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The next trough in oil may come just as OPEC members gather in Algeria next month — and that could make for an interesting outcome.

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Earlier this month, fabless semiconductor company Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX) posted its second-quarter 2016 results, with revenue hitting $201 million. That was an increase of 18.8% year over year and at the high end of the company’s guidance. Investors were pleased with those results and pushed the stock price up after earnings were released.

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Fairly sparse and not much to move the market on release
Japan – 2350GMT –
– PPI Services (like I said, not gonna move the FX much at all), expected +0.1%, prior +0.2%

Usher talks about what the Black Lives Matter movement means for diversity in the film industry.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY), where a total volume of 6,007 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 600,700 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 53.4% of DY’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.1 million shares.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new regulations designed to offer consumers more protections when dealing with debt collectors.

Wednesday’s top personal finance stories
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