Headlines Discussed at LNWM’s Monday Morning Briefing:

• Weakness in the U.S. labor market makes it unlikely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates before 2016, indicated Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen.
• Agreement was reached on steps to de-escalate the Ukrainian crisis, at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland that included Russia and Ukraine.
• China’s economy grew at a slower 7.4% rate in first-quarter 2014, the slowest pace since third-quarter 2012.
• The yield on Italian government bonds fell to their lowest level ever–roughly 3.1%.
• The SEC issued cyber-security guidelines for financial-services firms to detect and prevent threats.

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