Latest News in Stock Funds Markets – Jan 21, 2009

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Overseas stocks decline as banking woes offset Obama’s plans – Newark Star-Le…

21 Jan 2009 at 2:38am
Asian stock markets dropped today, with Japan’s benchmark losing 2 percent, as concern that rising bank losses will cripple the world economy overshadowed the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama. European markets tracked Asia lower. The …

Wall Street retreats as bank fears crash party – Orlando Sentinel

21 Jan 2009 at 1:55am
NEW YORK – As if to underscore the daunting financial mess confronting President Barack Obama , a fresh plunge in banking stocks Tuesday dragged the stock market to its worst loss of the new year. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled more than …

What did you think of Obama’s inaugural speech? – Napa Valley Register

21 Jan 2009 at 1:05am
Evidently the stock market wasn’t impressed by the speech: “NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Stock indexes extended losses and hit session lows on Tuesday after President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech provided few new details about measures to tackle the …

Nikkei hits 7-week closing low amid financial woes – CNBC

20 Jan 2009 at 11:25pm
TOKYO, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei stock average slid 2 percent on Wednesday to hit a seven-week closing low as deepening woes in the global financial system hurt bank shares, while Toyota Motor and other exporters sank on a firmer yen. The …

Sasha Obama – Chicago Tribune

21 Jan 2009 at 4:11am
”People feel empowered. They feel like they own a piece of this now.” AMY CRAMER of Bethlehem INAUGURATION LESSON: 3RD-GRADERS COLOR-BLIND Eight-year-old Olivia Quinones drew enthusiastically and wrote at length before proudly presenting her mini …

U.S. Stocks Set to Bounce – Wall Street Journal

21 Jan 2009 at 5:23am
U.S. stock-index futures pointed to a recovery from the previous day’s selloff, with a flurry of earnings releases battling banking-sector woes for investors’ attention. Less than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average …

SAfrica Top-40 falls 2 pct, tracks global stocks – FXStreet.com

21 Jan 2009 at 4:04am
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 21 (Reuters) – South African blue-chip stocks slid more than 2 percent on Wednesday, tracking weaker global stocks on increasing woes over the crisis in the global financial sector. The Johannesburg Top-40 index of blue-chip stocks …

Stock & fund quotes – ninemsn

21 Jan 2009 at 3:14am
TOKYO, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo, Japan’s biggest bullion retailer, said on Wednesday it handled a record volume of platinum in 2008, with investor interest growing strongly at a time when other financial markets plunged. Tanaka …

Noranda Income Fund Announces Its January Cash Distribution – Market Wire

21 Jan 2009 at 5:51am
Noranda Income Fund is an income trust whose units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “NIF.UN”. The Noranda Income Fund owns the CEZinc processing facility and ancillary assets (the “CEZinc processing facility”) located in Salaberry …

VW Turns to Individuals for Bond Sales as Funds Flee (Update1) – Bloomberg

21 Jan 2009 at 3:21am
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — Some of Europe?s biggest borrowers are slicing bonds into pieces small enough to lure individual investors as institutions burned by the 18-month seizure in credit markets flee from corporate debt securities. Volkswagen AG …

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