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| UK Stocks - Factors to watch on Sept |
| Friday, September 19, 2008 |
UK Stocks - Factors to watch on Sept 19 - Reuters LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen opening 273-286 points higher on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, bolstered by government moves to resolve the crisis gripping financial markets. The UK Financial Services Source: www.reuters.com Asian stocks soar on possible US rescue package - International Herald Tribune HONG KONG : Asian stock markets soared Friday as a news of a U.S. government plan to rescue banks from risky mortgage debt brought hope of a letup in the world's worst financial crisis in decades. Japan's Nikkei 225 average advanced 3.2 percent to 11 Source: www.iht.com US pledges financial rescue plan - BBC News Since the start of the week, Lehman Brothers has collapsed, the Federal Reserve has bailed out insurance giant AIG, Merrill Lynch has been acquired by Bank of America and financial advisor trainee in the UK, Lloyds TSB has acquired HBOS. Mr Paulson and financial advisor trainee Federal Reserve Source: www.bbc.co.uk Japan 5-Year Notes Set for Weekly Drop as Crisis Concerns Ease - Bloomberg Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year notes headed for a third weekly decline after the U.S. government proposed moving troubled assets from the balance sheets of American financial companies into a new institution. Five-year yields climbed Source: www.bloomberg.com AP source: US weighing financial crisis plans - Forbes The government is weighing several options to ease Wall Street's worst financial crisis in decades, according to a person with knowledge of the talks. But taking over banks' bad debt, an idea that rallied the stock market on Thursday, is no certainty Source: www.forbes.com
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