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* Google up 1 pct as CFO to move in from Morgan Stanley * Whiting Petroleum shares tumble after share, note offering * Futures little changed (Updates prices, adds data, comment) By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were set to open little changed on Tuesday, with futures fluctuating alongside the Read More

U.S. stock futures were higher Tuesday ahead of a slew of data on the housing market, consumer prices and manufacturing while St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said that the Fed’s zero interest rate is no longer appropriate. Bullard said that even coming up from zero, the Fed’s monetary policy would remain Read More

U.S. stock futures gave up some ground nearer the open Tuesday but remained in the black as consumer prices rose slightly as expected while markets chewed on remarks made by St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard in London. At an event in London, Bullard said that retaining interest rates at zero in Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – US stock futures pointed to a mixed open on Tuesday as investors awaited a raft of economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is expected to open 17 points down, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq expected to begin the session approximately three points up and 11 points down. US stocks Read More

NEW YORK – US crude futures settled more than 1 per cent higher on Monday, boosted by a falling dollar that outweighed pressure on prices from a global supply glut. “The dollar is under pressure, and we saw buyers coming into the market as a result,” said Tradition Energy senior analyst Gene McGillian. US crude Read More

* Brent, WTI prices fall again after Saudi comment on supply * Gilead Pharma shares fall premarket * Futures off: Dow 4 pts, S&P 1 pts, Nasdaq 2 pts (Updates prices, adds comment) By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were set to dip at the open on Monday following strong Read More

* Futures off: Dow 21 pts, S&P 2.5 pts, Nasdaq 3 pts NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) – S&P Futures ticked lower on Monday following strong gains in major indexes last week, as investors eyed negotiations over the future of Greece in the euro zone and as oil prices fell further. * German Chancellor Angela Read More

The bond market is flat despite some support early in the session after a US central bank official urged interest rate rises to be pushed back. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Charles Evans said in a research paper that interest rates should remain near zero for longer because of “substantial uncertainty” about US inflation Read More

The Australian bond market is firmer after a voting member of the Federal Reserve argued interest US rates should stay near zero for longer. US Treasuries rallied after Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Charles Evans released a research paper arguing that interest rates should remain near zero for longer amid “substantial uncertainty” about US Read More