It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Global stock markets fell on Thursday amid continued concerns over Europe's efforts to stem its debt crisis. In Frankfurt the Dax index fell by 2.9%, while in Paris the Cac 40 index was down nearly 3.5%. Investors in London also suffered a fall in confidence with the FTSE 100 about 2.6% lower, while in New York the Dow Jones index opened 2.5% down.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sparked investor fears on Wednesday by warning that the euro was "in danger". Germany also moved to ban a type of short-selling blamed for creating market instability.
But investors were unimpressed, with some expressing concerns that the persistent debt problems, sparked earlier this year by Greece, could push the global economy into another recession.
Sentiment among US investors was not helped by the news that new claims for unemployment benefits in the US rose to a three-month high of 471,000 last week. A fall in claimant numbers had been widely anticipated.
Originally posted by sligtlyskeptical
reply to post by getreadyalready
I just placed a trade on TD Ameritrade. It ain't down for me.
Originally posted by endisnighe
reply to post by getreadyalready
Ameritrade Online Trading
We are having technical difficulties that may result in limited access to your account. We are working to correct this problem as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This across the top of the page!
Originally posted by Dr Love
Crude oil just took a nice little dump, down $5 on the day.
Peace
Florida Gulf oil spill: Plans to evacuate Tampa Bay area expected to be announced Read more: gazbom.blogspot.com...
WMR has been informed by sources in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection that the Obama White House and British Petroleum (BP), which pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign -- more than John McCain or Hillary Clinton, are covering up the magnitude of the volcanic-level oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and working together to limit BP's liability for damage caused by what can be called a "mega-disaster."
Obama and his senior White House staff, as well as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, are working with BP's chief executive officer Tony Hayward on legislation that would raise the cap on liability for damage claims from those affected by the oil disaster from $75 million to $10 billion.