Tuesday, November 18, 2008
S.Africa's rand edges firmer, stock futures up

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:01:00 GMT
lawmakers about the outlook for the industry as they asked for a $25 billion bailout. The rand was trading at 10.25 against the dollar at 0638 GMT, 0.15 percent firmer than its previous close in New York, after keeping to a relatively tight 10.20 to 10

Taiwan stocks hit 5-yr closing low; builders fall

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:01:00 GMT
4,110.09 All time high 12,682.41 12 FEB 1990 ------------------------------------------------------------ For a table of foreign trading in Taiwan stocks, double-click on (Reporting by Kelvin Soh, Editing by Keiron Henderson) ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS:

JGBs rise on Treasuries, declining Tokyo shares

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:04:00 GMT
seven years. ID:nLH554717] But market watchers said participants were beginning to run low on short-term incentives, limiting trading as a result. 'Macroeconomic factors are lessening in impact as the market looks beyond for other incentives,' said

US sees long road to recovery as economic gloom spreads

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:20:39 GMT
The US Treasury has said it would take time for the world's largest economy to begin to recover despite a massive financial bailout, amid growing fears of a global recession.

Stocks fall in Europe after G-20

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:59:59 GMT
PARIS : Stocks fell Monday in Europe, after a mixed session in Asia, after a weekend summit meeting in Washington failed to offer new remedies for the ailing global financial system and data from Tokyo showed ...