A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The benign July investment environment gets tested on Tuesday by updates on U.S. retail sales and housing while the corporate earning[...]
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Marketmind: China worries keep investors jittery
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Markets are still reeling from China’s raft of unimpressive data and with the economic calendar now light, worries over[...]
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Analysis-Will China ever get rich? A new era of much slower growth dawns
By Liangping Gao, Ellen Zhang and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – China is entering an era of much slower economic growth, raising a daunting prospect: it may never get rich. Whether the world[...]
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Australia central bank hit pause as policy clearly restrictive, risking growth
SYDNEY, July 18 (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank decided to keep interest rates steady this month as policy was clearly restrictive and there was a risk a squeeze on household finances[...]
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Marketmind: Global market outlook bright but China’s clouds darken
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Another day, another whoosh higher on Wall Street, but the double whammy[...]
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Wall St ends higher with earnings poised to ramp up
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended higher to kick off the trading week on Monday, buoyed by gains in financial and technology shares as investors awaited the next round[...]
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In the Market: Small Treasury brokers seek reforms as ranks thin
By Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) -At $25 trillion, the U.S. Treasury market is massive. And yet, small independent broker-dealers say they are running out of room to operate there. Over the past decade, a[...]
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US bank mergers frozen by capital rules, regulatory uncertainty
By Tatiana Bautzer and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. banks will probably hold off on striking deals until the end of next year at the earliest as they await clarity on new rules on capit[...]
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US stocks rise on earnings outlook, global shares dip on China data
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks rose on Monday on expectations corporate earnings will exceed forecasts, but global shares and the dollar traded little changed after data showed the Ch[...]
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