The biggest round of US job cuts for 15 years helped push Wall Street stocks lower on Monday as fears heightened over the scale of the difficulties facing financial institutions.

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November 17, 2008 05:15 ET (10:15 GMT)

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Equities rose strongly on Thursday as members of Congress decided in principle to pass a US$700b Treasury plan to bail out the banking system.

Falcon Energy Group (FEG), which provides a wide range of services to the marine and oil and gas industry, resumed trading on the SGX following a major acquisition.