Monday, August 29, 2005

Stock Markets Afternoon News 8/29/2005

Stocks rise as storm weakens

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image shows Hurricane Katrina approaches the City of New Orleans in this image taken at 7:45 A.M. EDT on August 29, 2005. Gusty winds and heavy rain squalls swept across southern Louisiana on Monday as giant Hurricane Katrina bore down on the U.S. Gulf coast and threatened to swamp the city of New Orleans. At least a million people had fled the area ahead of the powerful storm, which weakened as it neared land to top winds of 155 mph and was downgraded to a Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. (Reuters - Handout)Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday, rebounding from earlier losses, as Hurricane Katrina weakened after hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil prices retreated from records that rattled shares early in the session.


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Stocks Rally As Katrina's Force Diminishes

Fred Wright picks up debris at his house as his wife Carol watches the waves from Mobile Bay break into their backyard  Monday Aug. 29, 2005 in Fairhope, Ala. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Wall Street rallied Monday as the force of Hurricane Katrina diminished, easing worries about refinery outages and damage along the Gulf of Mexico. Oil prices also retreated from record highs and reassured the market.


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NYSE member arrested in threat case

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street in Manhattan April 20, 2005, where it was announced that the NYSE plans to merge with Archipelago Holdings Inc. A New York Stock Exchange member has been arrested in connection with a telephone threat to a fellow member about the NYSE's deal to buy electronic trading company Archipelago Holdings Inc., New York police said on Monday.  (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - A New York Stock Exchange member has been arrested in connection with a telephone threat to a fellow member about the NYSE's deal to buy electronic trading company Archipelago Holdings Inc. , New York police said on Monday.


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NYSE Member Arrested for Alleged Threat

AP - A member of the New York Stock Exchange was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening another member who sued to oppose the Big Board's takeover of electronic rival Archipelago Holdings Inc.

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Stock markets higher as investors hope damage from Katrina won't be as bad as feared

South Korean pedestrians are reflected on the stock display board at a local securities firm in Seoul, Monday. South Korean shares fell sharply Monday as investors worried about how surging oil prices may affect the global economy. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index, or Kospi, declined 23.39 points, or 2.2 percent, to close at 1,063.16. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market was higher Monday as energy stocks rose in the wake of a jump in oil prices as investors tried to evaluate the damage to U.S. refinery and offshore oil production facilities by Hurricane Katrina.


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Dollar falls on oil surge, yuan eyed

Reuters - The dollar slipped against most other major currencies on Monday as investors fretted that record high oil prices could crimp U.S. economic growth, but it gained against the yen as Tokyo shares stumbled.

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Nikkei off 1 pct on oil worries

Reuters - The Nikkei average was down 1 percent by midsession on Monday, led by exporters like Toyota Motor Corp. on worries over a surge in oil prices to a new record and after figures last week showed a fall in U.S. consumer confidence.

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Oil's Economic Impact May Be Seen This Week

Engineer Ray Johnson waits as Orange County Fire Engine 21 is filled with diesel fuel at a Mobil station Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, in Tustin, Calif. Oil prices crept up to $67.32 a barrel setting a new high Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Wall Street has been battered in recent weeks by high oil prices and mounting evidence that rising energy costs — including record gasoline prices — are starting to curtail consumer spending.


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Friday's Wall Street Glance

AP - Dow Jones Industrials

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Wall Street wants more competition as NYSE, Nasdaq prep mergers

Canadian Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Philadelphia has a stock exchange?

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