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Frontrunning: June 19
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/19/2013 07:40 -0400- China cash crunch deepens as PBOC withholds funding (FT), just a week behind ZH
- Platts in hot manipulated crude again: Traders Try to Game Platts Oil-Price Benchmarks (WSJ)
- Kabul Suspends Security Talks With U.S., jeopardizing plans to maintain a U.S. military presence (WSJ)
- Afghan government irked over U.S. talks with Taliban (Reuters)
- BOJ Kuroda: BOJ to Adjust Policy If Japan Econ Changes (MNI)
- Google Considering Private-Equity Alliances (BBG)
- Korean Air Buying 747-8s to End Boeing’s Sales Drought (BBG)
- Syria's Islamists seize control as moderates dither (Reuters)
- SEC considers policy shift on admissions of wrongdoing (FT)
- U.K. Banker Bonuses Face Decade Delays in Industry Overhaul (BBG)
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Frontrunning: May 28
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/28/2013 07:15 -0400- ‘Cov-lite’ loans soar in dash for yield (FT)
- Cambodian police clash with thousands of garment workers, 23 hurt (Reuters)
- Obama Accepting Sequestration as Deficit Shrinks (BBG)
- Having done nothing to restore confidence in a fragmented market, the SEC turns back to main street fraud (WSJ)
- Europe's austerity-to-growth shift largely semantic (Reuters)
- Germany thwarts EU in China solar fight (FT)
- In EU-China dispute, Beijing warns of trade (FT)
- U.S. Oil Boom Divides OPEC (WSJ)
- Record Cash Sent to Balanced Funds (BBG)
- Hilsenrath: Fed Wrestles With Market Expectations About Pace of QE (WSJ)
- Worse-Than-Cyprus Debt Load Means Caribbean Defaults to Moody’s (BBG)
- States Raise College Budgets After Years of Deep Cuts (WSJ)
- U.K. Banks Cut 189,000 With Employment at Nine-Year Low (BBG)
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Frontrunning: May 24
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2013 07:31 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- Apple
- Ben Bernanke
- Bloomberg News
- Bond
- CBOE
- China
- Cohen
- Corporate Finance
- Crack Cocaine
- Crude
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- GOOG
- Housing Market
- Insider Trading
- Ireland
- John McCain
- Natural Gas
- News Corp
- Peter Chernin
- Private Equity
- recovery
- Reuters
- SAC
- Sears
- Time Warner
- United Kingdom
- Volatility
- Wall Street Journal
- World Trade
- Yuan
- The deeper agenda behind "Abenomics" (Reuters)
- BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda promises to stabilise bond market (FT)
- Obama Sees Sunset on Sept. 11 War Powers in Drone Limits (BBG)
- Lower CPMs for everyone: FTC Begins Probe of Google's Display-Ad Business (WSJ)
- Apple’s Tax Magic Leaves Irish Bondholders Unmoved (BBG)
- Asia Goes on a Debt Binge as Much of World Sobers Up (WSJ)
- All hail Gazpromia: UK gas supply six hours from running out in March (FT)
- Spain’s banks face €10bn more provisions (FT) ... and then more, and more, and more
- Truck strike may have caused Washington state bridge collapse, officials says (Reuters)
- P&G Says A.G. Lafley Rejoins as Chairman, CEO (BBG)
- Five Key Things About the SAC Insider Case (BBG)
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Frontrunning: May 20
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/20/2013 07:32 -0400- Apple
- BAC
- Bank of England
- Boeing
- Chesapeake Energy
- China
- Corporate Finance
- Crude
- CSCO
- Dreamliner
- Enron
- Eurozone
- fixed
- France
- GE Capital
- India
- Jamie Dimon
- Japan
- JPMorgan Chase
- Keefe
- Mervyn King
- News Corp
- Newspaper
- Nikkei
- North Korea
- Real estate
- Reuters
- Short-Term Gains
- Starwood
- Time Warner
- Wall Street Journal
- Yen
- Yuan
- Obama's Counsel Was Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago (WSJ)
- North Korea fires sixth missile in three days (Reuters)
- Enron No Lesson to Traders as EU Probes Oil-Price Manipulation (BBG)
- Don't cry for me, Eurozone: Thinking the Unthinkable - Quitting a Currency (WSJ)
- H-1B Models Strut Into U.S. as Programmers Pray for Help (BBG)
- Gold Bear Bets Reach Record as Soros Cuts Holdings (BBG)
- Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr (WSJ)
- JPMorgan Holders Led by Chairmen-CEOs to Vote on Dimon (BBG)
- Apple faces grilling over US tax rate (FT)
- Nissan to Sell First Joint Minicar to Expand in Japan Market (BBG)
- Fierce battle for corporate loans sparks US bank risk concerns (FT)
- Microsoft Updates Xbox as Apple to Facebook Gain in Games (BBG)
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Frontrunning: May 9
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/09/2013 07:24 -0400- Einhorn's advice to investors: don't take my advice (Reuters)
- Next: floating dead vegetables: Chinese inflation rises on soaring vegetable prices (FT)
- The scramble for the bottom dollar is on: McDonald's, Wendy's Battle for Value-Centric Customers (WSJ)
- Cheaper iPhone coming after all: Apple supplier Pegatron boosts China workforce by 40 percent in second quarter (Reuters)
- House set to pass tactical Republican debt bill (Reuters)
- Underwriting bonanza: Goldman Said to Earn $500 Million Arranging Malaysia Bond (BBG)
- G7 finance chiefs to discuss bank reform push (Reuters)
- Big Banks Push Back Against Tighter Rules (WSJ)
- University endowments trim holdings in US Treasuries (FT)
- Ex-Pakistan PM's son abducted as Taliban threaten poll (Reuters)
- China Dowry Filled With Gold Signals Gains for Jewelers (BBG)
- As discussed here over a year ago: China inflation data shows central bank policy dilemma (Reuters)
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Frontrunning: March 26
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/26/2013 07:32 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- Apple
- Boeing
- BRICs
- Carl Icahn
- China
- Crude
- Dell
- Dreamliner
- Dubai
- Exxon
- Gross Domestic Product
- Hong Kong
- Insider Trading
- International Monetary Fund
- Japan
- Middle East
- Monetary Policy
- NASDAQ
- Natural Gas
- New York Times
- News Corp
- North Korea
- Private Equity
- Puerto Rico
- Raj Rajaratnam
- Reuters
- Testimony
- United Kingdom
- Wall Street Journal
- World Bank
- Yuan
- Berezovsky Died of Hanging Without Struggle, Police Say (BBG)
- BRICS Nations Plan New Bank to Bypass World Bank, IMF (BBG)
- China pledges more investments to Africa (FT)
- BOJ's Kuroda signals targeting longer-dated JGBs (Reuters)
- North Korea orders artillery to be combat ready, targeting U.S. bases (Reuters)
- Supreme Court to take up gay marriage for the first time (Reuters)
- U.S. Cracks Down on 'Forced' Insurance (WSJ)
- Japanese courts press Abe on electoral reform (FT)
- Vietnam accuses China of attack on fishermen in South China Sea (Reuters)
- Italy's High Court Overturns Knox Acquittal (WSJ)
- Facebook’s Zuckerberg Said to Explore Forming Political Group (BBG)
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Frontrunning: March 25
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/25/2013 07:30 -0400- After Hours
- Apple
- Boeing
- Bond
- California Public Employees' Retirement System
- Carl Icahn
- China
- Creditors
- Crude
- Dell
- European Union
- Gambling
- Insurance Companies
- International Monetary Fund
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Market Share
- News Corp
- Private Equity
- RBS
- Real estate
- recovery
- Reuters
- Switzerland
- Tata
- Verizon
- Wall Street Journal
- Yuan
- Cyprus Salvaged After EU Deal Shuts Bank to Get $13B (BBG)
- Last-minute Cyprus deal to close bank, force losses (Reuters)
- Anxious, angry Cypriots face uncertain future (Reuters)
- Spain Brings the Pain to Bank Investors (WSJ)
- First Switzerland now... U.S. Seeks Answers in Liechtenstein on Tax Cheats (BBG)
- Rebel Free Syrian Army founder loses leg in Syria blast (Reuters)
- European Stocks Rise on Cyprus Deal as Italian Bonds, Crude Gain (BBG)
- Michael Dell Likely to Sweeten Buyout Bid to Save Legacy (BBG)
- Bankers’ pay premium is narrowing (FT)
- Surgery Restoring Penis After Prostate Cancer Increasing (BBG)
- Silent or supportive, conservatives give gay marriage momentum (Reuters)
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Frontrunning: March 18
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2013 07:41 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- Apple
- Australia
- BAC
- Barclays
- BBY
- Bond
- Carl Icahn
- China
- Dell
- Federal Reserve
- France
- Funding Gap
- Gambling
- Germany
- India
- International Monetary Fund
- Italy
- Jamie Dimon
- JPMorgan Chase
- Keefe
- LIBOR
- New York Times
- News Corp
- Newspaper
- Portugal
- President Obama
- ratings
- Real estate
- recovery
- Reuters
- SAC
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Transocean
- Verizon
- Volkswagen
- Wall Street Journal
- Wells Fargo
- Yen
- Cypriot Bank Levy Is ‘Ominous’ for Bondholders, Barclays Says (BBG)
- Euro, Stocks Drops; Gold, German Bonds Rally on Cyprus (BBG)
- Total chaos:Cyprus tries to rework divisive bank tax (Reuters)
- More total chaos: Cyprus Prepares New Deposit-Tax Proposal (WSJ)
- Euro Slides Most in 14 Months on Cyprus Turmoil; Yen Strengthens (BBG)
- Osborne to admit fresh blow to debt target (FT)
- Even the Finns are giving up: Finnish Government May Relinquish Deficit Target to Boost Growth (BBG)
- Moody’s Sees Defaults as PBOC Warns on Local Risks (BBG)
- Australia Faces ‘Massive Hit’ to Government Revenue, Swan Says (BBG)
- Inside a Warier Fed, Watch the New Guy (Hilsenrath)
- Obama to Tap Perez for Labor Secretary (WSJ) - and with that the "minorities" quota is full
- Finally, this should be good: BuzzFeed to Launch Business Section (WSJ)
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Frontrunning: February 26
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/26/2013 08:49 -0400- Apple
- Barclays
- China
- Czech
- Eurozone
- Ford
- France
- General Motors
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- GOOG
- Gross Domestic Product
- Ikea
- Insider Trading
- Italy
- Japan
- JPMorgan Chase
- Mexico
- Monetary Policy
- Money Supply
- News Corp
- People's Bank Of China
- President Obama
- Private Equity
- Rating Agency
- ratings
- RBS
- recovery
- Reuters
- Reverse Repo
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Shadow Banking
- Transocean
- Wall Street Journal
- Yuan
- Italy Political Vacuum to Extend for Weeks as Bargaining Begins (BBG)
- Italian impasse rekindles eurozone jitters (FT)
- On Spending Cuts, the Focus Shifts to How, Not If (WSJ)
- Obama spending cuts strategy focused on waiting game (Reuters)
- BOE’s Tucker Says He’s Open to Expanding Asset-Purchase Program (BBG)
- Fed Faces Explaining Billion-Dollar Losses in Stress of QE3 Exit (BBG)
- Carney warns over lack of trust in banks (FT) - here's a solution: moar bank bailouts!
- Bundesbank tells France to stick to budget (FT)
- China to tighten shadow banking rules (FT)
- Saudis Step Up Help for Rebels in Syria With Croatian Arms (NYT)
- After election win, Anastasiades faces Cyprus bailout quagmire (Reuters)
- Just for the headline: Singapore’s Darwinian Budget Sparks Employer Ire (BBG)
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Frontrunning: February 7
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/07/2013 08:41 -0400- Bank of England
- Barack Obama
- Bill Gross
- BOE
- Boeing
- China
- Dell
- European Central Bank
- France
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- GOOG
- Gross Domestic Product
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jim Rogers
- JPMorgan Chase
- KKR
- LIBOR
- Monetary Policy
- Money Supply
- Natural Gas
- News Corp
- Obama Administration
- Prudential
- ratings
- RBS
- Real estate
- Recession
- recovery
- Reuters
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Serious Fraud Office
- Spectrum Brands
- Starwood
- Starwood Hotels
- Tender Offer
- Time Warner
- United Kingdom
- Wall Street Journal
- Wen Jiabao
- Yuan
- Bersani's lead over Berlusconi continues to erode, now just 3.6 Pts, or inside error margin, in Tecne Poll
- Spain gears up for U.S. debt investor meetings (Reuters)
- PBOC Set for Record Weekly Liquidity Injection (WSJ)
- RBS Trader Helped UBS’s Hayes With Libor Bribes, Regulators Say (BBG)
- ECB, Ireland reach bank debt deal (Reuters)
- AMR-US Airways Near Merger Agreement (WSJ)
- Monte Paschi says no more derivatives losses (Reuters) ... remember this
- Harvard’s Gopinath Helps France Beat Euro Straitjacket (BBG) - by sliding into recession?
- Obama Relents on Secret Drone Memo (WSJ)
- Brennan to face questions on interrogations, drones and leaks (Reuters)
- Wall Street Success With Germans Boomerangs (BBG)
- Khamenei rebuffs U.S. offer of direct talks (Reuters)
- Boeing Preps Redesign to Get 787 Flying (WSJ)
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Frontrunning: January 29
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/29/2013 08:41 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- After Hours
- Bank of England
- Beazer
- Ben Bernanke
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Bond
- China
- CIT Group
- CSCO
- European Central Bank
- Eurozone
- Fitch
- Gambling
- General Motors
- GOOG
- Insider Trading
- Natural Gas
- Nelson Peltz
- New York Stock Exchange
- News Corp
- NYSE Euronext
- RBS
- Reuters
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- State Street
- Toyota
- Trian
- United Kingdom
- Volkswagen
- Wall Street Journal
- Yuan
- U.S. Wants Criminal Charges for RBS (WSJ)
- Bernanke Seen Buying $1.14 Trillion in Assets in 2014 (BBG)
- Irish banks at mercy of international paymasters (Reuters)
- Do badly, and we will let you do even worse: Rehn Signals EU May Ease Spain Budget Goal in Austerity Retreat (BBG)
- Too Soon to Celebrate for Europe's Banks (WSJ)
- Army says political strife taking Egypt to brink (Reuters)
- Media Firms Probed on Data Release (WSJ) - No Criminal Charges Seen
- Japan’s Government Proposes First Spending Cut in 7 Years (BBG)
- Nazi Goebbels’ Step-Grandchildren Are Hidden Billionaires (BBG)
- Goldman seeks to reduce China exposure (FT)
- More than 70% of Chinese airports generate losses (People's Daily)
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Frontrunning: January 15
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2013 08:36 -0400- Apple
- Barack Obama
- Ben Bernanke
- Bloomberg News
- Boeing
- Bond
- China
- Chrysler
- Dell
- Detroit
- European Union
- France
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Illinois
- Japan
- JPMorgan Chase
- Lennar
- Michigan
- Morgan Stanley
- Natural Gas
- New York City
- New York Stock Exchange
- News Corp
- Newspaper
- Nortel
- NYSE Euronext
- Private Equity
- recovery
- Reuters
- Risk Management
- Toyota
- United Kingdom
- Wall Street Journal
- White House
- Yen
- Yuan
- White House delays 2014 budget after "fiscal cliff" standoff (Reuters) - And Senate will pass this... never?
- Amari Signals Limits to Abe’s Campaign to Weaken Yen (BBG)
- Draghi’s Bond Rally Masks Debt Doom Loop Trapping Spain (BBG)
- Obama backs gun limits, concedes tough fight ahead (AP)
- Bernanke to Weigh QE Costs as Fed Assets Approach Record (BBG)
- Japan to Sell Debt Worth 7.8 Trillion Yen to Pay for Stimulus (BBG)
- France more than doubles forces in Mali (FT) and yet...
- Malian Rebels Take Town and Vow to Avenge French Attack (NYT)
- China’s Li Calls for Patience as Government Works to Reduce Smog (BBG)
- EU berates China over steel subsidies (BBG)
- Number of working poor families grows as wealth gap widens (Reuters)
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Frontrunning: December 24
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2012 08:27 -0400- Global Currency Tensions Rise (WSJ) - in other words, when everyone eases to infinity, nobody eases
- EU to give Spain, France more time to cut deficit (Reuters) - But not because their economies are not "recovering" fast enough, oh no.
- As we expected, Grupo Bimbo considering a bid for Hostess' snack cakes and bread brands (NY Post)
- Time for bus-control: Eleven children killed in latest Chinese bus crash (Reuters)
- Greece Should Write Off Billions of Overdue Taxes, Report Says (BBG) - not all taxes in perpetuity?
- India clamps down on gang-rape protests, PM appeals for calm (Reuters)
- But Meredith Whitney said... Push for Cheaper Credit Hits Wall (WSJ)
- For Greece, last major austerity package, says eurozone official (Kathimerini)... "unless there is another one"
- Americans Miss $200 Billion Abandoning Stocks (BBG) ... and two flash crashes... and $15 trillion in artificial central bank props
- Goldman Sachs Takes Long View Over Payouts (FT)
- Cliff Would Strike Low Incomes Hard (WSJ)
- Afghan policewoman kills US police adviser (AP)
- For Sale in Japan: Electronics Assets (WSJ)
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Frontrunning: December 4
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/04/2012 08:33 -0400- Australia
- Auto Sales
- Bank of England
- Barack Obama
- BOE
- Bond
- Capital Markets
- China
- Credit Suisse
- European Central Bank
- Ford
- France
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- GOOG
- Greece
- International Monetary Fund
- Iran
- LIBOR
- Lloyds
- Mexico
- Morningstar
- Motorola
- News Corp
- Portugal
- Private Equity
- ratings
- Reuters
- Rupert Murdoch
- Saturn
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- St Louis Fed
- Starwood
- Tax Revenue
- Wall Street Journal
- White House
- Yuan
- Two weeks ago here: The Latest Greek "Bailout" In A Nutshell: AAA-Rated Euro Countries To Fund Massive Hedge Fund Profits... and now on Bloomberg: "Hedge Funds Win as Europe Will Pay More for Greek Bonds" (BBG)
- Oracle sends shareholders cash as tax uncertainty looms (Reuters)
- GOP Makes Counteroffer In Cliff Talks (WSJ)
- Iran says captures U.S. drone in its airspace (Reuters)
- IMF drops opposition to capital controls (FT)
- Vogue Editor Wintour Said to Be Possible Appointee as U.K. Envoy (BBG)
- Juncker Stepping Down French Finance Minister to Head Euro Group? (Spiegel)
- Australia cuts rates to three-year low (FT)
- Europe’s banking union ambitions under strain (Reuters)
- EU Nations Eye New ECB Bank Supervisor Amid German Doubts (BBG)
- Frankfurt's Ambitions Get Cut Back (WSJ)
- House Republicans Propose $2.2 Trillion Fiscal-Cliff Plan (BBG)
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Frontrunning: December 3
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2012 08:35 -0400- Union solidarity rubs up against slow economy in LA port strike (Reuters)
- Geithner predicts Republicans will allow higher tax rates (Reuters). And "no risk" of a US downgrade, "no risk"
- Geithner takes hard line on fiscal cliff (FT)
- Narrowing LDP lead points to Japan post-election confusion (Reuters) - not to mention, USDJPY plunges if LDP loses
- Vietnam Says China Must Avoid Trade Weapon in Maritime Spat (Bloomberg)... and real one, one hopes
- Greece unveils bond buyback plan (FT)
- ECB Can’t Deliver Spain Spread Rajoy Wants, Wellink Says (Bloomberg)
- UK’s euro trade supremacy under attack (FT)
- Merkel Signals Debt Write-Off Possible as Buyback Begins (Bloomberg)
- ECB's Noyer Says Bond-Buying Plan 'Is Bearing Fruit' (WSJ) - as long as just plan, and not execution.
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