Marketwatch U.S. stock-index futures gained ground Friday on an ongoing stream of positive earnings and as the world’s top finance officials gather in Washington. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJM2 +0.38% gained 73 …
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CNBC U.S. stock index futures were lower Monday, tracking losses in European shares, after the G20 told Europe over the weekend it must commit mor ecapital to fight the debt crisis before seeking more help. …
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Marketwatch European equities, which had rallied sharply to begin the new year, were lower as concerns over Spain and non-euro member Hungary took a toll on sentiment. Read Europe Markets. Spanish bond yields were on …
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NYT “Talk tough, and open the vaults.” The European Central Bank, seen above in Frankfurt, is lending $640 billion to 523 banks to ease the credit crisis. That should be the slogan of Mario Draghi, …
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Marketwatch At a news conference in Frankfurt, ECB President Mario Draghi said Thursday that the European Union treaty prohibits “monetary financing.” Read analysis in MarketWatch First Take: Draghi erases Trichet’s errors but has more to …
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NYT The new euro package, as European and American officials describe it, is being negotiated along four main lines. It combines new promises of fiscal discipline that will be embedded in amendments to European treaties; …
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Seeking Alpha Today’s Markets: In Asia, Japan +0.5% to 8644. Hong Kong +0.2% to 19040. China -1.1% to 2361. India +2.2% to 16847. In Europe, at midday, London +1.5%. Paris +1.6%. Frankfurt +1.7%. Bloomberg Unemployment …
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Seeking Alpha Thursday’s Economic Calendar Chain Store Sales 7:00 BoE Announcement 7:45 ECB Announcement 8:15 ADP Jobs Report 8:30 Initial Jobless Claims 10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory 11:00 EIA Petroleum Inventories 11:00 White House Budget …
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