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Gold Prices Shoot Higher as Brussels Meeting Nears

Gold and silver prices rose more than two percent Tuesday on rising fear that European leaders will be unable to produce a viable rescue plan for the continent's banks, or its staggering southern periphery.

Athletic Footwear Stocks, Juiced by Lightweight Running Shoe Trend, Are Sprinting Into New Records

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After spending a summer sidelined by fears of an exhausted consumer and nearly stopped dead on their tracks by the market correction of early August, the stocks of athletic shoe and apparel makers (and the specialty retailers that put those products in consumer’s hands) have been sprinting into marathon season, outperforming the wider footwear and apparel sectors and setting one or two all-time records along the way.
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Stock Futures Flat on Europe Concerns

S&P 500 index futures were little changed on Monday as European policymakers differed over the size of sovereign debt losses that private bondholders will have to accept, but strong earnings from Caterpillar put a floor on losses.
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Stock Futures Down on Eurozone Worries

Stock index futures edged lower on Monday after the S&P 500 posted its third straight week of gains as investors had doubts European policymakers would come up with an agreement to fix the region's debt crisis.
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U.S. Stock Futures Signal More Gains for Equities

Stock futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Monday, building on sharp gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.5 percent.
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Wall Street Opens Higher Ahead of Euro Summit

Stock indexes rose at the open on Friday ahead of a European Union debt-crisis summit on the weekend that could go some way in removing one of the biggest overhangs for markets and allow investors to focus on corporate results.
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U.S. Stocks Set to Open Higher

U.S. stock futures point to a higher opening on Thursday, ahead of economic data, including key weekly U.S. jobs data from the government.
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U.S. Stocks Fall Following Loss of Hope at EU summit

US stocks fell and the euro edged lower on Wednesday as a consequence of fading optimism about European leaders to make considerable advancement to resolve the euro zone debt crisis at their summit meeting this weekend.
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U.S. Stocks: 5 Reasons Why the Dow Will Surge to 13,000 by June

No need to repeat all of the bad news about the U.S. economy. Further, as the stock market's bulls point out, that's history. Looking forward, the picture brightens, and accordingly here's why the bulls think the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is headed higher in the next six months.

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