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There’s a very good reason why the gun control debate reignites after every mass shooting, just as it has after the massacre in San Bernardino. There have been 336 days.

The region’s equities had plunged on Thursday as the European Central Bank’s latest stimulus plan disappointed investors, sparking a global selloff that spilled over into Wall Street and Asia.

Light, sweet crude for January delivery settled down $US1.11, or 2.7 per cent, at $US39.97 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill has now sickened 52 people and led to 20 hospitalizations in nine states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The median outlook was for four quarter-point rises next year, while their views of the long-term normal level range from between 3.0 percent and 4.0 percent.

Speaking at the Forum on China Africa Cooperation in South Africa, Xi outlined 10 areas that will receive funding including infrastructure projects, aid for drought-stricken countries and thousands of scholarships for African students.

He acknowledged some market doubts that central banks are proving unable to reverse the downward trend in inflation, saying that, even if there is a lag to the impact of policies in place, they are working.

The Labor Department’s revised job growth for September and October was up by a combined 35,000.

Gates is launching a multi-billion dollar clean-energy initiative at the summit.

The CDC has also said that 47 of the 52 people sickened said that they ate at Chipotle before becoming ill. They joined California, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oregon and Washington.

“Even if we keep cutting that doesn’t solve anything”, said OPEC President Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.

A reading above 50 denotes growth, while one under 50 denotes a contraction in the manufacturing sector.

Friday’s announcement sent ripples through wider markets and dented shares of USA energy drillers already suffering from low prices, but losses in oil futures were limited as prices hit key support levels around $40 a barrel.

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