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US stocks slip amid Dubai, retail worries (AFP)

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on November 16, in New York City. US stocks drifted lower Monday as Dubai debt crisis worries abated after the UAE central bank announced support for banks and traders weighed lackluster Black Friday weekend holiday retail sales.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - US stocks slipped Monday as Dubai debt crisis worries and lackluster Black Friday weekend holiday retail sales kept traders cautious.


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NYSE Euronext completes $144M acquisition of NYFIX (AP)

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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AP - NYSE Euronext, which operates the New York Stock Exchange and other trading venues, on Monday said it completed its acquisition of trading technology provider NYFIX Inc.

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FTSE slides on Dubai worries (AFP)

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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The FTSE 100 reversed early gains to trade in negative territory as investors digested moves by the United Arab Emirates central bank to soothe worries over Dubai's debt crisis.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The FTSE 100 reversed early gains to trade in negative territory on Monday as investors digested moves by the United Arab Emirates central bank to soothe worries over Dubai's debt crisis.


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FTSE rises 0.30% at open (AFP)

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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The FTSE 100 reversed early gains to trade in negative territory as investors digested moves by the United Arab Emirates central bank to soothe worries over Dubai's debt crisis.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London's benchmark FTSE 100 shares index advanced in opening trade on Monday, after sharp Asian gains across Asia, on easing worries about Dubai's debt crisis, dealers said.


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UAE stock markets drop, Nakheel seeks debt plans (AFP)

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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A man follows market movements at the Dubai Financial Market in the Gulf emirate on November 30. Stock markets in Dubai and neighbouring Gulf emirate Abu Dhabi have gone into freefall as investors in the United Arab Emirates grabbed their first chance to respond to Dubai's debt crisis.(AFP/Karim Sahib)AFP - Dubai's stock market plunged 5.94 percent on Monday as trading opened following an announcement by the Arab emirate that it intends to seek a freeze on debt repayments.


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Dubai crisis, holiday sales will dominate trading (AP)

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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Traders work the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street braced for repercussions of the Dubai debt crisis to unfold and for looming key economic data, after winding down a turbulent holiday-shortened week.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Nagle)AP - Investors may have to do some emotional juggling as the trading week begins.


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UAE acts to shore up banking system and calm markets (AFP)

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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A foreign labourer pictured at the construction site of Dubai's Business Bay on November 27. The United Arab Emirates central bank has pumped more liquidity into its banking sector amid fears that local stock markets may plunge after debt-laden Dubai asked to suspend debt payments.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - The United Arab Emirates central bank on Sunday pumped more liquidity into its banking sector amid fears that local stock markets may plunge after debt-laden Dubai asked to suspend debt payments.


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Stocks face Dubai, jobs and Ben’s Act II (Reuters)

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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The sign of the New York Stock Exchange is pictured March 26, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Dubai, jobs data, Black Friday results and a chance for Congress to throw fireballs at Fed chief Ben Bernanke: The U.S. stock market's path to glory is fraught with peril this week.


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Dubai blackout over debt plans to hit Gulf markets (AFP)

Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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Traders follow the market's movement at the Stock Exchange in Kuwait City in September 2009. A lack of details on how Dubai plans to pay off its 80-billion-dollar debt mountain will hit Gulf stock markets sharply this week when they trade for the first time since news broke of the emirate's problems, analysts predict.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - A lack of details on how Dubai plans to pay off its 80-billion-dollar debt mountain will hit Gulf stock markets sharply this week when they trade for the first time since news broke of the emirate's problems, analysts predict.


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Wall Street braces for Dubai debt fallout, jobs data (AFP)

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News.

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Traders work the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street braced for repercussions of the Dubai debt crisis to unfold and for looming key economic data, after winding down a turbulent holiday-shortened week.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Nagle)AFP - Wall Street braced for repercussions of the Dubai debt crisis to unfold and for looming key economic data, after winding down a turbulent holiday-shortened week.


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