The FOMC meeting held on Tuesday and Wednesday could be a factor in market direction.

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The spokeswoman added that wind direction was "a valid contributing factor" to noise.

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On April 18, NYSE Euronext Chief Executive Duncan Niederauer took a step in this direction when he discussed the merits of globalization as a factor favoring Deutsche Boerse.

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Any pronouncement of great drops in their future intensity has to factor in that they have been going in the wrong direction for years.

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And while the American current-account deficit is one important factor at work, others are tending to push in a different direction.

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