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US stock futures inch lower as investors assess Mideast developments

US stock futures inch lower as investors assess Mideast developments

By Purvi Agarwal and Avinash P April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures ticked lower on Tuesday as investors assessed comments that indicated the Middle East conflict could escalate, ahead of President Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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JPMorgan's Dimon warns Iran war may drive inflation and interest rates higher

JPMorgan's Dimon warns Iran war may drive inflation and interest rates higher

By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned on Monday that the war in Iran risks oil and commodity price shocks that could keep inflation sticky and push interest rates higher than the market now expects.
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Dollar steady as traders fret about escalating Iran war

Dollar steady as traders fret about escalating Iran war

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, April 6 (Reuters) - The dollar was steady on Monday, while the yen flirted with the crucial 160 per dollar level as nervous investors took stock of the escalating Iran war, with all eyes on the latest deadline from U.S. President Donald Trump to reopen Strait of Hormuz.
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US service sector cools in March; price paid measure highest in 3-1/2 years

US service sector cools in March; price paid measure highest in 3-1/2 years

WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - U.S. services sector growth slowed in March, while prices paid by businesses for inputs climbed to near a 3-1/2-year high, an early sign that the prolonged war with Iran was boosting inflation pressures.
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Factbox-Energy facilities and shipping hit during US-Israeli war on Iran

Factbox-Energy facilities and shipping hit during US-Israeli war on Iran

April 7 (Reuters) - The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks on Gulf neighbours have damaged major energy facilities and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows. U.S.
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US stock futures edge up as investors assess Mideast ceasefire prospects

US stock futures edge up as investors assess Mideast ceasefire prospects

April 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Monday, after the main indexes marked their biggest weekly jump in four months in the last session, as investors assessed prospects of an end to the Middle East conflict.
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Stocks struggle, oil jumps as Trump's Iran deadline looms

Stocks struggle, oil jumps as Trump's Iran deadline looms

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - Global stocks wavered on Tuesday, while oil prices were perched near $110 per barrel as the prospect of escalation in the war in the Middle East and the looming deadline for a deal to be reached kept nervy investors on the sidelines.
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Seeking signals from the noise

Seeking signals from the noise

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, April 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street and the Asian stock markets that were open ticked higher on Easter Monday, as investors shrugged off another rise in oil prices and more belligerent rhetoric from U.S.
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Oil prices rise as US-Israeli war with Iran continues to disrupt supply

Oil prices rise as US-Israeli war with Iran continues to disrupt supply

By Katya Golubkova TOKYO, April 6 (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed on Monday on continuing fears of supply losses because of shipping disruptions in the key Middle East producing region from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Brent crude futures rose $1.71, or 1.6%, to $110.74 a barrel by 0057 GMT. U.S.
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Iran War may boost inflation, but not expectations, per Dallas Fed research

Iran War may boost inflation, but not expectations, per Dallas Fed research

By Ann Saphir April 7 (Reuters) - An extended disruption of the world's oil trade from the Iran War could lift headline U.S. inflation to well over 4% by year-end, with even bigger increases possible in the short-term, fresh research from the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank suggests. 
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The Latest: Trump threatens to strike Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened

The Latest: Trump threatens to strike Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his threat to hit hard Iran’s critical infrastructure if the country’s government doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline
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Trump, Israel pressure Iran ahead of deadline as search continues for missing US airman

Trump, Israel pressure Iran ahead of deadline as search continues for missing US airman

By Enas Alashray and Phil Stewart CAIRO/WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S.