Stocks steady as investors pin hopes on policy makers
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MILAN (Reuters) - Markets started cautiously as the concern over global growth that sent world stocks to 17-month lows was only partly tempered by expectations of encouraging messages from the United States and China. The MSCI world equity index , which tracks shares in 47 countries, was flat by 0947 GMT. Losses in European equities offset modest gains in Asia overnight.Markets in London , Frankfurt and Paris fell 0.1 to 0.5 percent. U.S. stock futures edged up 0.05 percent.The Federal..