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'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Thank goodness Australia doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving Day - there won't be anything to give thanks for when it comes around next week. While we're at it, Santa Claus may not be coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... estimated that the average weekend shopper spent 6.4 per cent less than a year ago. The day after Thursday's Thanksgiving Day holiday, known as Black Friday, unofficially kicks off the critical year-end shopping season. LONDON - Crude oil prices climbed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... noted there were upward revisions for September data in some cases. US markets are closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving Day public holiday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed flat after the European Central Bank signalled it could begin purchasing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... Europe is concerned." Despite economic woes, Americans spent a record $US11.4 billion ($A11.75 billion) over the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend, according to estimates. Locally, retail stocks were higher, with Harvey Norman up 6.5 cents, or 3.3 per ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
It's Thanksgiving Day in the USA. This means it's a trading holiday in the USA. This means that us, in the Asian time zone, would have to do make do without a GPS today. This means that we'll be running around like headless turkeys. And it doesn't help ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
'Twas another big night on Wall Street as the countdown to Thanksgiving Day begins. And the Fed would have it no other way. But first let's take a look at the hard data. Give thanks for Americans are again buying houses. US existing home sales jumped ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... points, up 105.07 or 1.94 per cent. TOKYO - The Japanese stock market was closed for a public holiday, Labor and Thanksgiving Day. On Thursday the Nikkei ended up 0.34 per cent, or 51.11 points, at 14,888.77, down 265.84 points since last Friday, November ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... cents lower to $40.24 and Rio Tinto Ltd was down 11 cents to $128.66. The US stock exchange was closed for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Yesterday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 211.10 points to 12,799.04, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... 6334.3 and the All Ordinaries dropped 55.1 points to 6395.1. NEW YORK - The stock exchange was closed for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Yesterday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 211.10 points to 12,799.04, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost ...
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