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• Commerzbank Posts Surprise Quarterly Loss

  

  Commerzbank, Germany's No.2 bank, posted a surprise net loss of 720 million euros ($986 million) for the fourth quarter.

• METALS-Copper hits 4-mth peak as growth outlook brightens

  *Worries about supply, Spain jobless knock copper off peaks. LONDON, Feb 4- Copper rose to four-month peaks on Monday thanks to signs of a credible U.S. recovery and improved factory activity across the globe, though gains were limited by rising supply and by debt worries centered on Spain.

• Euro Zone Factory Prices Fall, Mirror Inflation

  

  Euro zone factory prices fell for the second month in a row in December, mirroring the trend in consumer inflation and leaving room for a possible European Central Bank interest rate cut to revive the weak economy.

• Argentina's Sovereign Debt Woes - Not an Isolated Story 

  

  Kingsley Jones, Founder and CIO, Jevons Global says countries with high levels of sovereign debt is an ongoing story. He says Argentina may not be the only country trying to find ways to lessen its debt burden.

• RBS Told to Pay Libor Fines From Bonus Pool

  

  Royal Bank of Scotland faces the prospect of scrapping all bonuses for its investment bankers this year to free up cash to pay fines for its involvement in a global interest rate rigging scandal.

• Sequestration & Jobs Growth 

  

  Discussing whether it is time to let the sequester kick in, with Mark Simone, WOR Radio Talk Show host and CNBC's Contributors Keith Boykin and James Pethokoukis.

• Man Who Predicted Dow 14,000 

  

  Bob Doll, Nuveen Asset Management, is the man who predicted the Dow would hit 14,000. He joins CNBC's "Closing Bell" to discuss where the markets go from here.

• Big Banks Still Bruised 

  

  As the Dow marches towards a record, bank shares are still nowhere near their highs hit before the financial crisis, reports CNBC's Kayla Tausche. Anton Schutz, Mendon Capital Advisors, and Frederick Cannon, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, weigh in.

• PIMCO's Gross Not Buying the Rally 

  

  Bill Gross, founder & managing director at PIMCO, is warning investors to be afraid of the flood of cheap money in the system.

• How to Fix the Debt Problem 

  

  Insight on America's debt crisis, with Erskine Bowles, Campaign to Fix the Debt; Alan Simpson, Campaign to Fix the Debt; and CNBC's John Harwood.

• WRAPUP 1-Fed officials see brighter global economic outlook

  WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, Feb 1- Two top Federal Reserve officials painted a picture of cautious optimism on Friday for the U.S. economy in 2013, helped by stronger global growth as the central bank aggressively prints money to curb the nation's lofty rate of unemployment. But New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley and St.

• Inflation Nears ECB Goal Amid Record Joblessness

  

  Euro zone inflation fell to a two-year low as companies cut prices at a time of record joblessness, potentially giving the European Central Bank more scope to lower interest rates.

• TREASURIES-Prices choppy as jobless rate up, manufacturing grows

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Prices for U.S. The January ISM was quite encouraging for both output and employment prospects ahead, "said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist with Miller Tabak& Co. LLC.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise on U.S. jobs data; dollar lower

  *U.S. and European stocks get a lift, MSCI world index higher. The MSCI world equity index was up 0.4 percent, having strengthened earlier on factory activity surveys for January in China and in the euro zone, which increased optimism over the global growth outlook. "

• Blame Climate Change for Insurance Rate Hikes: Travelers CEO

  

  Travelers has been raising insurance premiums for three years because of severe weather patterns, said Chairman and CEO Jay Fishman told CNBC.

• Dutch in $14 Billion Rescue for SNS Reaal

  

  The Netherlands has nationalized bank and insurance group SNS Reaal in a $14 billion rescue that highlights the fragility of European banks and the continued exposure of taxpayers five years after the financial crisis erupted.

• Santelli's Morning Bond Update 

  

  CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses the latest action in the bond market, and the U.S. dollar.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares gain, dollar dips as growth outlook brightens

  *MSCI World up as PMIs point to global expansion. LONDON, Feb 1- The dollar fell and world stocks gained on Friday as fresh economic data signalled that the euro zone's downturn has eased and China's growth was on track, but moves were limited as investors await a U.S. jobs report. MSCI's world equity index added 0.5 percent to stay close to its best level since May 2011.

• Travelers' CEO on America's 'Overdraft' Crisis 

  

  Jay Fishman,The Travelers Companies chairman & CEO, talks about his company's growth plans, and sheds some light on the depth and impact of the nation's debt crisis.

• Banks Slow Crisis Money Repayment to ECB

  

  Banks will pay back another 3.5 billion euros next week of the emergency 3-year loans they took from the European Central Bank a year ago, further deflating the ECB's balance sheet after they paid back a whopping 137 billion euros this week.