PARIS, April 17 (Reuters) - European stocks were seen opening flat to slightly lower on Thursday, halting the previous session's rebound as disappointing results from Google  
  GOOG.O
   and IBM  
  IBM.N
   eclipsed dovish comments from the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve.     Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100  
  .FTSE
   to open flat to up 1 point, or 0.02 percent higher, Germany's DAX  
  .GDAXI
   to open down 3 to 4 points, or 0.04 percent lower, and France's CAC 40  
  .FCHI
   to open down 1 to 2 points, or 0.05 percent lower.     Shares in Internet giant Google lost around 4 percent after hours in New York as first-quarter revenue missed estimates, while shares of IBM also lost 4 percent after it reported its lowest quarterly revenue in five years.     Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reaffirmed the Fed's commitment to keep interest rates low, even after ending its bond-buying program, as long as inflation remains below target and unemployment elevated.  
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       Europe bourses in 2014: 
  http://link.reuters.com/pad95v
      Asset performance in 2014: 
  http://link.reuters.com/rav46v
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------   MARKET SNAPSHOT AT 0531 GMT:                                           LAST  PCT CHG  NET CHG  S&P 500            
  .SPX
              1,862.31   1.05 %    19.33  NIKKEI             
  .N225
            14,446.54    0.2 %    28.86  MSCI ASIA EX-JP    
  .MIAPJ0000PUS
        480.9     0.29     1.38  EUR/USD            
  EUR=
                1.3837   0.17 %   0.0023  USD/JPY            
  JPY=
                102.02   -0.2 %  -0.2000  10-YR US TSY YLD   
  US10YT=RR
            2.625       --    -0.01  10-YR BUND YLD     
  EU10YT=RR
            1.491       --     0.01  SPOT GOLD          
  XAU=
             $1,299.70  -0.21 %   -$2.70  US CRUDE           
  CLc1
               $104.00   0.23 %     0.24     > Global Markets-Asian stocks struggle higher, lack conviction  
  MKTS/GLOB
     > US Stocks-Wall St gains on Yellen comments and Yahoo; BofA falls  
  .N
     > Nikkei flat in choppy trade as profit-taking offsets U.S. optimism  
  .T
     > FOREX-Yen grinds lower as global stocks rally, dollar holds steady  
  FRX/
     > Gold holds above $1,300 on Ukraine; fund outflows pose risk  
  GOL/
     > Copper up 2nd day on china growth; nickel near 14-month peak  
  MET/L
     > Brent holds near $110 on Ukraine crisis  
  O/R
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