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Stock investors ''should remain patient''

10/07/2008

Patience and diversity are key for stock investors during this time of economic crisis, an expert has said.

Alan Skrainka, Edward Jones'' chief market strategist, told the Wall Street...  Read the full story

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$700 bn bailout fails to lift markets
-10/06/2008
The passing of the $700 billion US banking bailout bill on Friday has failed to boost the global financial markets.

After the House of Representatives voted in favor of the revised rescue...  Read the full story

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BlackBerry Storm to take on rivals
-10/03/2008
The new BlackBerry Storm is set to challenge the market for touchscreen 3G upon its release later this year.

While Apple''s iPhone has been on the market for over a year, BlackBerry...  Read the full story

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$700bn bailout given Senate backing
-10/02/2008
The Senate has voted in favour of the repackaged $700 billion rescue plan for the US financial system by a ratio of almost three to one.

While 25 senators were against the proposals, 74 were...  Read the full story

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Bailout plan faces new vote
-10/01/2008
The US Senate will vote tonight (October 1) on the revised $700 billion bail-out rescue plan in a push to resolve one of the worst financial periods since the Great Depression.

The Senate...  Read the full story

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Bailout plan rejected by House of Representatives
-09/30/2008
The US Treasury''s proposed $700 billion bailout plan to support the country''s ailing economy has been rejected by lawmakers in Congress.

A vote in the House of Representatives saw the...  Read the full story

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