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Greece, Italy and Hungary are too overwhelmed to participate.

North Korea demanded Monday that United States troops be pulled out from South Korea, saying USA military presence in the South is a pretext for “ceaseless north-targeted saber-rattling”.

That would force a three-way tie between the three teams – Canada, Mexico and Argentina – and the Canadians would take the first seed on the strength of their point spread Tuesday evening.

One guardsman was reported on Monday as having been killed in the unrest and almost 90 wounded.

An emergency command center was setup at the scene, because some of the people only needed on-scene treatment and did not need to go to the hospital. Over 200 people were injured.

It wasn’t like USA markets were in flawless shape before China’s spooked them.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, platinum futures for October delivery slid 1.8 percent to $992.40, and palladium futures for December delivery dropped 0.8 percent to $577.15 an ounce.

“It’s tiring”, he said. “I think it worked”.

US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Stanley Fischer joined the European Central Bank vice-president Vitor Constancio and Bank of England governor Mark Carney on Saturday on a panel at the Kansas City Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, dedicated to discussing...

The sell-off adds to what has been a hard few weeks for United States and worldwide markets.

Investors will keep a sharp eye on the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report on Friday, which will be the last one before the Fed meets on September 16-17.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that “China’s government’s official purchasing managers index (out Tuesday) fell to 49.7 in August-its lowest reading in three years“.

Officials said Erika has degenerated into a trough of low pressure, with remnants of the storm’s center located near the north coast of eastern Cuba.

Besides, higher supplies from the major producing areas and weak trend at overseas market weighed on crude palm oil prices.

Another history-making storm, Fred, passed over the Cape Verde Islands Monday into Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane, dumping rain and causing high surf as it went.