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TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average raced to a three-week high on Thursday morning, supported by dovish comments from Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen and data showing the Japanese economy notched up its fourth straight quarter of growth. Yellen, who is expected to take over Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, said the Fed has...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Oil futuresclosed higher Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration reported a smaller-than-expected weekly climb in U.S. crude supplies. December crude CLZ3 -0.01% rose $1.43, or 1.5%, to settle at $94.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the largest single-session gain since Oct. 2, according to FactSet data, tracking the...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar fell Wednesday as investors focused on research suggesting that the Federal Reserve lower its 6.5% unemployment-rate threshold for raising short-term interest rates, which would effectively keep those rates near zero for longer than currently expected.

- RBA will continue to state that the Australian dollar is overvalued? - Australia Employment Change came in at 1.1K VS. 10.0K expected - AUDUSD tumbled from 0.9516 to as low as 0.9465 As one of the more regular market-moving indicators for the Australian dollar, it was little surprise that the currency stumbled after the release of...