Stocks face an uphill climb against $100 oil. Plus, it's iPhone launch day.
The department is expected to announce around 11 a.m. the size of a buyback operation it announced Aug. 19.
Britain's foreign minister Ed Miliband said the U.K. "could not simply stand by because we feared Israeli reaction.”
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