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IOL: Gold eases as buyers cash in gains
  02 Feb 17:47
 
Spot gold was down 0...
 
MW: European stocks losing steam; Ryanair shares fall
  02 Feb 17:46
 
LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stocks slipped Monday, with the region’s stock benchmark easing from its best monthly performance in more than three years...
 
MW: Eurozone manufacturing stays close to stagnation in January
  02 Feb 17:45
 
Manufacturing activity in the eurozone remained close to stagnation in January, while businesses cut their prices at the sharpest rate in over 18 months, an indication that the European Central Bank faces a long struggle to raise the currency area’s inflation rate...
 
MW: Eurobank Ergasias CEO Megalou resigns
  02 Feb 17:45
 
ATHENS — Greece’s Eurobank Ergasias SA announced changes to its management team late Sunday, after the lender’s chairman and chief executive officer had resigned...
 
MW: U.S. stocks: Futures higher ahead of consumer spending, ISM data
  02 Feb 17:44
 
MADRID (MarketWatch) — Stock futures pushed higher on Monday, as investors waited for readings on consumer spending and manufacturing, and as oil prices continued to rebound...
 
MW: Oil futures swing higher, briefly recapture $50 a barrel
  02 Feb 17:41
 
Crude-oil futures briefly tapped $50 a barrel on Monday, pushing back against earlier losses that stemmed from strikes at U...
 
BLBG: Economy in U.S. Expanded Less Than Forecast in Fourth Quarter
  30 Jan 19:13
 
(Bloomberg) -- The economy in the U...
 
RTRS: U.S. growth cools in fourth quarter, but consumer spending robust
  30 Jan 19:13
 
(Reuters) - U...
 
RTRS: Dollar set to end January with record run, European shares pause
  30 Jan 19:12
 
(Reuters) - The dollar was poised to end January with its longest run of gains since it was floated in 1971 while European shares were set for their best monthly performance in three years, despite sagging slightly on Friday...
 
MW: U.S. economy moderates to 2.6% growth rate in fourth quarter
  30 Jan 19:12
 
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U...
 
MW: U.S. employment-cost index pulls back to 0.6% gain in fourth quarter
  30 Jan 19:12
 
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - An index that measures the price of U...
 
EU: Russian rouble under pressure after central bank lowers rate
  30 Jan 17:54
 
Berlin (dpa) - The Central Bank of Russia reduced its key interest rate from 17 per cent to 15 per cent on Friday, after a massive hike in December, triggering a fresh fall of the rouble against the dollar and the euro...
 
AG: Eurozone prices plunge 0.6 pct amid weak growth, cheap oil
  30 Jan 17:53
 
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Falling prices sent another worrying signal about the eurozone economy just before the European Central Bank starts at 1 trillion euro ($1...
 
RTRS: European investment fund set for September start
  30 Jan 17:53
 
(Reuters) - A fund to bolster investment in Europe should be up and running by September, an EU official said on Friday, outlining the timetable for a highly leveraged scheme to bolster growth in a moribund EU economy...
 
TP: Greek government braces for first talks with eurozone partners
  30 Jan 17:53
 
Athens---Greece\'s new anti-austerity government was to hold its first talks with its eurozone partners Friday in what promises to be a bitter confrontation over its 240-billion-euro ($269 billion) international bailout...
 
RTRS: Oil rises, but set for record run of monthly falls
  30 Jan 17:52
 
(Reuters) - Oil rose above $49 a barrel on Friday, supported by renewed violence in Iraq but with a persistent global supply glut keeping the market on course for a seventh straight month of declines, its longest bear run on record...
 
RTRS: Dollar set for record run, European shares rise
  30 Jan 17:51
 
(Reuters) - The dollar was on track on Friday for its best run since it was floated in 1971, notching up a seventh straight month of gains, while European shares headed for their best monthly performance in more than three years...
 
INV: Euro Zone Prices Fall At Record-Equaling Pace In January
  30 Jan 17:50
 
(Reuters) - Euro zone consumer prices fell at a record-equaling pace in January, more steeply than expected and supporting the backers of the European Central Bank\'s money-printing plan to combat sustained deflation...
 
RT: Russia's Central Bank unexpectedly slashes rate to 15%, ruble reels
  30 Jan 17:50
 
The Russian Central Bank has cut its key interest rate to 15 percent from 17 percent \'shift in the balance of risks of accelerated consumer price growth and cooling economy,\' according to a statement from the regulator...
 
TD: Euro zone consumer prices fall 0.6% in January
  30 Jan 17:49
 
BRUSSELS — Euro zone consumer prices fell at a record-equalling pace in January, more steeply than expected and supporting the backers of the European Central Bank’s money-printing plan to combat sustained deflation...
 
GB: BOJ set to watch and wait as Abe team urges caution on fresh easing
  30 Jan 17:49
 
By Leika Kihara and Sumio Ito

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan has put monetary policy on hold and found backing for its wait-and-see stance from advisors to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who worry more easing could send the yen to damagingly low levels, according to officials in the administration and central bank...
 
GB: Asian shares mixed, Japan shrugs off weak inflation data
  30 Jan 17:48
 
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday, with Tokyo\'s main index rising as traders took heart from news employment hit its lowest level since 1997, despite a slowdown in inflation and weak consumer spending...
 
SD: Strong earnings, job news give stocks a lift
  30 Jan 17:47
 
After a shaky start, U...
 
DY: European investment fund set for September start
  30 Jan 17:46
 
By John O\'Donnell
FRANKFURT, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A fund to bolster investment in Europe should be up and running by September, an EU official said on Friday, outlining the timetable for a highly leveraged scheme to bolster growth in a moribund EU economy...
 
BS: Asia: Shares mixed, Japan shrugs off weak inflation data
  30 Jan 17:45
 
[HONG KONG] Asian stock markets were mixed on Friday, with Tokyo\'s main index rising as traders took heart from news employment hit its lowest level since 1997, despite a slowdown in inflation and weak consumer spending...
 
GB: Commodity currencies feel heat; dollar, yen, euro stable
  30 Jan 17:45
 
By Ian Chua and Hideyuki Sano

SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) - Commodity currencies nursed hefty losses on Friday, as investors sent the Australian dollar to 5 1/2 year lows as they bet on the Australian central bank reducing interest rates when it meets next week...
 
JP: CPI up 2.6%, hits 23-year high on demand, pricing decisions
  30 Jan 17:44
 
Japan’s core consumer prices in 2014 registered 2...
 
SM: Even with low prices, U.S. oil industry pushing for exports
  30 Jan 17:44
 
WASHINGTON — Never mind dropping oil prices...
 
KD: Markets brace for Big Oil profit plunge
  30 Jan 17:43
 
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s just a forecast, and for only one of 10 industry groups in the stock market...
 
MW: China trumps U.S. for foreign investment
  30 Jan 17:41
 
China became the world\'s top destination for foreign investment in 2014, edging the U...
 
TH: Silver prices set for a shining performance
  30 Jan 17:41
 
A week from tomorrow the resources sector of the UAE will assemble in the Almas Towers of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre for its annual conference...
 
GB: Gold price closes lower in Hong Kong
  30 Jan 17:39
 
HONG KONG, Jan...
 
GB: Tokyo stocks reverse losses to close 0.15% higher
  28 Jan 19:40
 
Tokyo stocks cast off early losses to close 0...
 
GB: Asian markets slip after weak US data, reports
  28 Jan 19:40
 
Asian stock markets ended mostly higher Wednesday after reversing earlier losses, although dealers remained nervous following a heavy sell-off in New York sparked by poor earnings reports...
 
ACT: Gold in Holding Pattern Ahead of FOMC Statement
  28 Jan 19:39
 
Gold is steady on Wednesday, following gains a day earlier...
 
RTRS: Wall Street to open higher boosted by Apple, Boeing; Fed eyed
  28 Jan 19:35
 
(Reuters) - U...
 
BLBG: Greek Bonds Fall as S&P 500 Futures Rise on Apple, Boeing
  28 Jan 19:33
 
(Bloomberg) -- Greek bonds and stocks tumbled on concern Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government will step up challenges to European policies and backtrack on austerity...
 
ED: Canadian dollar declines ahead of interest rate announcement; oil prices retreat
  28 Jan 19:32
 
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was lower Wednesday as oil prices retreated and traders looked to the mid-afternoon interest rate announcement by the U...
 
CP: TSX to advance amid strong earnings results from CNR and Apple
  28 Jan 19:32
 
TORONTO -- The Toronto stock market headed for a higher open Wednesday with investors encouraged by strong earnings results from Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) and Apple Inc...
 
BS: Cotton price at multiyear low as demand dries
  28 Jan 19:31
 
Cotton prices continue to fall, amid higher arrivals of new crop when demand is drying...
 
UK: Greece wants pan-European 'New Deal' for growth: finance minister
  28 Jan 19:31
 
Greece's new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Wednesday he wanted to see a pan-European agreement to encourage growth and help the continent deal with Greece's crisis...
 
SD: Oil Falls on Estimate U.S. Inventories Rose to Three-Decade High
  28 Jan 19:30
 
(Bloomberg) -- Oil fell in New York as traders anticipated the government will announce that U...
 
FRX: US Stocks Drop with Caterpillar and Microsoft
  28 Jan 19:29
 
US stocks dropped sharply with Caterpillar and Microsoft shares dropping after quarterly results, while the unexpected deadline in orders for durable goods weighed on the sentiment...
 
MN: Gold in muted start; investors predict dovish Fed statement
  28 Jan 19:29
 
The gold price handed back some of the gains made in the previous session on Wednesday...
 
RTRS: Dollar steadies before Fed, Europe slips on Greece
  28 Jan 19:29
 
(Reuters) - Stocks and the dollar retrenched on Wednesday amid speculation the Federal Reserve will take a dovish turn in its post-meeting statement later as signs emerge that the greenback's strength is hurting company profits...
 
RTTN: Oil Slides as Supply Seen Rising Again
  28 Jan 18:48
 
LONDON--Oil prices slid on Wednesday on reports of another surge in U...
 
MK: Euro and Bond Yields Sink
  28 Jan 18:47
 
Gold was relatively higher in trade today on the back of dismal earnings and economic reports coming out of Asia and Europe as traders unwound from risky asset classes and took positions in risk-free assets like gold and bonds...
 
BS: S&P 500 Futures Fall on Earnings as Greek Bonds Decline
  27 Jan 18:32
 
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KP: Natural gas prices bounce as blizzard blows
  27 Jan 18:31
 
Prices for natural gas are bouncing this morning in New York as a blizzard blasts through the northeastern United States...
 
MW: cuts profit outlook as oil prices drop
  27 Jan 18:31
 
Dover Corp...
 
BLBG: Oil Trades Near 6-Year Low as OPEC Fails to Turn Focus From Glut
  27 Jan 18:31
 
Oil traded near the lowest in almost six years in New York as OPEC’s warning that prices may surge without new investment in production failed to shift the market’s focus from more immediate signs of a supply glut...
 
BLBG: Copper Falls, Near 5-Year Low as China’s Industrial Profits Slow
  27 Jan 18:30
 
Copper fell, approaching a five-year low, as data showed China’s industrial profits grew at the slowest pace on record...
 
BLBG: Gold Trades Near One-Week Low Before Fed Begins Policy Meeting
  27 Jan 18:24
 
Gold traded near the lowest level in a week before Federal Reserve policy makers gather and as European finance ministers agreed to work with the new Greek prime minister to keep the country in the euro...
 
ID: Stocks turn lower despite Asian gains, ahead of US data
  27 Jan 18:24
 
LONDON — Stocks fell in Europe and were expected to open lower on Wall Street on Tuesday as investors looked to upcoming corporate earnings and economic data in the U...
 
BS: Asia stocks rise, Europe drifts as initial Greek nerves ease
  27 Jan 18:23
 
TOKYO (AP) — European stocks drifted lower and Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors calmed from initial jitters over Greece's election result...
 
MW: U.S. durable goods, new-home sales data delayed
  27 Jan 18:22
 
Due to weather-related delays, the Commerce Department will only release its reports on durable goods (8:30 a...
 
BLBG: Crude Oil Futures Erase Decline in London and New York
  27 Jan 18:21
 
Crude oil futures erased declines in London and New York...
 
UPI: U.S. gas prices decline streak ends
  27 Jan 18:20
 
WASHINGTON, Jan...
 
BLBG: European Stocks Fall as Siemens Disappoints, Greek Banks Slide
  27 Jan 18:19
 
European stocks declined from a seven-year high, snapping their longest winning streak since April, as Siemens AG and Royal Philips NV posted disappointing earnings, and Greek stocks tumbled...
 
RTRS: Oil price recovers as dollar weakens against euro
  27 Jan 18:17
 
(Reuters) - Oil prices steadied above $48 a barrel on Tuesday, recovering from earlier losses as the dollar weakened against the euro...
 
FRX: Gold is in a Double Top Attempt Ahead of FOMC Risk
  27 Jan 18:16
 
Gold looks like it has completed a double top, but there is still support at 1272...
 
MW: U.S. stocks: Futures fall as DuPont, Microsft disappoint; durables ahead
  27 Jan 18:16
 
MADRID (MarketWatch) — A string of disappointing earnings weighed down U...
 
BLBG: Europe’s Bonds Surge as ECB Buying Plan Keeps Pimco in Periphery
  23 Jan 19:33
 
The European Central Bank’s unprecedented bond-buying plan crushed euro-area bond yields as investors jostled to get hold of government debt before the purchases begin in March...
 
MW: Eurozone PMIs show a pickup in activity
  23 Jan 19:33
 
FRANKFURT--The eurozone economy picked up in January, according to surveys of purchasing managers, a modest encouragement to the European Central Bank as it embarks on a more aggressive push to lift the currency area out of its slump...
 
MW: Euro falls sharply, hits 11-year lows as sellers rush in after ECB
  23 Jan 19:32
 
The euro was falling on Friday, tumbling to levels not seen in 11 years as reaction to a massive asset-purchasing program from the European Central Bank continued to take a toll on the single currency...
 
BLBG: Euro-Area Economy Set to Pick Up as QE Plan Bolsters Confidence
  23 Jan 19:30
 
Euro-area manufacturing and services expanded at the fastest rate in five months at the beginning of 2015 amid increasing new orders and employment...
 
BLBG: European Stocks Rally With Bonds as Euro Weakens on ECB
  23 Jan 19:29
 
Stocks rose in Europe and Asia while bond yields fell to record lows from Italy to Spain as the European Central Bank’s expansion of asset purchases sent the euro to an 11-year low...
 
RTRS: U.S. Treasury's Lew reaffirms strong dollar policy
  23 Jan 19:26
 
Jan 23 (Reuters) - U...
 
BLBG: Oil Erases Gains as New Saudi King Says Policies Stable
  23 Jan 19:25
 
Oil erased gains in New York following the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia as his successor said policies won’t change in the world’s largest crude exporter...
 
BLBG: Draghi Dodges QE Disappointment With Plan That Might Work
  23 Jan 19:23
 
Mario Draghi has delivered a classic European compromise...
 
RTRS: ECB easing lifts shares and bonds, but euro tumbles
  23 Jan 19:22
 
(Reuters) - The European Central Bank's plan to pump out about 1 trillion euros to revive the euro zone economy put stocks in the region on track for their best week since 2011 but hammered the shared currency...
 
LK: European, Asian stock markets boosted by ECB stimulus plan
  23 Jan 19:21
 
TOKYO — European and Asian stocks zoomed higher Friday as markets were energized for a second day by the European Central Bank's bolder-than-expected stimulus plan...
 
ENM: Euro tumbles below $1.12, lowest since September 2003
  23 Jan 19:20
 
LONDON: Euro fell below $1...
 
BR: TSX heads for higher open, Saudi king's death raises oil production questions
  23 Jan 19:18
 
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market headed for a slightly higher open Friday amid a positive earnings report from bellwether General Electric Co...
 
BG: ECB bazooka fires stock markets higher
  23 Jan 19:18
 
LONDON - The European Central Bank's bond-buying "bazooka" fired global stock markets higher on Friday, but sent the euro diving to a new 11-year low below $1...
 
BS: ECB easing lifts shares and bonds, but euro tumbles
  23 Jan 19:17
 
By Marc Jones

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's plan to pump out about 1 trillion euros to revive the euro zone economy put stocks in the region on track for their best week since 2011 but hammered the shared currency...
 
AZ: Oil price to rebound if Iran bans lifted: Iran
  23 Jan 19:16
 
“With the removal of sanctions against Iran, the trend of global oil price will become rational,” Zangeneh told Mehr news agency on Friday, adding that the lifting of economic embargoes against Iran could shore up global oil prices, Press TV reports...
 
NS: Gold recovers on jewellers buying thanks to wedding season
  23 Jan 19:15
 
Gold price saw some upward movement in the Indian market...
 
RTRS: U.S. jobless claims fall from seven-month high
  22 Jan 19:15
 
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week from a seven-month high, pointing to continued improvement in labor market conditions...
 
MW: U.S. jobless claims fall 10,000 to 307,000
  22 Jan 19:15
 
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of people who applied for U...
 
RTRS: ECB to decide on bond-buying plan after holding rates
  22 Jan 18:50
 
(Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept the cost of borrowing unchanged on Thursday and remains poised to announce a plan to buy government bonds with new money, its last gambit for breathing life into a euro zone economy...
 
BLBG: ECB Says Further Policy Measures to Come as Rates on Hold
  22 Jan 18:49
 
The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at record lows and said President Mario Draghi will announce further policy measures at a media briefing later...
 
MW: ECB leaves rates unchanged; investors await Draghi
  22 Jan 18:49
 
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The European Central Bank, as expected, made no changes to official interest rates on Thursday, leaving the spotlight to ECB President Mario Draghi as investors await details of a widely expected quantitative easing program...
 
MW: U.S. stocks: Futures rise ahead of ECB meeting
  22 Jan 18:47
 
LONDON (MarketWatch) — U...
 
BS: Pound Advances Toward 7-Year High Versus Euro on ECB Speculation
  22 Jan 18:47
 
The pound appreciated toward its strongest level in seven years versus the euro amid speculation the European Central Bank will announce a plan to buy the region’s government bonds...
 
FU: Oil trader sees no return to $100 crude
  22 Jan 18:46
 
Oil prices won’t recover to $100 a barrel once a current rout is reversed, said the head of research at Gunvor Group Ltd...
 
NS: Asian stock markets meander as ECB stimulus decision awaited
  22 Jan 18:46
 
Asian stock markets meandered Thursday ahead of a well telegraphed announcement later in the day of additional European Central Bank stimulus...
 
FIN: ECB to decide on bond-buying plan to revive euro zone
  22 Jan 18:45
 
By Paul Carrel and John O'Donnell
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is poised to announce a plan on Thursday to buy government bonds, resorting to its last big policy option for breathing life into the flagging euro zone economy...
 
BLBG: Emerging Markets, Currencies Look Ripe to Short Sell: Bloomberg Poll
  22 Jan 18:45
 
Emerging-market stocks and currencies are luring global investors for all the wrong reasons right now...
 
BLBG: OPEC Will Blink First in Battle With Shale Drillers, Poll Shows
  22 Jan 18:45
 
U...
 
BLBG: Resurgent Housing Seen Buffering U.S. From Slowing Global Growth
  22 Jan 18:44
 
Real estate developer Crescent Communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, expects to sell 1,000 new homes this year across the Southeast U...
 
BLBG: U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance on ECB Stimulus Speculation
  22 Jan 18:43
 
U...
 
TH: Growth in Gulf Arab oil states to slow moderately this year: Reuters poll
  22 Jan 18:42
 
DUBAI (Reuters) - Cheap oil will slow growth in most Gulf Arab economies this year but heavy spending by governments and healthy private sector activity will prevent any serious slump, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday...
 
LSE: Crude Oil Up Near USD49 Ahead Of Expected ECB Stimulus
  22 Jan 18:41
 
WASHINGTON (Alliance News) - Crude oil prices continued to rebound Thursday morning ahead of remarks from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who is expected to announced massive stimulus at a press conference scheduled for 8:30 am ET...
 
RTRS: European shares hit seven-year high
  22 Jan 18:41
 
(Reuters) - European shares were at a seven-year high and the euro sat near an 11-year low on Thursday as the European Central Bank prepared to take the plunge into full-scale quantitative easing...
 
inv: Euro steady as ECB holds, further policy announcement on tap
  22 Jan 18:40
 
Investing...
 
CNBC: Gold dips further below $1,300 ahead of ECB on strong equities
  22 Jan 18:38
 
Gold prices fell Thursday after the European Central Bank announced it was keeping a key interest rate at 0...
 
RTRS: Oil below $49 after IMF cuts growth forecast
  20 Jan 16:47
 
(Reuters) - Brent crude oil prices steadied below $49 a barrel on Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global economic growth in 2015 implying lower demand for fuel...
 
BLBG: Oil Steady After Biggest Loss in a Week as IMF Cuts Forecasts
  20 Jan 16:47
 
Oil was little changed in London as the International Monetary Fund cut its global-growth outlook by the most in three years...
 
BLBG: Europe Stocks Gain Fourth Day to Extend Highest Level Since 2008
  20 Jan 16:47
 
European stocks advanced for a fourth day, extending their highest level in seven years, amid speculation that the European Central Bank will announce a plan for quantitative easing this week...
 
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