Daily Highlights: 9.16.2010

• BOJ becomes 'wild card' as Kan may demand stimulus after Yen intervention.
• EU new car registrations fall 13% YoY in August.
• Geithner says US examining ways to pressure China into faster Yuan rise.
• Greece rules out possibility of default; FM says restructuring would ‘break’ Eurozone.
• India hikes rates to contain inflation; move signals end of loose monetary policy.
• Most Asian stocks fall, led by mining shares; Japanese exporters advance.
• Naked-short sellers, derivatives traders face European Union restrictions.
• Producer Prices in US probably rose in sign of diminished deflation risk: Survey.
• UK Regulator confirms commercial vehicle makers probe on suspected cartel activity.
• AAR Corp posted Q1 EPS of $0.35 (cons $0.30); revs rose 20.7% to $412.2M.
• AK Steel now expects a Q3 operating loss of $20/ton vs. prev view of a profit of $15/t.
• AngloGold Ashanti plans to raise about $1.37B in an equity and convertible offering.
• Apogee misses by $0.09, posts Q2 loss of $0.18/sh as revs fell 22.8% to $144.7M.
• Beazer Homes sees Q4 orders at 700-800 vs. June f'cast of 767-1,012.
• China's Anshan Iron to buy 14% of a start-up Mississippi steelmaker.
• Clarcor ups view; sees FY10 EPS at $1.80-1.85 and revs growth of 10.5-11%.
• Cypress Bioscience receives a buyout offer of $4.25/sh cash from Ramius LLC.
• Dress Barn's Q4 net rose 64% to $42M as revenue surged 78% to $710.9M.
• Forest Labs to pay $313M penalty for improperly marketing antidepressants.
• GameStop to retire $200M in debt; plans to buy back $300M of its shares.
• Kroger Co. posted 2.8% rise in Q2 profits at $261.6M; revs rose 6% to $18.8B.
• Neiman Marcus' Q4 loss narrowed to $32.8M as revs rose 6.3% and margins rose.
• Novell Inc. has reached an agreement in principle to sell itself in two parts.
• Time Warner Cable says it may lose subscribers in Q3 amid a slowing economy.
• Travelers Cos. to buy back as many as 5B shares, higher than its prev est of 4B.

Economic Calendar: Data on Initial & Continuing Claims, PPI, Philadelphia Fed to be released today.

Earnings Calendar: DDMX, FDX, MCS, MLHR, MTRX, ORCL, PIR, RIMM.

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