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U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as the clock ticked down to the final hours in negotiations related to the U.S. fiscal cliff. Share prices edged upward for most of the day and a...
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U.S. equity markets opened about lower this morning, and couldn’t catch a bid all day. The impending fiscal cliff dominated sentiment in Europe as well as the U.S. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei closed...
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U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning, then ticked upward briefly before moving to lows in the early afternoon. Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner said that the country’s debt ceiling...
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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following last night’s failure by the U.S. House of Representatives to hold a vote on a plan to deal with the country’s budget deficit. In Europe,...
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U.S. equity markets opened flat to higher again this morning following the third revision to U.S. GDP growth in the third quarter and the report on new claims for unemployment benefits (more coverage...
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U.S. equity markets opened flat to higher this morning but the good vibe didn’t last long. In Europe, the Bank of England made no changes either to interest rates or its bond buying program....
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on speculation — and some reports — that budget talks in the U.S. were making some progress. Asian markets clearly thought so, with most closing...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and got another boost following a meeting between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to discuss a solution to the impending fiscal cliff. In...
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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and only the Dow was able to break into positive territory even briefly. There was no terrible news, but there was no unexpected big, good news either....
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U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning but fell into a swoon following remarks from House Speaker John Boehner indicated that there has been no change to the gridlock in negotiations on...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following yesterday’s gains with another good start. In Asia, the North Korean rocket launch did not cause markets to run for cover and a very solid...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on hopeful sentiment that negotiations related to the approaching fiscal cliff might show some progress. In Asia, that sentiment helped push shares...
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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, probably as a reaction to the news that Italy’s prime minister has said that he will resign after a new budget is agreed to (more coverage here)....
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a poor growth forecast from Europe and a better-than-expected report on U.S. unemployment. The German central bank said this morning that...
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U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a decision by the European Central Bank to leave its interest rates unchanged (more coverage here). Third-quarter eurozone GDP was in line with...
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