Operating earnings for companies in Standard & Poor's 500-stock index are expected to nearly triple on a year-over basis, according to Thomson Reuters.

汤森路透(Thomson Reuters Co.)预计，第四季度标普500指数成份股公司的营业利润将较上年同期增长将近两倍。

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The selling across many of the commodity markets has now turned into a stampede for the exits this week, as the Reuters CRB Index, as well as the commodity ETFs and ETNs are now clearly in a correction phase.

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Of course the price of commodities has been incredible with the Reuters-Jefferies CRB Index higher by 35.35% since the low on May 25th 2010.

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Though the latest consumer-sentiment index from Thomson Reuters and University of Michigan topped expectations.

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