You're now on the archive server. Commenting has been disabled.

Daily Highlights: 8.17.09

Tyler Durden's picture




  • Administration backs away from public health insurance plan.
  • Asian stocks decline on lower than expected Japanese GDP.
  • China sends envoy to Washington to lobby against tire tariffs.
  • Housing, Factory slowdowns in US probably eased, hinting at a recovery.
  • Japan's economy grew for the first time since early last year; Q2 GDP up 0.9%.
  • Largest hydro-electric plant in Russia, closed down due to accident.
  • Pork plummeting 30% signaled in futures as swine flu cuts Chinese imports.
  • Shanghai stocks tumbled 5.7% as commodity prices fell.
  • Singapore exports fell 8.5% in July from the same month of 2008.
  • Yen gains to 2-week high against Euro on Japan GDP, renewed bank concern.
  • Air China to buy Up to 13% stake in Cathay Pacific from Citic.
  • AT&T reaches tentative deal with union covering 8,900 core wireline employees
  • Baosteel, China's mills win 35% iron ore price cut from Fortescue metals.
  • Barclays, Societe Generale get Saudi license for investment banking.
  • Berkshire Hathaway acquires stake in medical-supply maker Becton Dickinson.
  • Blackstone to team with Shanghai govt on first domestic Chinese fund.
  • China halts Linzhou Iron & Steel's sale amid worker protest.
  • Chrysler plans to produce Fiat subcompact cars in Mexico.
  • Dole Food Co. presented plans for an IPO with SEC to raise $500M.
  • FDA approves Schering-Plough drug for schizophrenia, Bipolar.
  • Fresnillo's 1H net profit fell 14.1% to $121.1M as revs fell 11% to $378.9M.
  • JC Penney just about broke even in Q2; revs down 7.9% at $3.94B.
  • Lowe's July net income declines from $938M to $759M.
  • Newcrest Mining's Y09 net rises 84.7% helped by soaring gold prices.
  • Novartis files legal action against GlaxoSmithKline over a vaccine patent.
  • NY's attorney general seen filing a lawsuit against Charles Schwab alleging civil fraud related to its marketing and sales of auction-rate securities.
  • S.Africa's MTN Group wants India's Bharti Airtel to hike its offer by $1B.
  • Swedbank to raise around $2.1B by issuing shares in a rights issue.
  • ThyssenKrupp posts larger-than-est. Q3 loss of €639M; sales down 34% at €9.3B.
  • US crackdown on clients of UBS widens to Hong Kong.

Recent Egan-Jones Rating Actions
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC (LLL)
WILLIAMS COS INC/THE (WMB)
JB HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES INC (JBHT)
SARA LEE CORP (SLE)
GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC (GNW)
ESTEE LAUDER COS INC/THE (EL)
BB&T CORP (BBT)
INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC (IPG)
ROWAN COS INC (RDC)
BOEING CO/THE (BA)
BLOCKBUSTER INC (BBI)
KING PHARMACEUTICALS INC (KG)
MOTOROLA INC (MOT)

Data provided by Egan-Jones Ratings And Analytics




Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 08:51 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 08:58 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 10:57 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:01 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:50 | Link to Comment Sqworl
Sqworl's picture

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a9qB1x.yDlyk

Im watching this closely...is anybody else in Bovespa?

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 11:01 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 17:27 | Link to Comment arbitrage (not verified)
Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!