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Investors await crucial jobs data that could influence the Fed's call on its bond-buying program while Syria hangs in the balance.

Questions about the possibility of a US intervention in Syria will weigh on markets.

U.S. stock are set to open higher, buoyed by positive economic data from the euro zone and China.

Investors will evaluate U.S. Q2 GDP and jobless claims data, as the threat of an immediate military strike on Syria recedes.

U.S. stock markets could open higher on Thursday, ahead of data on jobs, home prices and manufacturing activity.

Investors will sift through economic data and chatter that the Fed's stimulus tapering may be accelerated.

Investors are weighing a jobless claims downtrend against the possibility of a Fed stimulus tapering this year.

A continuation of the Fed's stimulus and a rise in factory activity in the EU and China to keep sentiment upbeat, pending U.S. economic data.

Investors will focus on 3 key data points this week: the Fed meeting, Q2 GDP, and the July U.S. jobs report.

Investors are still trying to determine if this market has enough positive economic trends to support stock valuations.

Bullish institutional investors will try to make the case that no tapering of Fed stimulus will occur before 2014.

Investors will likely spend the day digesting Fed Chair Bernanke's comments on quantitative easing, and his taper stance.

Investors will evaluate U.S. Fed Minutes and Chairman Bernanke's speech for tapering time-table clues.

Europe surged early Monday, but Asia stumbled on Fed taper concerns. Institutional investors also expect decent Q2 earnings growth.

US stock futures hint at a strong showing Friday, as investors return from a mid-week break and look for crucial U.S. jobs data for direction.

Rising oil prices as Egypt simmers, a slowing Chinese economy, and US data will influence markets ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

The bears say quantitative easing is boosting stocks. The bulls? A growing U.S. economy, which will push stocks even higher.

Investors may be in a buying mood, after signs of a possible end to the EU's economic slowdown.

Investors now sense that the Fed's tapering may not be as soon as September, given Q1's tepid 1.8% U.S. GDP.

Wall Street's bulls & bears are likely to battle again Friday, after the Fed signaled a changing monetary policy landscape.

Increased confidence among businesses, save construction, led to improved indicators, especially in Italy, France and Germany.