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Consensus forecast call for the ex-food and energy rate to post a 0.2 percent increase, compared to a 0.1 percent rise in December.Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester has a public appearance this morning, with a talk on the economic outlook and monetary policy set for 8:40 a.m. ET in Sarasota, https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=2a2ca56f3a711f080c12165619c358a6741df2a3b4fefdb0a5b804868103fa1bbe9e26fba7ce1eba Florida. https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=2a2ca56f3a711f084987fc2c0f92c2fa41e1c9aff80b3663924cc83f895a510a5480700f8c941c7d Deere & Co. 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The brewer of Sam Adams beer saw revenue miss estimates, and its full-year earnings outlook was below expectations. https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=ce9e0cee3571ad0206922b70e6ab1a04bedcc18c3c28ba0a2b2eddbcaa9421baeae1741c18d87533 Boeing (BA) engineers have approved a six-year contract extension, replacing a 2013 agreement that would have expired in October. https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=ce9e0cee3571ad0202bae5bf4e5668b8ba5dda28882fc03cc5f151915254c2b4f9aff50caa9b41a1 Amazon.com (AMZN) has bought the North American rights to Woody Allen's next film, due for release this summer. WATERCOOLER California workplace safety officials have rejected a rule that would https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=ce9e0cee3571ad02d7772219d84694734a47e95eedebc14a6c7647857489c82b52829e5224f883a5 force the state's adult film actors to wear condoms . Pornography actors argued the measure would force the industry to go undergroundto circumvent the rule, making workers less safe. 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