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• Japan Stock Futures Climb Before Central Bank Meeting Concludes

  Updated 23 minutes ago

  Japanese stock futures climbed, indicating the Topix Index will extend its highest level since August 2008 before the Bank of Japan concludes a two-day policy meeting.

• Dollar Lower After Two-Day Drop Versus Euro Before Bernanke

  Updated 23 minutes ago

  The dollar remained lower after a two-day drop against the euro before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke addresses Congress amid concern he will disappoint expectations for a paring back of monetary stimulus.

• WTI Falls for First Time in Five Days as Dollar Gains

  Updated 3 hours, 7 minutes ago

  West Texas Intermediate declined for the first time in five days as the dollar advanced against the currencies of U.S. trading partners.

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  Dudley Says He Can’t Be Sure If Next QE Move Is ‘Up or Down’

  Updated 57 minutes ago

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William C. Dudley said he has not decided whether the Fed’s next move should be to enlarge or shrink its bond buying program as he called for a fresh look at its eventual retreat from record asset purchases.

• S&P 500 Returns to Record While U.S. Treasuries Advance

  Updated 26 minutes ago

  The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index returned to a record as a Federal Reserve official said bond purchases should continue and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. forecast the stock rally will last at least through 2015. Treasuries rose and the yen pared earlier losses while grains and gold fell.

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  Fed’s Bullard Says ECB Needs ‘Aggressive’ QE to Avoid Japan Fate

  Updated 12 minutes ago

  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Europe risks an extended period of low growth and deflation like Japan’s unless the European Central Bank acts with an aggressive quantitative easing program.

• Yen Drops as Japan’s Amari Backs Away From Comments; Rand Falls

  The yen weakened against the dollar, reversing its biggest gain in three weeks, after Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari backed away from weekend comments that prompted the currency to rally.

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  Asia Stocks Fall From Five-Year High as ICBC Declines

  Asian stocks retreated from the highest level since June 2008 as Australian banks dropped and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. fell after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. sold a $1.1 billion stake.

• GIC Cautious About Seeking Higher Returns With Low Yields

  Updated 8 minutes ago

  Government of Singapore Investment Corp., which manages more than $100 billion of assets, said it’s more cautious about seeking higher returns as yields remain low ahead of the “end game” in the next five to 10 years.

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  Abe’s Resurgent Japan Hurt by Lack of Business Spending

  Updated 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  As Japan’s cherry trees bloomed and the stock market soared, Kohetsu Watanabe flew to a blossom- viewing party in Tokyo hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to tell the premier personally how bad things really are.

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