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Analysis: Fed mulls adjusting its tune to quell jittery markets

Reuters Federal Reserve officials are considering moving the goal posts on U.S. monetary policy with a promise to keep interest rates low for longer in the hopes of heading off a troubling rise in market-set borrowing ...

  • Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, talks on the new yet to be released Google produced Moto X phone at the annual Allen and Co. conference in Sun Valley
    Google's Schmidt says relationship with Apple has improved Reuters

    The relationship between Google Inc and Apple Inc has improved over the past year with the rival technology companies and sometimes partners conducting "lots and lots" of meetings, Google Executive ...

    Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, talks on the new yet to be released Google produced Moto X phone at the annual Allen and Co. conference in Sun Valley

    The relationship between Google Inc and Apple Inc has improved over the past year with the rival technology companies and sometimes partners conducting "lots and lots" of meetings, Google Executive ...

  • A man walks through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange
    Stocks head for best week in eight months, dollar steadies Reuters

    European shares rose on Friday and the dollar steadied in the wake of reassuring comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve on its stimulus program, leaving world stocks on track for their best week in almost ...

    A man walks through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange

    European shares rose on Friday and the dollar steadied in the wake of reassuring comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve on its stimulus program, leaving world stocks on track for their best week in almost ...

  • People look at the front pages of newspapers displayed behind the window of a shop in Ericeira village
    Portugal's PM says committed to reaching cross-party deal Reuters

    Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Friday he is committed to reaching a cross-party deal with his junior coalition partner and the opposition Socialists to resolve a political crisis ...

    People look at the front pages of newspapers displayed behind the window of a shop in Ericeira village

    Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Friday he is committed to reaching a cross-party deal with his junior coalition partner and the opposition Socialists to resolve a political crisis ...

 
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