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A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Asian shares rose Tuesday as tensions over the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine eased after pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the aircraft's black boxes. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index added 0.8 percent to 15,343.28 as trading resumed after Monday's public holiday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Ukraine tensions see euro come off boil

Pan Pylas · July 22, 2014 3:55 pm

UK employment rate matches record high

Pan Pylas · July 16, 2014 11:43 am

FILE - This Monday July 1, 2013 file photo shows people walking past the Bank of England in London's City financial district. Inflation in the U.K. increased unexpectedly in June, raising expectations that the Bank of England may start raising interest rates soon, possibly by the end of this year. Figures Tuesday July 15, 2014 from the Office for National Statistics showed consumer prices rose by an annual rate of 1.9 percent in June, just below the Bank's ostensible target of 2 percent. Inflation, which rose from May's 4 1/2-year low of 1.5 percent, is now at its highest level since January. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

UK pound near 6-year high after inflation spike

Pan Pylas · July 15, 2014 4:19 pm

An Argentina soccer fan sleeps on Copacabana beach the morning after his team was defeated by Germany at the World Cup final, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentine shares lag on World Cup defeat

Pan Pylas · July 14, 2014 9:24 pm

People shout slogans outside the Portuguese parliament during a protest by Portugal's main union CGTP, General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers, against cuts in salaries and pensions and others austerity measures taken by the government, in Lisbon, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

ECB under pressure to get growth-sapping euro down

Pan Pylas · July 13, 2014 8:02 am

FILE - The July 3, 2010 file photo shows Argentina's Lionel Messi, right, and Germany's Mesut Ozil during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Argentina and Germany at the Green Point stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Germany and Argentina will face each other again in the final of the 2014 soccer World Cup. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

World Cup defeat can hurt domestic stock market

Pan Pylas · July 11, 2014 12:44 pm

More ‘headline-grabbing’ corporate deals expected

Pan Pylas · July 10, 2014 12:05 pm

A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Asian stock markets fell for a third day Wednesday as caution spread ahead of corporate earnings and after record highs on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Markets steady after solid earnings reports

Pan Pylas · July 9, 2014 4:07 pm

President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi is on his way to a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, July 3, 2014, following a meeting of the ECB governing council. The ECB decided to leave its main interest rate unchanged. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

ECB seeks transparency, vows support to economy

Pan Pylas · July 3, 2014 6:56 pm

10ThingstoSeeSports - Uruguay's Luis Suarez holds his teeth after running into Italy's Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

Suarez facing big financial hit from alleged bite

Pan Pylas · June 25, 2014 8:35 pm

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Renewed optimism about the global economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Tuesday. The Nikkei 225, the benchmark for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, dropped 0.9 percent to 14,994.80, slipping beneath the key 15,000 mark. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Market momentum falters after record highs

Pan Pylas · June 10, 2014 3:55 pm

A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Japan's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, rose 0.9 percent to 15,068.12. Japanese shares have been boosted recently by renewed weakness in the yen and expectations the country's giant government pension fund will increase its holdings of shares at the expense of bonds. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Markets drift ahead of ECB decision, US payrolls

Pan Pylas · June 3, 2014 4:02 pm