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December 29, 2011 8:35 AM ET U.S.

Initial jobless claims (week ending 12/24) up 15,000 to 381,000.

Continuing claims (week ending 12/17) 3.601M vs. 3.567M prior week.

December 28, 2011 7:43 PM ET Asia

S.Korea November industrial output +5.6% Y/Y, -0.4 M/M.

December 28, 2011 3:27 AM ET ECB / Europe

€452.034 BN parked in ECB deposit facility, new all-time high.

€6.225 BN borrowed using overnight loan facility. First covered bond purchase programme total now €59.004 BN. 2nd covered bond purchase programme total now €3.095 BN.

December 28, 2011 2:16 AM ET Crude Oil

Iran threatens to stop gulf oil if sanctions widened.

December 27, 2011 9:09 PM ET Company

Appeals Court agrees to hear Bank of America appeal on $8.5BN mortgage settlement.

December 27, 2011 9:05 PM ET Company

Westmoreland shares rose after agreeing to buy Chevron Mining's Kemmerer mine.

December 27, 2011 1:39 PM ET U.S.

Estimate a total Q4 2011 sales increase of 3.5% to 4.5%.

December 27, 2011 9:37 AM ET Italy

Italian 10-year bonds remain at 7 percent. Up 0.041 to 7.025%.

December 27, 2011 9:30 AM ET U.S.

S&P/Case-Shiller home price data fell in October.

10-city composite fell 1.1% in October vs. September 2011. 10-city composite fell 3.0% in October 2011 vs. October 2010. 20-city composite fell 1.2% in October vs. September 2011. 20-city composite fell 3.4% in October 2011 vs. October 2010. Only 2 city to post positive annual returns: Detroit and Washington D.C.

December 27, 2011 5:18 AM ET Company

Sony agrees to sell LCD venture to Samsung for $940mn.

December 27, 2011 5:14 AM ET Italy

Italy to auction €8.58bn in bills, bonds this week.

December 27, 2011 5:07 AM ET U.S.

US holiday sales expected to rise 3.8% this year to $469.1 BN.

December 27, 2011 4:52 AM ET Global Economy / Asia

Asian markets post losses in thin trade, await US data.

Shanghai composite hit 3-year lows on liquidity worries, down 23.90480, or 1.09%, to 2,166.2052. Sensex down 93.58, or 0.59%, to 15,877.17. Kospi down 14.68, or 0.79%, to 1,842.02. Taiex down 7.55, or 0.11%, to 7,085.03. Nikkei 225 down 38.78, or 0.46%, to 8,440.56.

December 27, 2011 4:19 AM ET Crude Oil

Brent rises on Nigeria, Syria concerns.

Light Crude Feb2 down 0.05, or 0.05%, to 99.63 dollar per barrel. Brent up 0.17, or 0.15%, to 108.13 dollar per barrel at this time.

December 27, 2011 4:09 AM ET Euro

Euro hold above 11-month low.

Euro/Dollar up 0.0010, or 0,08%, to 1.3069 at this time.