Stocks Fall After Fed Minutes Show Willingness to Taper in June
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*Barclays sees 10- year yields falling to 1.80 percent. I think the market is trying to build a concession for the auction process, "said Tom Tucci, head of Treasuries trading at CIBC in New York. It "prompted a bout of short covering in Treasuries," said Dan Mulholland, managing director in Treasuries trading at BNY Mellon in New York.
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*Cyprus awaiting a bailout equal to its entire economy. Crippled by its exposure to Greece, Cyprus needs 17 billion euros from the euro zone to recapitalise its banks and to finance the government over the next three years.
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NEW YORK, Feb 12- U.S. Treasuries prices erased most of their earlier losses after a Group of Seven official expressed concern about excessive moves in the Japanese yen, sparking a round of short-covering in Treasuries before a three-year note auction.
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TOKYO, Feb 12- Japanese government bonds were mostly supported on Tuesday as longest maturities outperformed partly on buying from investors rebalancing their portfolio after sharp gains in Japanese equities.
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NEW YORK, Feb 11- The PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund run by Bill Gross, decreased its mortgage holdings to its lowest level since mid-2011, ahead of the prospect of higher interest rates and emerging inflationary pressures.
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*Treasury to sell $72 billion in three-, 10-, 30- year bonds. The Treasury will sell $72 billion in new debt this week, including $32 billion in three-year notes on Tuesday, $24 billion in 10- year notes on Wednesday and $16 billion in 30- year bonds on Thursday.
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A new report by a non-profit government watchdog group says former SEC employees, hired away from the Commission by the private sector, "routinely" help their new employers to influence the agency and blunt SEC enforcement actions.
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*Treasury to sell $72 billion in three-, 10-, 30- year bonds. The Treasury will sell $72 billion in new debt this week, including $32 billion in three-year notes on Tuesday, $24 billion in 10- year notes on Wednesday and $16 billion in 30- year bonds on Thursday.
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A new study shows the SEC's revolving door with Wall Street is spinning out of control, with CNBC's Scott Cohn.
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PARIS, Feb 11- European stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Monday, adding to the previous session's recovery rally, although the gains could be limited by simmering worries over Spain and Italy.
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*They see gains in U.S., global equities; Canada weaker. As mutual fund developers try to read investor sentiment in Canada's traditionally heavy first-quarter sales period, money continues to flow into funds marketed with the reassuring "income" or "yield" tags that are favored by investors who lost money in the 2008-09 stock market meltdown.
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*Moody's affirms Hungary rating at Ba1, outlook negative. BUDAPEST, Feb 9- Moody's said it was keeping its' junk' rating of Ba1 on Hungary's debt and maintaining a negative outlook, blaming the country's weak growth outlook.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 8- The state of California will likely sell $7 billion of general obligation bonds this year in two parts, with the first half of the sale in a few months, Treasurer Bill Lockyer told Reuters TV on Friday. California will return to the market in the fall, he added.
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*Treasury to sell $72 billion in three-, 10- and 30- year bonds. NEW YORK, Feb 8- U.S. The Treasury will sell $32 billion in three-year notes on Tuesday, $24 billion in 10- year notes on Wednesday and $16 billion in 30- year bonds on Thursday.
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*Treasury to sell $72 billion in new three-, 10- and 30- year bonds. NEW YORK, Feb 8- U.S. The Treasury will sell $32 billion in three-year notes on Tuesday, $24 billion in 10- year notes on Wednesday and $16 billion in 30- year bonds on Thursday.
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Total returns on government debt in so-called "peripheral" countries in Europe-- Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland-- have descended back to earth in the new year after hitting the stratosphere in 2012, and that's making some U.S. investors nervous.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 8- The state of California will likely sell $7 billion of general obligation bonds this year in two parts, with the first half of the sale in a few months, Treasurer Bill Lockyer told Reuters TV on Friday. California will return to the market in the fall, he added.
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*Volumes seen dropping as U.S. East Coast prepares for snowstorm. The Treasury will sell $32 billion in three-year notes on Tuesday, $24 billion in 10- year notes on Wednesday and $16 billion in 30- year bonds on Thursday. We're just following stocks at this point, "said Rick Klingman, a Treasuries trader at BNP Paribas in New York."
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NEW YORK, Feb 8- U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Friday in choppy trading, giving back some of Thursday's gains, as investors prepared for $72 billion in new supply next week. Benchmark 10- year notes fell 5/ 32 in price to yield 1.98 percent, up from 1.96 percent late on Thursday.
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*Argentina risks default; U.S. court showdown set for Feb. 27. Investors and creditors are waiting to see if a U.S. court upholds a ruling made on Feb. 27 that prevents Argentina from paying holders of bonds issued in debt swaps in 2005 and 2010 until it pays interest and principal due to so-called "holdout" creditors who had refused to swap.