Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup, spooked the markets by implying the Cyprus bailout was the template.
Despite a 29% increase in net revenues, the rise in expenses clearly spooked Wall Street.
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So several obstacles that might have spooked the markets have been cleared from the path.
The ADP jobs report, ISM Manufacturing Report, and the FOMC announcement spooked the markets.
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Mr. Gingrich might have some Republicans spooked, but Democrats are still hoping for the Massachusetts governor.
At the same time, major banks are still spooked by their mistakes during the financial crisis.
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Are we in this kind of red zone where the markets could really get spooked?
Kate Harris's one-year-old Peruvian striped owl flew into nearby Harlow Town Park when "something spooked it".
Even the sales forecasts that have spooked the market are priced attractively in our view.
Tim Ghriskey, a hedge-fund manager with Solaris Group in New York, says the news spooked him.
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That government takeover would have spooked the markets more than what happened in the crisis.
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It is the fear of additional QE that has really spooked the bond market.
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In early June Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke spooked markets worldwide with fears of energy-fueled inflation.
"I'm more worried that we got spooked by a little negative feedback, " said another engineer.
His gaunt look and brief stage appearances at a developer's conference in June spooked Apple watchers.
The new liquidity tools reduce the odds that the Fed is spooked into recklessness.
It now appears that corporate America is getting spooked by the slowdown in take home pay.
In mid-January, spooked by events in Tunisia, the government increased the fuel subsidy for public workers.
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The thought that it might act decisively spooked the bond market a little in January.
An electorate spooked by Europe and immigration is unlikely to accord him the luxury of time.
Many beginning investors see an event like the 2008 credit crisis and get spooked.
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The repeated incidents have spooked investors, causing several sell-offs over the past nine trading sessions.
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They weren't even spooked by the fact that the series of debt issues was nonrated.
That spooked the precious metals market bulls and gave the U.S. dollar index another boost higher.
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That, and the prospect of further rate increases to come, have spooked the entire stockmarket.
But investors are still spooked, pushing the Topix index down 2.04 percent to 821.84 at lunch.
Affluent men may have been spooked into better behaviour by changes in the law.
Crude oil was also pounded lower Wednesday, which spooked the entire commodity sector, including the precious metals.
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Those events spooked credit investors, and the demand pretty much dried up by the middle of July.
Some delays on the sales front, as well as some unexpected spending, spooked investors as late as November.
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