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Jobs pull back again but not as severely
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Asia Pacific markets fall across the board
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April euro-zone retail sales surprising fall instead
of rising (MarketWatch)
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European stock markets reverse recent rally as
Buffett’s comments weigh (Reuters)
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European and Asian stocks advance led by banks
(Bloomberg)
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The credit crisis rears its head again but Fed
comments lift
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Crude oil retreats
below $124 a barrel in Asian trading (AP)
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Asian stock
markets end higher led by resource stocks in Sydney (MarketWatch)  |
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Waiting on
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Wall Street rallies as investors digest the Fed’s
decision (MarketWatch)  |
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RBS Insurance Division may be up for sale (Bloomberg)
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Oil prices decline further falling below $112 as
the dollar gains
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ISM reading helps the dollar inch up, crude oil gains (Reuters)  |
Large Cap European ETFs gain in spite of U.S. Woes (Investor's
Business Daily)
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Dollar mixed against sterling and euro on unchanged
rates (AP)
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China fund sees opportunity in global instability
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Pressure from Rising Oil Prices
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Dollar advances on Kansas City Fed's inflation comments
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Euro down to a 2-month low against the dollar
awaiting ECB decision (Reuters)
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Oil prices and miners lift European shares (Reuters)
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European stocks decline on financials (MarketWatch)
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Asian stocks end lower; Japan pares gains
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Wall Street plunges on further crude record high
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Dollar declines, yen gains on falling risk demand (Reuters)
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Crude scales new heights at $121.49 per barrel
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Fannie Mae pushes Wall
Street higher (Reuters)
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Asian shares mixed with Japan in the red and
Australia gaining (MarketWatch)
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European shares declining on banks and insurers
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Oil holding after new $123 a barrel record (AP)
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Both the BoE and the ECB leave benchmark rates steady
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Asian Markets mostly down on Friday (MarketWatch)
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Inflation concerns and Cisco Weigh on U.S. Markets
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Waiting for retailers while oil stays high and Toyota disappoints  |
Crude oil maintaining level above
$124 a barrel in Asian trade (AP)
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Toyota had a 28 percent drop in fiscal 4th quarter
profit (AP)
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Dollar bets show trend shift to bullish
(Bloomberg)
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Dollar retreats versus yen in Asia (AP)
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Euro falls against the dollar on triggered sell
orders (Reuters)
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ING is
launching a Taiwan mutual fund in South Korea (Reuters)  |
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Asia mixed with Sydney and Tokyo
higher and Shanghai lower (MarketWatch)  |
Asian stocks advance on higher earnings forecasts and bank merger
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European shares gain but UK banks weigh (Reuters)
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Asian markets mostly higher with Sony earnings
boosting Tokyo (MarketWatch)  |
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Good news, maybe?
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Wall Street gained as crude oil prices retreated (AP)
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A mixed day in Asian markets
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Wall Street gains on modest CPI rise (Reuters)
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HSBC profit rises despite bad debt charges
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Inflation rate in the U.K. for April at highest since 2002 (Bloomberg)
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The Dow declined on oil prices, while techs pushed
the NASDAQ up (Reuters)
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Icahn confirms proxy battle to remove Yahoo directors
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St. George Bank
has accepted Westpac all stock bid (AP)  |
Oil prices holding above $124 a barrel on mixed inventory report
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Data speaks for a third session  |
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Libor setting procedure to change radically as
credibility doubted (Bloomberg)
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More indicators and retailers'
results today
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Industrial output drops by 0.7% in April
(MarketWatch)
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Comments, results and other
indicators
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High oil prices cause oil production in Missouri
to start again (AP)
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Jobless claims rise by 6,000, showing weak economy
(AP)
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Credit Agricole selling €5 billion assets (Bloomberg)
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Euro advances against the dollar on German economic
growth (Bloomberg)
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Asian stocks close higher after
Wall Street advance (MarketWatch)  |
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U.S. Dollar remains under pressure on inflation and
growth concerns (Reuters)  |
Asian markets retreat into negative territory
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Oil price trading
volatility ends in advance (AP)
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Asian markets advance on Monday (MarketWatch)  |
Agriculture futures trade mostly lower on CBOT (AP)
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Inflation Risk talk by Fed and BOE may indicate no more rate cuts
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Oil prices ball below $126 a barrel after Friday’s
record (AP)
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Mitsubishi UFJ reports 28% drop in income in fiscal 2007
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Renewed talks between Microsoft and Yahoo (Bloomberg)  |
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Dollar losses accelerate after Fed
minutes; Euro higher after Ifo (MarketWatch)  |
Dollar holds gains, while the euro ignores low PMI
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Wall Street slumps on Fed minutes, inflation worries,
soaring crude (MarketWatch)
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Europe stock markets pressured by commodities
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Crude oil keeps markets
vigilant
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Any buyers before the
weekend?
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U.S. weekly initial jobless claims down by 9,000 to
365,000 (MarketWatch)
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Services and manufacturing sector growth slowing in Europe
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Asian Stocks mostly lower as oil hits new record
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Asian stocks ended mixed on retreating oil prices
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Oil prices retreat after the record over $135 on weak
dollar and high demand (AP)
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Merrill Lynch sets up group to sell underperforming assets
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UBS Rights issue price at 31 percent discount (Bloomberg)
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Dollar loses ground on deepening US Housing Recession
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Dollar mixed in Europe while Asia central banks
support local currencies (AP)  |
Wall Street
advanced on Tuesday on strong home sales data, lower oil (AP)  |
Court freezes assets of
North American Clearing, 3 executives
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ETF Fund beginning for smaller investors (Investor's
Business Daily)
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Japanese market plunges 2.3 % led by exporters
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Stocks in Europe gain early in the session
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Asian markets retreat on falling crude oil prices
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Dollar gains on the euro on rate rise signals
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Rate forecasts are lifting US Dollar (DailyFx)  |
Optimists hope for good news
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Japanese markets recover on
exporters and banks (Reuters)
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Favorable Durable Goods Data, Oil Helps Too
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Asian Stocks gain on
technology and automakers (Bloomberg)
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European stock markets advancing on retreating oil
prices (Reuters)
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Oil prices remain above $132 on global supply
concerns (AP)
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Economic Data and Oil Prices
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Oil drops sharply as prices affect demand (Bloomberg)
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Oil continues to remain an issue GDP fails to
reassure
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Asian markets end mixed in volatile trade (MarketWatch)
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Asian Stocks pressured
by exporters and telecoms (MarketWatch)
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Oil prices continues to trade above $133 per barrel
on supply concerns (AP)
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April durable goods orders slip 0.5 percent (Reuters)
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New jobless and continued claims rise (Reuters)
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Stockpiles may be down but oil prices fall $4 on
demand concerns (Reuters)
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UBS issues warning of international real estate
losses (MarketWatch)
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Hedge funds provoke credit crunch in Russia with 16%
puts from '98 (Bloomberg)
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Crude Oil prices fall back before the US inventory
report (AP)
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Record harvest may bring wheat prices down (Bloomberg)
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