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A Local Culinary Adventure: inspired by Halifax's Seaport Market | SaltWire #cooking #cookingtips - U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Tuesday following the dovish comments from Federal Reserve policymakers, though caution prevailed amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

"The shift in gears from bear steepening to bull flattening translates only into a fractional easing in financial conditions after the abrupt tightening since mid-September," strategists at Societe Generale said in a note. Megacap stocks, including Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Nvidia and Meta Platforms, added between 0.1% and 0.4% in premarket trading.

Israel's latest round of air strikes came after Hamas threatened to execute an Israeli captive every time it bombed a Palestinian home without warning. Toward the end of the week, big U.S. banks - including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup -would kick off the earnings season.

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