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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) – The stock market's long-suffering short sellers finally have something to smile about. Investors who make a living betting that stock prices will fall are in a position to profit handsomely as the U.S. equity market sinks, with its biggest weekly plunge … Read entire story.
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New government rules aimed at curbing overseas deals that cut corporate taxes appear to be working, just not entirely the way regulators intended.
Stocks haven’t done much this week–and that doesn’t look to change this morning. Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal S&P 500 futures have dropped have dropped 0.2{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}, while Nasdaq Composite futures have fallen 0.1{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}, and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have dropped 0.1{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}. FedEx (FDX) has gained 1.2{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} to …