The weekend is over and stocks are falling.
U.S. futures are down 0.3%
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 is off 0.4%.
Japan's Nikkei opened 0.3% lower.
Sunday evening saw bad news crop up across the world: The U.S. has ordered embassy workers out of Iraq, Russia and Ukraine failed to reach a gas deal, and Israel and Gaza militants are back at it. As previously reported, oil and natural gas futures both popped in Sunday trading.
In breaking news, American medical devices firm Medtronic said it is buying Covidien in a $43 billion blockbuster deal, and will move the firm's headquarters to Ireland.
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