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Occupy protesters dig-in at Davos Anti-capitalist demonstrators are hardy creatures, neither the wet nor the cold puts them off mounting a protest. Igloos have replaced tents for their… 25/01/2012
US backs markets merger The US government has backed the multi billion euro merger between Deutsche Boerse and the New York Stock Exchange parent NYSE Euronext. It will create the… 23/12/2011
Occupy Wall street takes its case to Main Street It has been almost three months since demonstrators first came to America’s financial heart to ‘occupy’ Wall Street. But today the tents have been removed… 15/12/2011
USA: Occupy LA prostesters evicted – nocomment Anti-Wall Street protesters are evicted from their eight-week-old encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall. 01/12/2011
Occupy Wall Street Protests in Manhattan – nocomment Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Manhattan on November 7 to show support for the “Occupy Wall St” movement by marching north to south along of… 09/11/2011
Occupy Wall Street protests continue – nocomment Occupy Wall Street protesters camp out in New York for day 24 of the grass roots movement against corporate greed and economic inequality that is spreading… 11/10/2011
Cashing Pumpkins: LA’s Halloween protest at bankersPumpkins decorated with the faces of bankers are displayed at the Occupy LA protest camp in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 10/10/2011
‘Anti-Wall Street’ protests spread across USA The United States is the latest country to see calls for change multiplying, with a protest movement against corporate power gathering momentum. The Occupy… 08/10/2011
George Soros backs anti-Wall Street protests Billionaire financier George Soros says he understands anti-bank protests that started in New York and have spread across the United States. The… 04/10/2011
Wall Street protest – nocomment Denouncing police use of force and Wall Street bailouts, thousands of protesters march to the New York Police Department (NYPD) headquarters. 01/10/2011
Spectre of Greek default continues to stifle world markets New York markets felt the force of the speculation that Germany is preparing for a Greek default. Morgan Stanley, the Goldman Sachs Group and JP Morgan… 12/09/2011
Shares flat on US jobs and euro zone weakness The world’s stock markets continue to be volatile. Wall Street is lacklustre as figures showed the US jobs market remains weak with an increase in new… 08/09/2011
Wall Street and European shares bounce back The world’s financial markets bounced back on Wednesday after three days of declines on hopes the European debt crisis might ease. That came after Germany’s… 07/09/2011
NYSE Deutsche Börse merger moves closer The New York Stock Exchange has moved a big step closer to being taken over by Germany’s Deutsche Börse. Almost two thirds of NYSE Euronext shareholders… 07/07/2011
Russia’s Yandex a hit as it starts trading Shares of Russian internet search engine Yandex shot up on their first day of trading on the Nasdaq. The company’s initial public offering – which was the… 24/05/2011
Back in the Day: birth of the New York Stock ExchangeMay 17, 1792. A group of 24 stock brokers create what would become the New York Stock Exchange. They signed the Buttonwood Agreement under a buttonwood… 16/05/2011
NYSE says no to Nasdaq NYSE Euronext says it is sticking to its merger deal with Deutsche Boerse and rejecting a higher takeover bid from the Nasdaq. The NYSE board called the… 11/04/2011
At least 50 arrested at new Wall Street protestsThey may have been evicted from their protest camp in New York, but that has not stopped them from attempting to continue demonstrating. Hundreds of Occupy… 17/11/2011
Evicted Wall St protesters return minus their tentsHundreds of Wall Street protesters returned to Zuccotti park in central New York only hours after being evicted by police. The mood was defiant as the… 16/11/2011
Occupy Wall Street will fight onMembers of the Occupy Wall Street movement have regrouped, and are vowing to continue their struggle. It comes after protesters were successfully dislodged… 15/11/2011
Protesters cleared from Wall StreetPolice have moved in and cleared a protest site in New York’s financial district. The members of Occupy Wall Street had been camped there since… 15/11/2011
Dawn raid on Occupy Wall StreetPolice have moved in to clear protesters from Zuccotti Park in New York’s financial district. Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement have been camped… 15/11/2011
Arrests at new Occupy Wall Street protestAt least 20 people have been arrested after scuffles broke out during an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. Hundreds of people marched as part of a… 06/11/2011
Pedal power fuels the Occupy Wall Street protestPeople power now also means pedal power for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Protesters in New York have had to come up with alternative ways of producing… 01/11/2011
Snow threatens Occupy Wall Street protestThe Occupy Wall Street movement may struggle to deal with winter weather after generators and fuel were confiscated by New York’s fire department for safety… 30/10/2011
Back in the Day : Black MondayOn October, 19, 1987, stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in a very short time. The crash began in Hong Kong and spread west to… 18/10/2011
Australasia and Far East kick off global protestGlobal protests against corporate greed are taking place, beginning in the far east and Australasia before spreading to European and American cities. In… 15/10/2011
Protesters rally worldwide against ‘corporate greed’As far as those taking part are concerned, it is a global chance to fight back against the fat cats. An international wave of rallies denouncing bankers… 15/10/2011
Occupy Wall Street protests go globalAs New York’s Occupy Wall Street protesters are not facing the immediate prospect of being cleared off their site, the movement is gaining global popularity… 14/10/2011
Anti-Wall St. activists gear up to block ‘expulsion’A showdown in New York is looming. Anti-Wall Street activists are threatening to block efforts to clean the park where they have set up a protest… 14/10/2011
Chicago holds rallies against recessionThousands of protesters, including teachers and religious leaders, have taken to the streets of Chicago to rally against economic inequality. The protests… 11/10/2011
Anti-greed protests spread across USWhat started off in New York as a protest against Wall Street is spreading across the USA, and some have already dubbed it the American Spring. Rallies… 07/10/2011
‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests gaining pace in USDemonstrations have been held in various US cities as momentum grows in the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement. Among the other towns taking part on Wednesday were… 06/10/2011
Wall St and jobs occupy US occupiers’ mindsAs anti-Wall Street protesters enter their third week of public demonstrations in New York, the movement is spreading across the rest of the United… 03/10/2011
Anti-Wall Street protesters ‘get organised’The anti-Wall Street protest in New York has now produced copycat movements across the US. In Los Angeles along with other cities such as Chicago and San… 03/10/2011
Demonstrators march on New York Police HQIn New York over 1,000 protestors marched to the city’s police headquarters. The demonstration was in response to what was claimed to be heavy handed police… 01/10/2011
Wall Street and European bourses slumpSell, sell, sell was the cry on the floor of the New York stock exchange as trading started with a massive fall in the indexes. Following a public holiday… 06/09/2011
Global markets continue to experience fallsAsian markets opened as much as four per cent down on Friday, amid increasing fears that the US economy is sliding into recession. The steepest drops were… 19/08/2011
Wall Street slumps againUS stocks tumbled again on Wall Street almost wiping out gains of a relief rally only 24-hours earlier. The main trigger was concern about the health of… 11/08/2011
US billionaire found guilty of insider tradingThe US hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam has been found guilty of making millions of dollars from insider trading. Released on bail, the founder of the… 12/05/2011
General Motors returns to US stock marketOnce-bankrupt automaker General Motors will return to the US stock market on Thursday. The company will offer shares at US$ 33 each, 18 months… 18/11/2010
Airliner sales lift Boeing profitBoeing’s shares took off as it posted a quarterly profit that beat expectations. The US aerospace and defence company also boosted its forecast for the full… 20/10/2010
Soros shuns sharesBillionaire investor George Soros seems to be anticipating further Wall Street turbulence. In the second quarter, Soros dramatically cut his holdings of… 17/08/2010
Wall Street overhaul becomes lawPresident Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of US financial regulations since the Great Depression. The bill targets the kind of… 21/07/2010
US senate backs financial reformsThe US Senate has approved the biggest shakeup of American financial regulation in decades. The reforms impose lending restrictions on banks in a bid to… 16/07/2010
Obama praises Wall Street reformsLawmakers in Washington have agreed a historic overhaul of US financial regulations – the most sweeping change in those rules since the 1930s. Democratic… 25/06/2010
End of an era of excess for Wall StreetThe US senate has approved the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s. It is a major victory for President Barack Obama, who has… 21/05/2010
Wall Street/Solitary Man/TourneeMichael Douglas is at the Cannes Film Festival to promote his new film “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, a sequel to the 1987 hit directed by Oliver Stone… 14/05/2010
Greek tragedy sparks Wall St diveWall Street closed more than 3 percent down after a day which saw US stocks nose dive by as much as 9 percent at one point. It was the largest percentage… 06/05/2010
Protesters march on Wall StreetThousands of demonstrators have marched through the New York financial district in a protest against Wall Street. They accuse the big banks of making record… 30/04/2010
Obama scolds Wall StreetWall Street has been given a telling off by President Barack Obama for the risk-taking that led to the financial crisis. He told an New York audience… 22/04/2010
US bank bailout cheaper than expectedThe US government’s bailout of the financial system is expected to cost around 65 billion euros that is much lower than previously thought. In April of last… 12/04/2010
Eighty years on: The Wall Street CrashOn the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash, euronews has visited the belly of the beast in New York. We spoke to bankers just over one… 23/10/2009
Have the lessons of the subprime crash already been forgotten?The first victims of the economic crisis were the brokers and traders of Wall street who lost their jobs. But don’t shed too many tears for these masters… 14/09/2009
Obama to relaunch Wall St reformPresident Obama will try to revive an overhaul of US financial institutions today – a year after the collapse of one the oldest US banks, Lehman Brothers. Its… 14/09/2009
Tuesday 25th AugustEuropean shares finished the day ahead after turned positive in afternoon trading tracking Wall Street. The US markets were boosted by new data showing … 25/08/2009
Wednesday 5th AugustEuropean shares finished down one percent, mirroring Wall Street on news of an unexpected decline in activity in the US service sector in July. Services… 05/08/2009
Obama’s bank plan falls flat on Wall StreetInternational markets have reacted badly to a US bank bail-out proposal worth more than a trillion euros. The Dow Jones closed 4.6 percent down last night and… 11/02/2009
Wall Street posts record lows to welcome in new presidentDespite the optimism surrounding the 44th US president Wall Street celebrated with another day of heavy losses. As all eyes tuned in to Washington the… 21/01/2009
Madoff was investigated eight times – reportUS regulators reportedly looking into the company run by Bernard Madoff at least eight times in 16 years. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Securities… 05/01/2009
US financial regulator under fire in Madoff scandalHe was still smiling as he headed home after attending a federal court in Manhattan but Bernard Madoff was jostled and pushed as he made his way through a… 18/12/2008
Effects of US interest rate cut felt worldwideThe rally on Wall Street has had the usual knock-on effect in Asia, and Europe will be waking up with the hope it will reverberate here too. The Dow Jones… 17/12/2008
Goldman Sachs posts first loss in nine yearsThe financial crisis has finally caught up with Wall Street leader Goldman Sachs. The investment bank had, until recently, sidestepped the worst of the… 16/12/2008
Huge Wall Street fraud allegedThe former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market has been arrested and charged with what is perhaps the biggest-ever Wall Street fraud. Bernard Madoff, one of… 12/12/2008
Obama backs public works as way out of crisisAfter Friday’s announcement of some of the worst US unemployment figures for decades, the country’s president-elect has been quick to promise a massive public… 06/12/2008
Recession confirmation drags markets downWall Street buried itself firmly in the red at the close of trading yesterday following official confirmation that the American economy has been in recession… 01/12/2008
Wall Street gives Obama economic team warm welcomePledging to boost his country’s faltering economy, US President-elect Barack Obama has introduced the team that will help him navigate the global financial… 25/11/2008
Obama to name economic task forceBarack Obama will announce his top economic team today, two months before he enters the White House. Two Clinton-era veterans are set to lead efforts to… 24/11/2008
Fear grips Wall Street as US stocks and consumer price index plungeUS stocks have plummeted to their lowest in five and a half years. News that politicians were struggling to reach a compromise over a crucial bailout deal to… 20/11/2008
