The decline kept a lid on the overall market's gains.
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The group kept a lid on the news with admirable restraint.
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A rise in interest rates also kept a lid on equities.
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Tightening global oil supplies also kept a lid on further price losses.
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Productivity improvements of 115 million euros kept a lid on rising overheads.
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Losses in bank shares also kept a lid on the broader market, however.
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A reduction in the volume of claims also kept a lid on prices.
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Lower U.S. yields and a flatter curve kept a lid on the dollar.
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That's kept a lid on valuations and driven up the equity risk premium.
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I kept it all in, kept it together, kept a lid on it.
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Rising U.S. oil production, stockpiles and exports have kept a lid on crude prices.
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But lingering concerns about the Trump administration's trade policies kept a lid on gains.
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Slow economic growth, trade tensions and excess supply have kept a lid on prices.
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Investors from Japan have also kept a lid on bond yields in the rich world.
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Uncertainty surrounding next year's wide-open presidential elections has kept a lid on investor optimism.
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The increase in market-based rates and a firm dollar kept a lid on world stock.
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The stronger dollar kept a lid on gold prices, which turned higher on the BoE decision.
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BRIPCA=ECI Widespread unemployment amid an underwhelming economic recovery has kept a lid on price hikes.
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Investors assessed the likelihood of another election there as low, which kept a lid on volatility.
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Still, analysts said plenty of economic and political risks kept a lid on any yield rises.
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Still, analysts said plenty of economic and political risks kept a lid on any yield rises.
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Traders said profit-taking ahead of the weekend kept a lid on any more significant price gains.
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The widespread fear that it could happen again anytime soon has kept a lid on speculative excesses.
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Gold prices turned higher on the BOE decision but the stronger dollar kept a lid on gains.
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That newfound investment vigor and projections for stronger shale production have kept a lid on the recovery.
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Perhaps it kept a lid on the situation in hopes of not creating an even bigger scandal.
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Stocks hit record levels but ongoing worries around the coronavirus kept a lid on Wall Street's enthusiasm.
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Climbing U.S. shale production has kept a lid on price gains, but Falih said inventories were still falling.
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Midcaps also joined Friday's rally but Intu Properties kept a lid on gains with a 4.6 percent drop.
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Wheat firmed, although harvest pressure in key exporting countries across the northern hemisphere kept a lid on prices.
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Higher gold prices this year have kept a lid on physical demand in key markets, India and China.
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Mitterrand fired the popular premier after the Gulf War and kept a lid on his career after that.
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Uncertainty about when the pork will be shipped to China also kept a lid on gains, traders said.
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Bond yields and concerns around U.S.-China trade kept a lid on stocks in the session, extending previous losses.
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The strength of the U.S. dollar has kept a lid on Central European currencies in the past two years.
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Uncertainty about the prospects for a deal to resolve the dispute kept a lid on agricultural futures, traders said.
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Trade tensions between the U.S. and China kept a lid on stocks last week, as the major indexes slipped.
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Chief Financial Officer Ángel Santodomingo told investors in a conference call that the strategy kept a lid on delinquencies.
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So I kept a lid on my Jamirocrush and jammed out to "Alright" only when no one was looking.
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U.S. equities closed mostly higher on Monday but a decline in tech and financials kept a lid on gains.
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Since they gained control of the House in January, Democratic leaders have largely kept a lid on the impeachment debate.
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The government kept a lid on bubbling tensions for decades by quashing virtually all dissent, including expressions of ethnic nationalism.
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Consequently, excellent recent harvests of the most widely consumed grains and seeds—wheat, maize, soybeans—have kept a lid on prices.
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The sector has been slammed by years of over production that kept a lid on prices and sparked periodic commodity crashes.
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The FTSE 100 slipped 0.6% overall, but a 4% gain in BP and 2% in Shell kept a lid on losses.
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While her campaign publicized the appearances of Katy Perry and Lena Dunham at events, he's kept a lid on similar associations.
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That kept a lid on Treasury rates, which serve as a benchmark for mortgages, car loans and other forms of credit.
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A firmer pound kept a lid on gains for heavyweight, international earners such as Unilever, Imperial Brands and AstraZeneca, which all fell.
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Double-digit unemployment has kept a lid on wage hikes, which could allow policymakers to maintain economic stimulus as the economy recovers.
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The ruling Al Khalifa family has kept a lid on dissent since the mostly Shi'ite opposition staged a failed uprising in 2011.
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Markets are treading carefully around uncertainty over Iran's supply, however, and signs of ample supply kept a lid on price rises Wednesday.
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However, lower wages and hours worked kept a lid on inflation, a key factor in the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates.
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Rising output from both countries has kept a lid on price gains, prompting suggestions that they could be included in the deal.
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The company kept a lid on CEO pay throughout the period it was supported by the U.S. government, which ended in 2013.
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Market participants said trade war fears, and how that might impact U.S. pork exports, kept a lid on deferred CME hog contracts.
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Gold edged higher as the dollar drifted lower on Monday, although expectations of tighter U.S. monetary policy kept a lid on its gains.
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Thursday's meeting was largely anti-climactic as party stalwarts kept a lid on Yue's proposal and even removed some other measures from consideration.
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Lingering worries about North Korea and the coming French presidential elections also kept a lid on the dollar against the safe-haven yen.
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The ruling Sunni Al Khalifa family has kept a lid on unrest since then by closing Shi'ite-led opposition groups and prosecuting activists.
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This helped the technology sector rise 0.48%, but a 1% slide in shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc kept a lid on gains.
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Her lawyers complained that those tactics constituted a violation of a settlement agreement that kept a lid on the reasons for her exit.
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"Accommodative monetary policy and rising employment support domestic demand, while financial market volatility likely kept a lid on the gains," Moody's Analytics said.
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Like the hog markets, concerns about export demand kept a lid on any potential buying opportunities stemming from a supportive report, Roose said.
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Still, double-digit unemployment rates and idle capacity among companies have kept a lid on corporate investments, leading to a gradual economic recovery.
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For the past four years, Deere has been struggling against weaker demand for farm equipment as global oversupplies kept a lid on prices.
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A slight recovery in the pound kept a lid on advances in London's bluechip FTSE 100, which tends to underperform when the currency rises.
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U.S. stocks climbed as trade talks between the U.S. and China advanced, although worries of a cooling domestic economy kept a lid on gains.
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The sector has come under pressure from uncertainty over the U.S. trade dispute with China, which has kept a lid on underlying copper prices.
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In Massachusetts, for example, consumers can choose from as many as 10 different insurance plans, generating competition that has kept a lid on premiums.
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Heavyweight sectors, notably materials, kept a lid on the advance as China is Australia's biggest market, and any downturn in demand would hit exporters hard.
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Soaring U.S. production kept a lid on oil prices this year, even though the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia have reduced output.
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Gold rose on Tuesday due to rising physical demand from India but growing expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike kept a lid on prices.
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However, lower wages and hours kept a lid on inflation, a key factor as the Federal Reserve weighs when to next raise U.S. interest rates.
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Dealers said news that Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer is relaxing its bug-damage specifications for wheat imports kept a lid on the Paris market.
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However, prices pared gains to close the session only marginally higher as month-end profit taking kept a lid on rallies, traders and brokers said.
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Residents reported sporadic shelling in the area of the fighting on Wednesday, as rain and burials for the dead kept a lid on military activities.
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Despite faster-than-expected gross domestic product growth last year, double-digit unemployment rates and idle capacity among companies kept a lid on price hikes.
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OPEC and other exporters have kept a lid on production in a bid to shrink stockpiles among the OECD, a group of mostly wealthy nations.
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An old order that's been in place for generations that kept a lid on the kind of chaos we've seen in recent months has crumbled.
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The pound recouped some losses on Tuesday after Carney said he was ready to stay, but concerns over Brexit kept a lid on the currency's gains.
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All major indexes in Europe were up more than 20193%, although a fall in stocks trading ex-dividend kept a lid on gains in London's FTSE.
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In Switzerland, tighter mortgage-market regulations and higher vacancy rates for rental apartments have kept a lid on prices in both Zurich and Geneva, UBS said.
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Trade worries had kept a lid on stock gains in recent months as investors assessed the potential impact of protectionist trade policies on the global economy.
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A drop in shares of biotechs and other healthcare companies kept a lid on gains in the Nasdaq and the broader market, with the Nasdaq Biotech index .
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All major indexes in Europe were up more than 1%, although a fall in stocks trading ex-dividend kept a lid on gains in London's FTSE .FTSE.
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Trade tensions between the world's two largest economies have kept a lid on investor risk appetites in the new year, as happened for long periods in 2018.
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Trump's new threats to slap duties on all U.S. imports from China triggered sell-offs across stock markets, though good corporate earnings kept a lid on losses.
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Trade tensions between the world's two largest economies have kept a lid on investor risk appetite in the new year, as it did for long periods last year.
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An OPEC delegate said most countries had kept a lid on output in May, although they might have sought to boost sales in the faster-growing Asian market.
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Double-digit unemployment rates and widespread idle capacity have kept a lid on price hikes as Latin America's largest economy slowly recovers from its deepest recession in decades.
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The dollar index, which tracks exchange rates against a basket of six major currencies, kept a lid on gains in bullion of 96.654, its weakest since Nov. 9.
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What seems to be happening is the pool of "shadow workers," who have been employable but were not looking for work, has kept a lid on wage increases.
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WASHINGTON — American consumers borrowed at a modest pace in February for the second consecutive month, evidence of continuing caution that has kept a lid on spending this year.
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In response, Republicans ended the "sequester" spending restraints, which kept a lid on spending, and most recently pushed through this $1.3 trillion bill that has something for everyone.
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Trade fears kept a lid on stock gains prior to August as investors assessed the potential effects of more protectionist policies from the U.S. and its biggest partners.
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Those are also the cities where zoning restrictions have kept a lid on housing supply, sending prices soaring as high-paying tech employers flocked to previously-abandoned city centers.
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SA also swung to profit in the third quarter from net losses a year ago, as a steady exchange rate kept a lid on the cost of foreign debts.
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Dovish comments from the European Central Bank (ECB) also helped the region's currencies and government bond prices, though concerns over economic growth in Europe kept a lid on them.
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But concerns that a proposed production freeze will barely make a difference to the global oil glut kept a lid on the market's upside, some traders and analysts said.
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"Record U.S. yields along with reduced export demand have kept a lid on CBOT soybean prices while demand for soy meal remains robust," JP Morgan analyst Ann Duignan said.
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And the American ouster of Saddam Hussein, whose brutal dictatorship had kept a lid on extremist Islamist movements, gave Mr. Baghdadi the freedom for his radical views to flourish.
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They also kept a lid on the Falcons' explosive passing game; except for that one touchdown they allowed just 179 net team passing yards with a long of 29.
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Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China kept a lid on stock gains for most of the year as investors assessed their potential impact on the global economy.
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Wal-Mart Stores on Thursday reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, as sales in the U.S. market rose and the retailing giant kept a lid on costs.
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Gold benefited from the risk aversion among investors that sank stocks and crude oil, although slow physical demand from major consumers China and India kept a lid on price gains.
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In the final, he kept a lid on his anger and managed to end placid Swede Bjorn Borg's five-year, 41-match winning streak at Wimbledon, defeating him in four sets.
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That's kept a lid on Treasury rates in recent months as retailers, chipmakers and other trade-exposed sectors of the American economy scrambled to find new supply chains and relocate operations.
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Stocks rose slightly on Wednesday as investors cheered a nearing trade deal between the U.S. and China, though softer measures on payrolls and the service economy kept a lid on optimism.
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The U.S. president's new threats to slap duties on all $2192.5 billion of U.S. imports from China triggered sell-offs across stock markets, though good earnings kept a lid on losses.
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Stocks closed slightly higher on Tuesday as energy shares rebounded from steep losses in the previous session, but mixed messages from the Trump administration regarding trade kept a lid on gains.
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Bullion has benefited from the risk aversion that hurt stocks and crude oil this month, though slow physical demand from major consumers China and India kept a lid on price gains.
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Still, the short-term spike in prices was unlikely to drive the bank to hike interest rates soon, economists said, as double-digit unemployment kept a lid on underlying inflation pressures.
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Bahrain's ruling Sunni Al Khalifa family has kept a lid on dissent since the Shi'ite opposition staged a failed uprising in 2011 in the country, base of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.
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Oil prices rose on Monday, adding to last week's gains, lifted by tensions between the United States and Iran, although concerns about the possibility of weakening demand kept a lid on gains.
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The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, which has run the country with a heavy hand for almost three decades, kept a lid on tensions between ethnic groups for most of that time.
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An abundance of workers looking for jobs since the financial crisis has kept a lid on wage growth, perhaps blunting companies' incentives to invest in labour-saving automation, thereby reducing productivity growth.
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Higher volatility and uncertainty stemming from the US elections, the Federal Reserve's policy on interest rates and the UK's vote to exit the EU kept a lid on loan volume this year.
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News of the deal drove up Lenovo shares by as much as 5 percent on Thursday to their highest since August, but lower profits over July-September kept a lid on gains.
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Since last Tuesday, the Federal Reserve has flooded tens of billions overnight and term cash into the bank system to provide more liquidity, which has kept a lid on money market rates.
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The dollar's firming to a three-month high against the euro kept a lid on Central European asset prices, which are vulnerable to a decline in risk appetite often reflected in dollar buying.
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Of course, if Gtmhub kept a lid on its expenses by growing slowly, its parsimony might be more sin than virtue; after all, private companies backed with venture dollars are built for expansion.
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The blue chips, which had touched a near seven-month high in the last session, lagged European markets where strong earnings from the likes of SAP and Credit Suisse kept a lid on losses.
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Ongoing job cuts in the oil business, for example, have kept a lid on wage gains for that industry, where hourly workers are making just 0.8 percent more than they did a year ago.
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Ongoing job cuts in the oil business, for example, have kept a lid on wage gains for that industry, where hourly workers are making just 0.8 percent more than they did a year ago.
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Thousands of Indian security forces kept a lid on protests in Kashmir on Wednesday, helped by the continued suspension of telephone and internet services after the Himalayan region's special status was scrapped this week.
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The analyst also noted that companies of Apple's size are just too big to trade like a smaller growth stock, something that kept a lid on stocks such as IBM and Cisco in the past.
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The bank last week cut the benchmark Selic rate by 25 basis points to 6.50 percent as a string of underwhelming price figures kept a lid on inflation expectations for both this year and next.
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Uncertainty around U.S. trade policies, geopolitical tensions and the Federal Reserve's inclination to cut interest rates has largely kept a lid on stocks this year after the reached an all-time high in late April.
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Recent safe-haven demand for Treasuries stemming from trade frictions between the United States and China and other nations, and political concerns about Turkey and Italy have kept a lid on bond yields, analysts said.
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A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that kept a lid on a handful of documents related to a lawsuit from Congress over the Obama administration's botched "Fast and Furious" operation.
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Turkey hosts about 3.6 million refugees from Syria and has kept a lid on migration to Europe under a deal it agreed with the bloc in 2016 in return for billions of euros in aid.
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Regional markets across Asia eked out minor gains, as higher Wall Street futures provided some relief after an overnight U.S. selloff, though deeper worries about the global economy and trade kept a lid on sentiment.
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Worries about a slowdown in economic growth due to the U.S.-China trade war and the flow-on to oil demand kept a lid on price gains, even as falling inventories indicate a balancing market.
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While Putin has successfully kept a lid on infighting, he is also aware that a future leader that lacks his strength, or unbridled drive to control the office, could easily plunge Russia into a crisis.
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SINGAPORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices edged up on Monday amid a fall in drilling activity in the United States, but lingering concerns about weaker economic growth in major economies kept a lid on gains.
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Better-than-expected economic readings from both the U.S. and China lately have assuaged investor concerns of a sharp global economic slowdown, although weak manufacturing surveys from Asia and Europe have kept a lid on sentiment.
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PROTESTS SMOULDER Thousands of Indian security forces kept a lid on protests in Kashmir on Wednesday, helped by the continued suspension of telephone and internet services after the Himalayan region's special status was scrapped this week.
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SINGAPORE, April 2 (Reuters) - Chicago corn futures rose for a second straight session on Tuesday with planting delays in several key U.S. growing areas underpinning prices, although ample global supplies kept a lid on the market.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's coal imports in May were almost unchanged from the same month a year earlier as tight government curbs on shipments, designed to cool an overheating market, kept a lid on foreign coal buying.
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Worries about a slowdown in economic growth due to the U.S.-China trade war and the flow-on to oil demand have kept a lid on price gains, even as falling inventories indicate a balancing market.
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Worries about a slowdown in economic growth due to the U.S.-China trade war and the flow-on to oil demand have kept a lid on price gains, even as falling inventories indicate a balancing market.
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The Times - Bank of England's quarterly credit conditions survey showed that demand for mortgages and credit card lending fell in the final quarter of the year as political uncertainty kept a lid on consumer sentiment. bit.
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Better-than-expected economic readings from both the United States and China lately have assuaged investor concerns of a sharp global economic slowdown, although weak manufacturing surveys from Asia and Europe have kept a lid on sentiment.
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Slower global growth has further kept a lid on commodity prices, but with several countries planning massive infrastructure projects to stimulate their economies, greater demand for industrial metals, like copper and iron, should be on the horizon.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks kept a lid on costs and booked higher interest income in the second quarter, boosting profits by 10.7 percent on the year-ago period, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said on Tuesday.
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LE CASTELLET, France (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and other drivers using Mercedes power units started French Grand Prix practice with new engines on Friday but the German manufacturer kept a lid on the details.
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Oil prices remained little changed on Friday, lingering below two-year highs as the continuing outage of a North Sea pipeline and OPEC-led production cuts supported prices, while climbing U.S. output kept a lid on gains.
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That should allow the central bank to hold its benchmark Selic interest rate at an all-time low of 6.50 percent, adding support to a weak economy that has so far kept a lid on underlying price pressures.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean futures rose for a fifth consecutive session on Friday and were on course to snap three straight weekly losses, although slowing Chinese demand amid a coronavirus outbreak kept a lid on prices.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices were mixed on Friday, lingering below two-year highs as the continuing outage of a North Sea pipeline gave support, while climbing U.S. output and weak gasoline demand kept a lid on gains.
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While Chinese authorities have kept a lid on what they consider potentially destabilizing capital outflows, they largely welcome inflows, which have increased following various arrangements that allow foreign investors to buy domestic stocks and bonds through Hong Kong.
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With major economies enjoying a relatively long period of healthy expansion, policymakers have been puzzled by paltry wage growth, which has kept a lid on inflation and force central banks to provide stimulus much longer than they expected.
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The euro rose on Monday after a report that Germany may boost fiscal stimulus increased hopes that governments will act to boost growth in the region, though expectations of further central bank easing kept a lid on gains.
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When homicides, kidnapping and extortion soared across the country over the past decade as cartels battled security forces, Mexico City kept a lid on the worst crime and prospered, earning fame as a trendy getaway for foreign tourists.
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Germany's early exit from the football world cup, plus a slew of matches falling outside dinnertime, kept a lid on fans' appetite for the company's pizzas, Domino's Europe Chief Executive Andrew Rennie told investors on a conference call.
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Oil edged up ahead of the release of U.S. crude inventory data, which in recent weeks has provided bullish surprises, but top-level comments from OPEC members regarding chances of an output cut kept a lid on prices.
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OPEC oil output fell in November as Angolan production slipped due to maintenance and Saudi Arabia kept a lid on supply to support prices before the initial public offering of state-owned Saudi Aramco, a Reuters survey found.
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And they've kept a lid on it, and they've been too afraid to have the fight in public because they don't want to hurt themselves in an election, or they don't want to look like they're in disarray.
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Concerns about North Korea and French presidential elections also kept a lid on the dollar against the yen - traditionally a haven for capital in the face of political and economic stress - which has surged in the past two weeks.
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This has pushed bond yields sharply higher in recent weeks, but a recent sell-off in stocks and oil, along with some political uncertainty in Germany, kept a lid on yields on speculation that the ECB would tread cautiously.
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That has kept a lid on expectations for further appreciation in the euro - already up over 22019 percent in 2017 against the dollar - over the coming year, according to a Reuters poll of foreign exchange strategists earlier this month.
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As the Fed's dovish stance kept a lid on the dollar, China's yuan rose to its highest levels in more than five months and was on course for its biggest weekly gains since the 2005 revaluation in onshore trade.
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The price of oil, one of Canada's major exports, rebounded on reports that output from the world's largest oil producers fell during the third quarter, although a resumption in Saudi supply and demand concerns kept a lid on gains.
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At the same time, labor strikes at Chile's Escondida mine have kept a lid on copper supply, while Saudi Arabia is not flooding the market with as much oil as feared following an agreement by producers to hike output.
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BUDAPEST, Oct 1.6783 (Reuters) - Central European currencies were mildly stronger on Friday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous session on weak European activity data, but the prospect of an economic slowdown kept a lid on further gains.
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SRINAGAR, India, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of Indian security forces kept a lid on protests in disputed Kashmir on Wednesday, helped by the continued suspension of telephone and internet services after the Himalayan region's special status was scrapped this week.
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Westworld won't be back on our screens until 2018 — so it's no surprise that the spoiler-averse showrunners, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, kept a lid on any details about Season 2 at the show's PaleyFest panel on Saturday night.
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Fisher's plan makes sense for the Rams; they're the new kids in town and why ruffle feathers during an LA institution's swan song if it's not totally necessary, but it's sort of amazing that Tennessee kept a lid on it, too.
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The stock had its highest daily trading volume since July 2013 and ended well off its session low of $365.55, but it kept a lid on the Dow, which managed only about half the gains of the S&P 500.
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Frictions over language in universities broke out into riots in 1968 but mostly Belgium has kept a lid on communal violence, thanks in part to constitutional gymnastics that have left it a complex federal state with huge autonomy for the regions.
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At the heart of the problem, the research paper concludes, is a nexus of inert banks lending to inert companies that has kept a lid on the recovery of Italy's economy, the third largest among countries that use the euro.
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MARKET NEWS * The euro rose on Monday after a report that Germany may boost fiscal stimulus increased hopes that governments will act to boost growth in the region, although expectations of further central bank easing kept a lid on gains.
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The U.S.-China trade war and increased supply coming in from America's shale fields have kept a lid on crude futures, despite production cuts orchestrated by OPEC and its non-OPEC partners, the latter of which have been led by Russia.
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Worries about a slowdown in economic growth and the impact on oil demand due to the trade war between the world's two biggest oil consumers kept a lid on price gains this week, even as falling inventories indicate a balancing market.
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Oil prices rose on Wednesday, after sharp losses in the previous session, as industry data showed a surprise reduction in U.S. crude stockpiles, although worries over a lack of agreement among producers to curb output kept a lid on gains.
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The Czech Republic has kept a lid on the crown since 2013 and intervened with increased regularity over the last year to hold the exchange rate on the weak side of 27 per euro as the country's economy has thrived.
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While many analysts are bullish on the pound if a Brexit transition deal can be secured, uncertainty ahead of an EU summit later this month, at which Britain has said it expects to sign a deal, has kept a lid on sterling bulls.
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Gold had been trapped in a range of around $1,220-$0.323,240 since early February, with unease over the European and U.S. political outlook supporting demand for bullion as a safe haven while the prospect of rising interest rates kept a lid on gains.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The pound recouped some losses on Tuesday after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said he was ready to stay in his job beyond his planned leaving date, but concerns over Brexit kept a lid on the British currency's gains.
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Ireland's Brexit-sensitive ISEQ stock index was flat after the European Union gave British Prime Minister Theresa May until October to leave the bloc, but the lack of clarity on when, how or even if Brexit will happen, kept a lid on gains.
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The person obtained an injunction in January covering England and Wales and kept a lid on the news story for 11 weeks, but on April 6 a widely read U.S. magazine ran it and within minutes it was all over the Internet.
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But the gains were limited as the market was weighed down by further indications of record output from the group, a sign the glut that has kept a lid on prices is not draining away as fast as the oil bulls would like.
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The Sunni-led authorities have kept a lid on dissent since a Shi'ite uprising in the island kingdom in 2011 was quelled with the help of neighboring Saudi Arabia, which fears instability in Bahrain will encourage unrest among its own Shi'ite minority.
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There is evidence, too, that the local authorities kept a lid on the crisis in the first days of January so as not to upset the cheerful tone for a provincial legislative session that is a highlight of the local political cycle.
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Finding it hard to borrow from banks worried by stressed loans at their worst level in 13 years, cash-strapped private firms have kept a lid on fresh capital outlay, dashing Modi's hopes that higher public spending would provide a stronger investment multiplier.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 21.4093 (Reuters) - Singapore welcomed 0.9 percent more international visitors in 2015, but tourism receipts fell for the first time since 2009 as an uncertain global economic outlook and weak currencies in some of the top markets kept a lid on spending.
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More than six years of massive monetary stimulus by the Bank of Japan has failed to accelerate inflation to its elusive 2% target, as tepid wage growth and tame consumer spending have kept a lid on prices despite the tightest job market in decades.
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Losses are not only from infected pigs dying or being culled, but also farmers sending pigs to market early when the disease is discovered nearby, farmers and industry insiders have told Reuters, which analysts say has kept a lid on pork prices in recent months.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling extended gains on Thursday on the back of a weak dollar but remained well below highs hit in the previous session due to uncertainty over the progress of the Brexit negotiations, while broader concerns over trade wars kept a lid on risk appetite.
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"That is partly because a modest pick-up in productivity growth has kept a lid on unit labor costs and partly because the rising dollar has started to put downward pressure on imported goods prices," said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.
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The outburst, from the stately US ambassador's residence in London, came before Trump takes part in two days of solemn commemorations of the D-Day Normandy landings in 1944 and after he mostly kept a lid on his disruptive tendencies in a gracious performance alongside Britain's royal family.
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The beleaguered secondary kept a lid on Carson Wentz, the offensive line played brilliantly against a very tough Eagles defensive line, Aaron Rodgers played a nearly flawless game despite suffering a hamstring injury, and inconsistent wideout Davante Adams had one of the best games of his three-year career.
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Auto and mining stocks were the top sectoral performers, while Germany's trade-sensitive DAX, up 0.7%, led the way among country indexes while A slight recovery in the pound kept a lid on advances in London's blue-chip FTSE 100, which tends to underperform when Britain's currency rises.
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His status as the most powerful man in the Taliban heartland was built on brutal offensives against the insurgents, an effectiveness that kept a lid on ethnic and tribal differences, and his reputation with the American military as an indispensable ally who had kept Kandahar Province secure for years.
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The cash differentials for jet fuel dropped to their weakest levels in over 183 years last month as a warmer-than-normal winter across the region this year kept a lid on seasonal heating demand for kerosene, which belongs to the same grade of oil products as the aviation fuel.
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OIL: Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday amid lingering concerns about possible supply disruptions in the Middle East, but an overall weaker demand outlook kept a lid on gains, helped by a vow by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to take swift action to keep global oil markets adequately supplied.
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Recurring operating margins, which strip out the effect of one-off items such as the disposal of shops in Hong Kong, reached a first-half record at 34.5 percent of sales, up from 34.3 percent in the first six months of 2017 as it kept a lid on costs, including in communications.
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Although ultimately curtailed by a literal act of Congress, the PBMs for years kept a lid on their hundred-million-dollar golden goose by contractually preventing pharmacies from spilling the beans to customers the same drug could be had for much cheaper, just by ditching the insurance coverage that's supposed to make it cheaper.
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Brent crude futures were up 8 cents by 0647 GMT at $64.31, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 6 cents at $57.57 a barrel, supported by last week's strong U.S. jobs data and geopolitical risks, but worries that a slower global economy will curb appetite for oil kept a lid on prices.
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S. trade update * Imperial Brands falls on weak e-cigarette sales * ITV, Imperial Brands down after weak updates * Building supplier Travis Perkins shines in mid-caps (Adds news items, analyst comment, updates to closing prices) May 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 ended higher on Wednesday as investors welcomed indications from Washington that it and Beijing could be closer to a trade deal, though the mood remained wary and dull earnings updates kept a lid on gains.
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S. trade update * Imperial Brands falls on weak e-cigarette sales * ITV, Imperial Brands down after weak updates * Building supplier Travis Perkins shines in mid-caps (Adds news items, analyst comment, updates to closing prices) By Shashwat Awasthi and Yadarisa Shabong May 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 ended higher on Wednesday as investors welcomed indications from Washington that it and Beijing could be closer to a trade deal, though the mood remained wary and dull earnings updates kept a lid on gains.
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