U.S. stocks aim for slight gains as investors brace for bank earnings, wrestle with ebbing growth

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U.S. stock indexes inch higher Thursday morning, but equity-market investors struggle for clear catalysts to help drive values much higher ahead of the start of quarterly results — set to kick off unofficially on Friday — amid further evidence of world-wide economic sluggishness.