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US index futures are higher this morning as investors wait to hear the data on US existing home sales in February. A consensus estimate calls for an annualized adjusted figure of 4.6 million, up...
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US index futures are lower this morning as investors wait to hear the data on US housing starts in February. A consensus estimate calls for an annualized adjusted figure of 706,000, up from 699,000...
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US index futures are lower this morning as investors wait to hear what Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to do with its $97 billion cash hoard. Apple shares are rising in the pre-market as investors...
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US index futures are higher this morning as investors wait for a slew of data including the report on new unemployment benefits claims and two reports on manufacturing growth. In Europe, yields on...
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US index futures are mixed this morning following a booming performance yesterday. In the US, the late afternoon release of the results of the bank stress tests is weighing down the pre-market this...
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US index futures are higher this morning following a much-better-than-expected report on German investor confidence. In the US, today’s retail sales report is expected to show a gain of 1.1% in...
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US index futures are nearly flat this morning following last week’s Greek debt swap deal and the issuance this morning of new Greek debt, albeit at astronomical yields (more coverage here). In...
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US index futures are very slightly lower this morning as markets await the US report on non-farm payrolls. The consensus estimate is that 210,000 jobs were added in February. In Europe, the Greek...
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US index futures are up this morning as markets respond positively to the near-certain completion of the Greek debt swap deal. In the US today, the report on new jobless claims is expected to show a...
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US index futures are up this morning as markets following yesterday’s big downer. Traders are waiting to hear the ADP report on employment and the Challenger Gray & Christmas report on layoffs....
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US index futures are sinking this morning as markets react to yesterday’s news that the eurozone economy is contracting and that global growth is slowing down. US factory orders reported a decline...
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US index futures are lower this morning following an announcement from China that the country’s GDP growth target for 2012 is 7.5%, its lowest GDP growth goal since 2004. Chinese officials also...
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US index futures are lower this morning following an announcement from Spain that it was unilaterally raising its budget deficit target to 5.8% of GDP, much higher than the 4.4% that the country had...
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US index futures are higher this morning as investors await still more data on the US economy. Yesterday’s report on GDP growth will be followed today by the ISM manufacturing data and a report on...
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US index futures are marginally higher this morning following reports from Europe that the continent’s banks took $712 billion from the European Central Bank in the second of the bank’s long-term...
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