FORT WORTH COMPANIES - Bank stocks drag Europe down despite Asian gains - Seattle Times FORT WORTH COMPANIES - Bank stocks drag Europe down despite Asian gains - Seattle Times

Thursday, January 29, 2009

FORT WORTH COMPANIES - Bank stocks drag Europe down despite Asian gains - Seattle Times

Bank stocks dragged European markets down Thursday, with investors booking profits on big gains earlier this week. The passage of a $819 billion economic stimulus package by the U.S. House of Representatives overnight failed to cheer European markets in New York Shares News

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Wednesday called President Barack Obama’s ethics rules the most stringent ever, despite the high-level appointments of former lobbyists to key jobs in recent days. Gibbs said granting a in New York Shares News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street turned cautious Thursday as weak profit reports from a range of companies offered the latest evidence of the economy's toll on business. Stock futures signaled Wall Street was set to open lower after stocks soared in New York Shares News

Asian markets closed higher Thursday, as U.S. plans to help troubled banks boosted financial shares and a weaker yen boosted Japanese exporters. Hong Kong shares rose strongly on the first trading day after the extended Lunar New Year break. And New in New York Shares News

LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Emerging stocks hit 10-day highs and sovereign debt spreads tested the year's narrowest levels on Thursday, boosted by recent gains in global stocks, but the rouble hit a record low against its basket for a second day in New York Shares News

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