analysts
Government support to the financial sector and fiscal stimulus will underpin Gulf economies, but the asset quality of regional banks remains an area of concern, Merrill said.The MSCI Gulf ex Saudi ind…

GM, Bristol-Myers, AK Steel are big movers (AP)

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GM, Bristol-Myers, AK Steel are big movers (AP)
AP – Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

Hang Seng shows promise in opening

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Hang Seng shows promise in opening
(58 mins ago) Hong Kong share prices opened 1.18 percent higher, with the Hang Seng Index rising 159.81 points to 13,735.83 in the first few minutes of trading. US stocks rebounded after two conse…

The gadfly gets her day: Davis to ring NYSE bell (AP)

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The gadfly gets her day: Davis to ring NYSE bell (AP)

In this May, 1999 file photo, Evelyn Y. Davis, then, a DaimlerChrysler shareholder from Washinton D.C., waves to the photographers as she enters the podium to pose under the DaimlerChrysler sign prior to the annual general meeting of the concern in Stuttgart's Hanns Martin Schleyer Hall. Davis is being honored by the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The shareholder advocate, who calls herself the 'queen of the corporate jungle,' has been invited to ring the closing bell. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, file)AP – Evelyn Y. Davis was raking CEOs over the coals before it was popular.