Frontrunning: July 11

• Merkel's Migraine: The Man Who Wants Greece to Give Up the Euro (Spiegel)
• Up to 15 years needed to fix Greece: German president (Reuters)
• Taxes still a stumbling block in debt talks (Reuters)
• EU stance shifts on Greece default (FT, first in the WSJ)
• EU calls emergency meeting as crisis stalks Italy (Reuters)
• China Boosts Lead in Global Exports (WSJ)
• Italy's Market Regulator Imposes Measures To Curb Speculation (WSJ)
• NOTW reporters tried to access 9/11 phone data (Reuters)
• Trichet says debt is global, not European problem (Reuters)
• Obama Leans on G.O.P. for a Deal on Debt Ceiling (NYT)
• US threatens to withhold military aid to Pakistan (FT)
• Israel and Lebanon dispute maritime border (FT)
• Panetta Pushes Iraq on Attacks (WSJ)

European economic highlights:

• France Industrial Production (MoM) for May 2.0% mom higher than expected Consensus 0.5% mom Previous -0.5% mom (Revised from -0.3% mom)
• France Industrial Production (YoY) for May 2.6% yoy higher than expected Consensus 0.5% yoy Previous 2.6% yoy
• France Manufacturing Production (MoM) for May 1.5% mom higher than expectedConsensus 0.3% mom Previous 0.1% mom (Revised from 0.2% mom)
• France Manufacturing Production (YoY) for May 5.4% yoy higher than expectedConsensus 3.4% yoy Previous 4.2% yoy (Revised from 4.1% yoy)
• Norway CPI (MoM) for June -0.4% mom lower than expectedConsensus 0.0% mom Previous -0.2% mom
• Norway CPI (YoY) for June 1.3% yoy lower than expectedConsensus 1.7% yoy Previous 1.6% yoy
• Norway CPI Underlying (MoM) for June -0.2% mom lower than expectedConsensus 0.2% yoy Previous -0.2%
• Norway CPI Underlying (YoY) for June 0.7% yoy lower than expectedConsensus 1.0% yoy Previous 1.0% yoy
• Norway Producer Prices incl.Oil (MoM) for June -0.9% momPrevious 2.1% mom
• Norway Producer Prices incl.Oil (YoY) for June 14.4% yoyPrevious 18.0%

Global headlines courtesy of Egan-Jones

• Asian stocks fall, Euro drops, Australian bond risk jumps on Europe crisis.
• China June trade surplus widens to $22.27B on declining global commodity prices.
• China’s consumer prices accelerated to a-3 -yr high in June to 6.4%.
• China’s local government debt auction fails as cash squeeze limits demand.
• Fed rates on hold longest since 1940s as treasury curve sees slower growth.
• IMF approves €3B loan for Greece.
• Oil falls below $95 after weak US jobs report.
• BSkyB shares slide on growing doubts over News Corp. bid as UK government seeks fresh advice.
• Elpida Memory Inc. plans to raise Y80B ($992M) by issuing new shares, convertibles.
• Greenbrier Comp misses by $0.11, posts Q3 EPS of $0.10. Revs rose 53.1% to $317M.
• Juniper Networks recommends rejection of below-market mini-tender offer by TRC Capital.
• Kencana, SapuraCrest plan $4B merger.
• LinkedIn had 33.9M unique visitors, surpassing MySpace while trailing behind Facebook.
• LivingSocial plans IPO to raise about $1B.
• Lonza Group AG to Arch Chemicals Inc for $47.2/sh in cash (~$1.4B).
• Macarthur Coal gets A$15.50-shr proposal from Peabody, ArcelorMittal.
• Macarthur, BlueScope, Virgin Blue shares drop on Australia carbon tax plan.
• Merrimack Pharmaceuticals plans to sell up to $172.5M of common stock in an IPO.
• Nestle to buy 60% stake in Chinese snack maker Hsu Fu Chi for $1.7B.
• Newport to acquire Ophir Optronics for $8.43 per share (approx $230M).
• Northumbrian Water gets £2.41B buy out offer from Cheung Kong Infra.
• Precision Castparts to acquire aerospace component supplier Primus Intl for $900M cash.
• Renault 1st-half global vehicle sales rise 1.9%, to 1.37M units.
• Samsonite raises recent Hong Kong IPO size to nearly $1.3B by selling extra shares.
• Sanofi SA to sell its Dermik dermatology arm to Valeant Pharma for $425M cash.
• Sinochem, Monsanto in talks "to deepen their ties significantly".

Earnings Calendar: AA, CAW, CIZN, HCSG, LBAI, MASC, NVLS, RBCAA, SUBK, VOXX.

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