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In the US last night, the Dow fell 44 points to 17,986 the Nasdaq gained 19 points to 4,925 and the S&P 500 lost 3 points at 2,097.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 56.21 points at 18,321.00 and the Hang Seng is closed for the Chinese New Year.

WTI crude oil traded at $51.16 a barrel and Brent at $60.21.

Gold settled at $1,207.10 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Quiz of the week's news

3/7.

Really?

Europeans ‘just can’t compete’ with US on internet – Obama

President Obama has criticized European efforts to regulate the internet, suggesting Brussels is unfairly targeting US tech companies, because their European rivals just “can’t compete” with Americans.

“We have owned the internet,” Obama stated in an interview with the technology portal Re/Code, during his summit on cyber-security in Silicon Valley on Friday. “Our companies have created it, expanded it, perfected it in ways that they can’t compete. And oftentimes what is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.”



I'm out at a funeral this morning, so no updates.

1/7... pathetic as usual -):

Forget the winging yanks on this occasion Skinny, Hope the funeral go's as well as it can.

Opening Market Summary

UK government finances show £8.8bn surplus in January

US Futures

Greece deal latest

Midday Report

Greek PM confident on extension

US Flash PMI rise to 54.3 in February

UK retail sales fell 0.3% in January

According to Der Spiegel, the German news magazine,
the ECB is preparing for a Greece exit from the Euro zone

Gold futures hold steady

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