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A traffic controller at a constructing site is reflected on a stock quotation board at a brokerage in Tokyo, October 1, 2013.
Japan's Nikkei opened up 0.4%, as did Korea's Kospi index. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 is off 0.1%.
U.S. futures were marginally higher.
Joe Weisenthal believes the coming blizzard of economic data we get this week could determine the fate of America's future. $4