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A bellwether Federal Reserve policymaker on Tuesday downplayed concerns about weakness in the global economy, saying the U.S. central bank should only delay an interest rate hike next year if inflation or wages fail to perk up...
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Osiris, 15 October 2014, 02:16 #QE
Volatility has returned to the market. To be specific, the market has rallied, sold off, rallied, and sold off, all in one week. This is ideal for day traders but unnerving for individual investors. It is also a big red warning sign...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 00:31
MOSCOW-- OAO Gazprom said profit for the first half of the year fell by almost one-quarter as Ukraine's Naftogaz didn't pay for gas supplied by the Russian state-controlled gas group...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 14 October 2014, 09:45
Crude-oil futures tumbled again Tuesday after posting new lows for the year in overnight trade. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in November CLX4, -0.34% traded at $85.07 a barrel, down $0.67 in the Globex electronic session...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 14 October 2014, 09:40
There is mounting chatter in commodities circles that the oil price is falling just as fast as iron ore because major producers are ramping up output to put pressure on new market entrants...
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Stuart Browne, 14 October 2014, 07:11
2014-10-14 00:30 GMT (or 02:30 MQ MT5 time) | [AUD - NAB Business Confidence] past data is 7 forecast data is n/a actual data is 5 according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or actual data) = good for currency (for EUR in our case...
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Sergey Golubev, 14 October 2014, 06:11
Warren Buffett plans to license the Berkshire Hathaway name to estate agencies in Europe and Asia, in the next phase of a campaign to use his widely respected investment company as a consumer brand...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 13 October 2014, 17:40
Finland's prime minister suggested on Monday that Apple could be to blame for the demise of its two biggest industries, which in turn led to an economic downturn and a ratings downgrade for the Nordic country. "We have two champions which went down," Alexander Stubb told CNBC Monday...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 13 October 2014, 17:10
The dollar declined for the first time in three days after Federal Reserve officials said a worldwide economic slowdown may delay interest-rate increases, damping demand for the U.S. currency. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index has lost 1.4 percent since reaching the highest since June 2010 on Oct...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 13 October 2014, 16:49
India's consumer price inflation eased more-than-expected in September as the pace of increase in food prices slowed sharply, preliminary data from the Central Statistics Office showed Monday. The consumer price index rose 6.46 percent year-on-year after a 7...
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Sergey Golubev, 13 October 2014, 16:46 #CPI
Russia's central bank spent around $6 billion in the past ten days to defend the country's currency ruble, the Central Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said Monday...
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Sergey Golubev, 13 October 2014, 16:42
Ferrari will unveil a new supercar this weekend, in its most anticipated launch since the company debuted the $1.4 million LaFerrari last year...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 13 October 2014, 12:31
Sounding a more dovish note on monetary policy than he has in recent months, the governor of the Bank of England said in a rare interview with CNBC on Saturday that global weakness, lower inflation and troubles in European economies would influence policy at the bank's meeting next month...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 13 October 2014, 12:10
Texas has moved to respond to complaints of air pollution due to fracking activities in South Texas, with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) installing an air monitoring station inside the Eagle Ford Shale...
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Lonny Strike, 13 October 2014, 06:11
By: Mike Paterson The Telegraph reports that a financial crash to rival the one caused by Lehman Brothers' collapse will be played out next week, in a “war game” designed to help end the “too big to fail” problem...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 12 October 2014, 16:58
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)—A stronger U.S. dollar is an obstacle to the Federal Reserve’s ability to meet its inflation mandate and will impede growth, Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Fed, said on Saturday...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 12 October 2014, 16:00
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Tighter carbon-emission standards around the world and higher fuel-economy rules in the U.S. were to mean the end of muscle cars, or at least affordable ones. But, pleasant surprise, cars have actually gotten stronger, quicker, faster...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 12 October 2014, 15:48
Samsung Electronics could be the world’s cheapest mega-cap stock. Just don’t expect it to stay that way...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 12 October 2014, 15:38
If you have been paying close attention to the stock market, market internals/breadth, and bonds for the past three months, you’ve likely come to the same conclusion...
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Patti, 12 October 2014, 15:11 #stock market
Futures for crude oil drifted lower, pushing Brent crude further into the bear territory a day after the highlight of global economic growth concerns by the Federal Reserve. November delivery light sweet crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 0.4% or 37 cents to $86...
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Sergey Golubev, 11 October 2014, 21:11 #Nasdaq