NEW YORK (

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) -- The European Central Bank Thursday left its key lending rate unchanged at a record low 1%, as expected.

Investors now turn their attention to a press conference later this morning from ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet on whether the central bank will announce further liquidity measures to calm the eurozone's debt crisis.

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