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Earlier in the morning futures were up 6-9 handles in front of U.S claims and some other data, but by just past noon the SPY was down 0.3%.
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But the selloff was short-lived and by noon the major averages were pushing to move out of the red and into positive territory.
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Silver (SLV) opened sharply lower (and was even lower Sunday night) but saw a nice push around noon that lifted the stock higher by almost 4%.
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The euro fell to 1.3640, but rallied again by noon to 1.3689.
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Remember, it's still Saturday night and the book hasn't been out for 24 hours yet, but by noon Sunday, Katie Quinn says she's finished it, too, and both sisters now have slightly stunned expressions on their faces, as if they've just woken up from a long car trip.
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"It takes a bit more choreography than the average room, but if a guest arrives at 4 p.m. for an overnight stay and checks out by noon the next day, we can still offer the spa suite as a 'day package' to another hotel guest, or a resident of the area or someone with a few hours' layover, " thereby increasing revenue.
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