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Nothing is out of ordinary in markets: US regulators tell Steven Mnuchin
Chaotic five days trigger stock slump and prompts US Treasury Secretary to make hastily organised phone call to US financial regulators.
Trump aide to call up top US regulators, but markets don't get comfort
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will host the call with the president's Working Group on Financial Markets, known colloquially as the 'Plunge Protection Team.'
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Forget midterms. Focus on stock buybacks as firms mull raising repurchases
Although many might say the slowdown in October was due to companies taking a break as they reported earnings, the JPMorgan strategists pointed out how buybacks peaked for the year in July
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Black Monday: Tech rout pulls Dow down 700 points, Nasdaq falls 3.5%
The Nasdaq 100 Index lost 2.8% as investors continued to offload some of the bull market's biggest gainers
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After 25 bps rate hike by Fed Reserve, US dollar slides, stocks end lower
The US dollar saw its largest one-day loss in two months against major currencies
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US SEC says hackers may have traded using stolen insider information
SEC "promptly" patched the vulnerability after detecting it in 2016
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US stocks hit records, pound slides on UK vote
S&P 500 Index, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite Index hit record highs
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