Stocks Eye Earnings, Iraq, OPEC
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Stock investors may want to fasten their seatbelts this week, when a flurry of earnings and economic data will once again be in focus.
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Investors are expected to focus on oil prices and corporate earnings outlooks this week, and the slightest warning about company revenues could weigh on stocks.
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U.S. stocks were set to open flat on  Wednesday as high crude oil prices and profit warnings weighed  on the market on the eve of a new earnings reporting season.
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Tokyo stocks are expected to stick to a  narrow range this week as investors focus on a flood of U.S.  earnings, soaring oil prices and the race for the White House.
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ECONOMIC INDICATORS Housing and earnings will be the big topics this week. The price of oil could climb above $100 a barrel, and the markets could continue to be volatile.
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Wall Street faces home sales data and more earnings reports this week, as it decides whether growth is strong enough to justify pushing the Dow Jones industrial average back above 14,000.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher  market open on Wednesday, boosted by Intel Corp.'s  better-than-expected earnings, but the direction of oil prices  after a key inventory report at midmornnig may dictate whether  stocks can hold that upward momentum.
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A mixed opening is seen for U.S. on Tuesday as markets await earnings from retail giants Wal-Mart Stores  and Home Depot  and inflation data to evaluate the impact of high oil prices on the economy.
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A new reporting period for company  earnings kicks into gear next week, giving investors a bit of  hard data to chew on, and markets could be volatile if the  price of crude oil stays north of $50 a barrel.
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Wall Street stocks were poised to test   fresh highs on Friday, boosted by weakness in the oil price,   with investors firmly focused on a swathe of data as they scour   for clues on the strength of the economy.
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Record crude oil prices, a tidal wave  of quarterly earnings reports and anxiety ahead of the  presidential election may pin U.S. stocks down this week.
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Most U.S. companies have reported  earnings and the flow of economic data slows this week, so  investors will look to U.S. trade figures and earnings from  leading technology stocks Dell and Cisco for fuel to sustain  the market's 2-week-old rally.
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Heading into the heart of earnings season next week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
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Stocks may come under pressure next  week as investors sell shares at year's end to prepare for tax  season. But crude oil prices, earnings outlooks and moves in  the dollar will also be closely watched.
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U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on  Monday ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings. Oil prices  climbed to new highs in London and New York.
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Wall Street was expected to start little  changed on Friday as investors continue to fret over the impact  of high oil prices on earnings, while Boeing BA.N will be  eyed after it reiterated its earnings forecast.
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U.S. stocks to watch on Monday: ORACLE  CORP. ORCL.O, PEOPLESOFT INC. PSFT.O: