This is not a time for opinions, just trade the action and read the tea leaves.

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These soothsayers read the tea leaves using metrics like interest rates, capital expenditures, unemployment and stock market reactions.

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The time spent trying to read the tea leaves, he hoped, would be better spent discussing the issues.

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Those who read the tea leaves in the Chinese press think Kandi is very close to announcing a deal to sell 20, 000 or 100, 000 of their electric mini-cars to a municipal rental program, and the option holders almost certainly know that.

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But too much will be read into the tea leaves of Obama's victory.

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He astutely read the tea-leaves of public opinion but had no grand vision.

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Without question, Japan is an important and critical market for building a globally successful gaming platform, and an early read of the tea leaves does not bode well for the Xbox 360.

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In 2012, however, the race is too close to read the early voting tea leaves - but McDonald says the bulk of early votes will come in next week, at which point stronger trends might point to an eventual winner.

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This could make the monetary tea leaves tougher to read.

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"To read too much into this is like reading tea leaves, " said Sibneft spokesman John Mann.

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