Day: June 9, 2018

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  Baker Hughes oil rigs inch up to 862 from 861 last week

  Below estimate of 865 The Baker Hughes rig count for the current week showed oil rigs moved up 1 rig in the current week to[...]
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  Macron: Held brief meeting with Trump before G7

  Speaks about summit with N. Korea He said: The meeting lasted about 10 minutes. Of course before the meeting today, the comments from Macron were[...]
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  "Highly unlikely" there will be a final communique from G7 summit

  No big surprise The reason: We can't be really surprised. The US stock market is not all concerned:
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  Happy Families: The G7 leaders pose for the "Family Photo"

  I just can't help myself. It is so fun. The Family Photo has been taken and all seem happy.  It certainly is a beautiful backdrop[...]
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  China hacked Navy contractor information. Stole sensitive data.

  According to the Washington Post "Chinese "government hackers" have compromised the computers of a Navy contractor, stealing massive amounts of highly sensitive data related to[...]
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  Merkel: Lack of a communique would be a sign of honesty, showing we couldn't agree

  EU agrees that Russia should not be allowed to join G7 yet She added:
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  CFTC Commitments of Traders: EUR (long), CHF (short) are the two largest speculative positions

  CFTC commitment of traders highlights for the week ending June 5, 2018 The largest positions remain in the EUR and the CHF.  The net EUR[...]
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  "Draft summit commitment" being released

  I don't know if it replaces the formal comminique, but headlines are not calling it a communique The draft summit commitment says:
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  Major indices are able to eek out gains today

  Modest gains to end an up week The major indices in the US were able to eek out small gains for the day. For the[...]
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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  Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Canada jobs gains not so great but what about those wages

  Forex news for NY trading on June 8, 2018. In other markets near the close of the week: - Spot gold is up $1.83 or[...]
  2018-06-09 18:23:29

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