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• Investors look to Fed, earnings for direction

  24-01-2016 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors hoping equities can sustain their recent bounce next week will carefully watch the U.S. Federal Reserve's mid-week policy meeting for signs the central bank may slow the path of interest rate hikes. The S&P 500 has already fallen as much as 9 percent this year, with stocks battered by concerns over China's slowing economy, plunging oil prices and Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer's comments that he expected about four rate hikes this year.
  
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• Euro Burdened By Prospect of ECB Action in March - Is it a Real Threat?

  24-01-2016 19:00
  The ECB did as was widely expected and hinted at possible policy action in March. However, the Euro’s decline amid the prospect of fresh easing was rather mild compared to its broader reaction after the October 2015 meeting. Are markets taking the ECB’s threat of action seriously?
  
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• Odds Are on the GOP to Win the White House, Unless…

  24-01-2016 12:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the stock market in a major swoon, an economic slowdown sowing fears of a renewed recession and evidence that the deficit is on the rise again, the Democratic nominee – whether it’s former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont -- will find it challenging to convince voters they should succeed President Obama. The latest economic wise man to step up to the plate is Steven Rattner, a New York financier and former Obama administration adviser o
  
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• MIDEAST STOCKS-UAE, Qatar join global equities rebound

  24-01-2016 08:09
  DUBAI, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Major Gulf bourses soared morethan 4.0 percent in early trade on Sunday, joining a globalstock market rally after oil prices rocketed at the end of lastweek. Dubai’s index rebounded 6.4 percent in the openingminutes of trade, recouping most of last week’s losses. Arabtec and Emaar Properties jumped 10.9and 8.5 percent respectively. Abu Dhabi’s benchmark jumped 4.2 percent, trimmingits losses to 9.4 percent this year. Blue-chip lenders National B
  
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