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| INDEX | VALUE | CHANGE | %CHANGE | DATE (Taipei Time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones | 10,447.93 |  127.83 | 1.24 | 2010-09-03 |
| S&P 500 | 1,104.51 | 14.41 | 1.32 | 2010-09-03 |
| NASDAQ | 2,233.75 | 33.74 | 1.53 | 2010-09-03 |
| Russell 2000 | 643.36 | 11.10 | 1.76 | 2010-09-03 |
| PHLX Semicon | 0.00 |  328.71 | 100.00 | 1970-01-01 |
| Dow Jones REIT | 168.88 | 2.04 | 1.22 | 2010-09-03 |
| Canada S&P/TSX | 12,144.92 | 33.83 | 0.28 | 2010-09-03 |
| Brazil BOVESPA | 66,678.62 | 129.46 | 0.19 | 2010-09-03 |
| Mexico IPC | 32,592.87 | 175.54 | 0.54 | 2010-09-03 |
| Argentina Merval | 2,423.22 | 7.30 | 0.30 | 2010-09-03 |
World Markets - FT.com The latest markets news from the Financial Times, with stock data, financial commentary and investor analysis
- Do not fall for talk of European solvency
To guarantee the solvency of the eurozone’s peripheral countries would require not a few quarters of solid growth, but an entire decade, writes Wolfgang Münchau - Outlook: Investors watch US data response
With hard statistics on the global economy thin on the ground, investors’ attention will be focused on the response of policymakers to last week’s US jobs data - Fears rise as EU nations aim to raise borrowing
The eurozone debt crisis is about to enter a dangerous phase as governments prepare to step up borrowing in the capital markets to fund their faltering economies - Investors turn to linkers and gold to hedge uncertainty
In 2002, Ben Bernanke deemed deflation such a threat that he referred to Milton Friedman’s notion of handing out cash to stop falling prices - Volatility and poor returns killing equities cult
More market professionals are asking if the brutal de-rating suffered by equities during the past decade means the cult of equity is dying
- Walsh sets his sights high for BA-Iberia
Speculation grows over potential merger targets – and whether deals would be beneficial - Cross-border lending by banks rises
Cross-border lending by banks rose at the start of this year for the first time since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in a sign that the reversal of financial globalisation seen in the past two years is coming to an end - Private equity groups line up bids for Polkomtel
Apax Partners, Blackstone, TPG and CVC Capital Partners are among the big private equity groups working on potential bids for Polkomtel, one of Poland's biggest mobile phone operators - Google warned on China plans
Google's technological lead over Baidu has eroded, the company's former China head has said, highlighting the increasing challenges western internet companies face in the world's most populous internet market - Report into J&J product recalls looms
An internal report into the manufacturing problems over the past year that tarnished some of Johnson & Johnson's best-known products should be completed later this month, Bill Weldon, chief executive, said