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Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian shares recouped recent losses
on Wednesday, tracking an overnight resurgence in Wall Street as
markets at large rebounded from a string of heavy selloffs.
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NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Monday's slump in the U.S. stock
market may have been painful for those betting against
volatility in prices, but traders who took opposite positions
hoping to gain from a sharp move are likely to laugh all the way
to their banks.
Shorting volatility, or...
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Consultations in wake of Taylor report to include bigger fines and holiday pay
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Cricket, golf and football increasingly hit by extreme weather conditions
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WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of
Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation to avoid
government agency shutdowns at the end of this week by extending
funding for most federal programs until March 23.
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Feb 6 (Reuters) - Ascent Resources Marcellus Holdings LLC, a
shale driller founded by the late U.S. fracking pioneer Aubrey
McClendon, said on Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy as part of a negotiated plan with lenders to reduce
about $1 billion of debt and boost liquidity.
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NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc's
Investment Institute said on Tuesday that the swoon in stock
markets is "contained" and that it sees an opportunity to take
on more risk, particularly in emerging market equities.
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NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The 4.5 percent drop in the
benchmark S&P 500 over the last five days has not dented
strategists' expectations for mild to moderate gains in the U.S.
stock market by the end of the year, with corporate earnings and
interest rates not expected...
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NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - New Jersey based independent
trader, DJ Thompson, saw five months of profit burned away in
one session on Monday, after bets on high-risk low-volatility
stock market products went up in smoke as the broader U.S.
equity market swooned.
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CHICAGO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Recent stock market volatility
could sting some U.S. public retirement funds in the short term
and lead to bigger state and local government contributions in
the event of a prolonged market downturn, pension analysts said
on Tuesday.
