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bonds are falling as the Federal Reserve moves closer to raising interest

rates and its signs inflation is picking up. Oil heading for its longest run of monthly

gains in five years while stocks decline in Europe. We check the markets every 15 minutes

throughout the trading day on Bloomberg. S&P E-Many futures higher up three points,

Dowie mini futures up 32, NASDAQ E-Many futures up 5.5 The tax in Germany is down 2 tenths percent.

Ten-year Treasury down 5.30 seconds. The yield 1.87 percent. Yield on the

two year. 0.91 percent. Naimx Crudoyall up half percent or 25 cents to 4958 a barrel.

Comex Gold down 3 tenths percent or $3.60 to 12.13.10 an ounce.

The euro, a dollar 1160, the n-11.04. Great Plains Energy agreed to buy

Wii Star Energy, the biggest utility in Kansas for 8.6 billion dollars as power companies

across the US facing weak demand and

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