(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-16 01:18 Australia shares dive 5.8 pct, miners sufferWednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 8:22PMMELBOURNE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares sank 5.8 percent on Thursday, with miners hardest hit, after Wall Street stocks suffered their worst day since the 1987 stock market crash as fresh recession worries surfaced.
Packers: Chiefs pull rug out from Gonzalez-to-Green Bay dealWednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 8:21PMGREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers thought they had a done deal to trade for nine-time Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez, only to have the rug pulled out from under them by the Kansas City Chiefs minutes before the trading deadline Tuesday when Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson raised the asking price. According to two NFL sources familiar with the negotiations, the Packers had drawn up the ...
Shareholders file class-action lawsuit against Oshkosh Corp.Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 8:18PMShareholders of Oshkosh Corp. have filed at least one class-action lawsuit claiming the companys chief executive used misleading information to artificially inflate the stock price.
Another sickening plunge on Wall St.: Dow down 733Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 8:16PMThe economy lurched deeper into the doldrums Wednesday and took the stock market down with it, sending the Dow Jones industrials to a staggering 733-point loss and erasing any hopes that the convulsions that have shaken Wall Street for a month were over.
Air China, Singapore Exchange: Asia Ex-Japan Equity PreviewWednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 8:14PMOct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in Asia trading , excluding Japan, today. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close.