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/ 16 October 2008
Global stock markets traded mixed on Thursday amid recession fears as Wall Street rose and Europe fell for a second day running.
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/ 16 October 2008
Mounting fears of global recession hammered world stocks on Thursday, with Tokyo suffering its worst loss in two decades and Europe in freefall.
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/ 16 October 2008
The rand slumped overnight, moving above the R10-a-dollar level, and was early on Thursday morning trading at its worst levels since August 2002.
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/ 15 October 2008
South African stocks plummeted nearly 7% on Wednesday following severe drops in overseas markets amid renewed fears of a global economic slowdown.
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/ 14 October 2008
The United States pledged on Tuesday to pump -billion into its banks, following similar action in Europe, though a threat of recession remained.
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/ 13 October 2008
Most Asian stock markets recovered on Monday after last week’s historic sell-off as governments intensified efforts to stabilise the world’s finances.
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/ 12 October 2008
A lethal new threat is emerging at the dark heart of the financial system, writes Will Hutton.
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/ 10 October 2008
United States stocks tumbled on Friday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 below 900 for the first time in five years.
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/ 10 October 2008
South Africa’s markets could bottom out another 1 500 points down, Sasfin market commentator David Shapiro predicted on Friday.
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/ 22 September 2008
A world equities rally mostly stalled on Monday as investors questioned whether the much-vaunted US rescue plan would resolve a global crisis.
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/ 19 September 2008
Global stock markets roared higher on Friday on news of a possible United States government plan to rescue banks from toxic mortgage debt.
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/ 18 September 2008
Morgan Stanley topped the list of major financial firms scrambling to find a buyer on Thursday amid panicked stock and money markets.
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/ 17 September 2008
Capping an extraordinary day in financial markets, US authorities pieced together an emergency -billion rescue of insurance company AIG.
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/ 16 September 2008
South African stocks plunged on Tuesday, shaken by United States financial-sector shocks and falling metal prices.
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/ 16 September 2008
Global equities tumbled for a second day running on Tuesday as anxious investors kept an eye on troubled US insurance giant AIG.
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/ 15 September 2008
United States stocks were in a dramatic sell-off on Monday morning amid a widening credit crisis.
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/ 10 September 2008
The JSE wobbled between weakness and strength in morning trade and was in the red at noon on Wednesday, driven mainly by mining stocks.
The financial quake of the past year has toppled almost all the world’s stock markets.