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TOKYO (AP) — Share benchmarks in Europe and Asia are seeing broad declines today, tracking losses on Wall Street and weaker oil prices. Markets in Britain, Germany and France are down. Dow and S&P futures are also lower, signaling another dismal start for New York markets. Yesterday, the Dow fell 0.3 percent to 18,169.27, the S&P 500 gave up 0.4 percent to 2,143.16 and the Nasdaq shed 0.5 percent, to 5,283.40.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Traders get another batch of earnings reports to look over today. Southwest Airlines, Coca Cola, Comcast and Boeing will all report quarterly results before the market opens. Tesla will report after the closing bell. One government report is also due out today. The Commerce Department will release new home sales for September.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The president of the European Union still hopes that a free trade between the bloc and Canada can be signed at a summit this week despite Belgium's refusal so far to sign on. Donald Tusk told EU legislators today that "the summit tomorrow is still possible." But he says right now, "the EU is still not ready to sign" because of the steadfast opposition of a Belgian region, which is blocking the approval of its national government.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump may be running for president, but the Republican candidate is still in the hotel business. He'll take a short break from the campaign trail this morning to open a new hotel in Washington, not far from the White House. The $212 million hotel that bears his name is at Washington's Old Post Office Pavilion.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In New Zealand there are twice as many cows as people, but it's the hobbits that are really making hay. Figures released today show that tourism has overtaken dairy as the nation's top earner of overseas dollars. And tourism officials say the success of the fantasy movie trilogy "The Hobbit" has helped. Statistics New Zealand says spending by international tourists was up by 20 percent in the year ending March when compared with the previous year.
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