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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... highlighted falling retail sales, and slower-than-expected expansion in the manufacturing and services sector. But European stocks pared their losses after mixed US data sent Wall Street higher as markets continued to guess at when the Federal Reserve ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... 29-30 policy meeting, which suggested its $US85 billion-a-month in asset purchases could soon be reduced. LONDON - European stocks mostly pulled back as investors awaited clues as to whether the US Federal Reserve will seek to taper its economic stimulus ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... state complaints over its sales of mislabelled mortgage-backed securities ahead of the financial crisis. LONDON - European stocks fell after sentiment was hit by investment titan Carl Icahn's warning that equities were heading for a big drop, analysts ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... bullish for stocks, was widely anticipated and had helped propel the Dow and S&P 500 to records on Tuesday. LONDON - European stocks treaded water while the euro gained against the US dollar as traders reacted to a batch of company updates while awaiting ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... seeing a little bit of tapering off I suppose, with the miners the ones lagging today," he told AAP. US stocks and European stocks were flat overnight but a two-day US Federal Reserve policy meeting is expected to maintain its $85 billion a month asset-purchase ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... default. All three stock indices ended the week solidly higher, with the S&P 500 notching a new record. LONDON - European stocks have steadied as investors paused after last week's gains, waiting for a barrage of delayed US data and quarterly company ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Federal Reserve, Fed veteran Janet Yellen, who said she would keep policy focused on boosting growth. LONDON - European stocks slid with news that President Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen to replace Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke failing ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... and the CAC 40 in Paris was flat at 4,195.35 points. Milan added 0.14 per cent and Madrid climbed 0.82 per cent. European stocks had been showing solid gains in midday trading, but turned down after a disappointing 0.1-per cent gain in US durable goods ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... unemployment rate ticked down to 7.3 per cent, closer to the Fed's target of 7.0 per cent for raising interest rates, and European stocks soon fell back into the red. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index showed a gain of 0.23 per cent at 6,547.33 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... 3,649.04. Investors were cheered by August double-digit auto sales gains from GM, Toyota, Ford and Chrysler. LONDON - European stocks rose despite the airlines sector flying into turbulence after Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair issued a shock profits ...