The Fed presented the stock market with a late Christmas present.� It was good enough to lead to a fundamental shift in the outlook, and the S&P was up every day this week.
The Fed's December FOMC minutes were released on Tuesday afternoon.� The The minutes stated that "views differed on how much further tightening might be required" and that "policy decisions going forward would depend to an increased extent on the implications of incoming economic data."�
In other words, several more rate hikes are by no means
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Jessica Simpson, 25, likes to act clueless, but she can swing her celebrity weight like a pro. According to a studio source, weeks before the press tour for The Dukes of Hazzard began, "we were bombarded with a six-page pamphlet of demands for Jessica from the office of her dad, Joe Simpson." Among Jessica's requests: paid accommodations for her hairstylist and assistant in the same hotel as Jessica; a wardrobe budget estimated in the thousands of dollars; cases of Evian water; and paid private... JEN FREAKS OVER ANGELINA'S NEW BABY JULIA STILES, GWYNETH PALTROW AND MORE!
Sharon to Remain in Coma Until Monday Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, foreground, left, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hopsital in Jerusalem Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. Sharon's latest brain scan showed a slight easing in swelling and his vital signs are stable, but he remains in critical condition and his life remains in danger, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)