Kimono-clad workers clap their hands during the traditional New Year's opening ceremony of Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street opened the year with a bang following the release of positive U.S. economic data. Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.1 percent to 8,551.77. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP – World stock markets were mixed Wednesday, as encouraging signs about the U.S. economy were tempered by investors’ fears that time was running out for Greece to fix its debt crisis.


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Currency dealers talk in front of screens showing the stock price index (L) and the exchange rate between the South Korean won and the dollar at a bank in Seoul December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiReuters – Asian stocks slipped on Thursday on weakness in the U.S. and European share markets and caution ahead of an Italian debt sale, though year-end window dressing of portfolios by some traders helped trim losses.


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Reuters – Get ready. The last trading week of the year will be a test for stocks to prove whether they have the strength to carry a rally into next year.

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Markets edge higher despite lackluster US data (AP)

By admin on December 23rd, 2011

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 1, 2011. Stocks turned negative after a strong opening on Monday as relief over a last-ditch debt deal in Washington faded after a weak reading on the manufacturing sector. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP – European markets closed higher Friday ahead of the Christmas break even though a batch of disappointing U.S. economic figures reined in some of the recent optimism over the state of the world’s largest economy.


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A man looks at a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters – European stocks rallied and the euro was well bid Wednesday as investors priced in an improvement in the economic outlook and looked forward to a big take up by banks of the European Central Bank’s first-ever offer of three-year loans.


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Reuters – It is a good time to be a U.S. stock investor for the long term – if you can ignore the noise erupting every few hours.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – A rally in stocks fizzled, leaving major indexes with modest gains on Friday, as Wall Street was torn between hope that U.S. economic data signals better times ahead and fear Europe’s debt crisis will engulf world economies.


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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2011 file photo, trader Anthony Cerar, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stocks rose Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, amid growing optimism that European leaders will approve aggressive plans by the end of the week to rescue the region from a debt crisis that has roiled financial markets for months.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP – Stocks edged lower in midday trading Wednesday as differences emerged between European officials struggling to craft a debt-crisis deal ahead of this week’s leadership summit. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 15 points.


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