Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones was down 299.64 points at 6,763.29 with the
S&P500 off 34.27 points at 700.82 and the Nasdaq Composite 54.99 points down
at 1,322.85.

See you in the morning with the next enthralling instalment.....

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 50.43 points at 7,229.72 with the Hang Seng
ending the morning session down 182.71 points at 12,134.75.

Crude oil was trading up 11 cents at $40.21 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy trading!

G.

Morning all. Market reports:

Telegraph
The Times
The Times (Need to know)
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

After five rate cuts in as many months, the Bank of England's rate-setting committee looks set to use the big guns in its efforts to keep inflation near the 2 per cent target.
Rate cut likely alongside 'print money' strategy

The pressure of an intensifying recession saw British companies and households launch an 8bn raid on their savings in January, according to the figures from the Bank of England.
Shares crash as savers raid 8bn from accounts

American International Group (AIG) could cost $250 billion (178 billion) to repair, experts said yesterday as the stricken insurance company reported the worst corporate quarterly loss and received a further $30 billion from taxpayer
AIG's record $61.7bn loss sparks talk of $250bn repair bill for US taxpayer

The loan-financing arm of Toyota, Japan's biggest and most iconic industrial giant, has made a desperate appeal to a state-backed fund for as much as $2 billion in emergency loans.
Toyota in desperate plea for $2 billion in emergency loans

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