Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Frontrunning April 5 Zero Hedge

A hot summer for gold & for money?



No big paris before Trump-Xi meeting; oil prices firm Reuters metals.
Senate aboard the nuclear option Gorsuch Vote WSJ.
Trump touts the coal, but utilities aren t listening Reuters.
Trump officials Alarmed China may bid for Westinghouse BBG Unit.



EU lawmakers adopt resolution Brexit reject pro-Gibraltar referring to Reuters.
EU, Greece push face on the rescue examination Reuters on Friday.
Russia Terror Suspects held in St. Petersburg after the BBG explosion.
Pay Apple promised to make plastic Obsolete Then Came Shoppers wary committed Confused WSJ.



Global Shipping fleet Chaos braces 60 billion fuel Shock BBG.
ultralow rates conduct public pension funds in Japan Nikkei JGB.
Arianna Huffington leads crusade to deal with WSJ Scandals Uber.
Jab Holding buy Panera Bread bakery chain 7 5 billion Reuters agreement.
Ferguson mayor elected at its first election after firing on Reuters.
ANC in South Africa is at Zuma rejects calls for president to quit Reuters.



EU approves acquisition of ChemChina Syngenta terms Reuters.
Deutsche Bank loses executives bonuses Slashed After BBG.
Apple seeks more control, less cost because it speeds the chip design Reuters.
- U S companies are willing to declare their strongest quarterly results in years, another sign that the rally in equity markets may have more to run.



- The Richmond Jeffrey Lacker Federal Reserve chairman resigned unexpectedly Tuesday after revealing his involvement in a 2012 leak of confidential information that triggered a criminal investigation, has angered on Capitol Hill and deeply embarrassed the Fed.
- The Committee on Intelligence House wants Susan Rice, a close associate of the Obama administration, to testify in a probe of alleged Russian election interference, the investigation expanded to include allegations that Obama officials intelligence information misused involving President Donald Trump and his associates.
- Staples Inc. is exploring a sale to potential private-equity bidders, the final movement of the retailer to boost its recovery efforts following a merger failed with Office Depot Inc and rival competition stiffens with Web retailers like Inc.
- U S Corp chief marketing Deborah Wahl McDonald will leave the company as part of another management shake to revive the fortunes of the hamburger chain.



- The Senate is rushing towards a bitter showdown on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, as Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has enough votes to change the Senate rules and eliminate the filibuster Supreme Court appointments.
The company, Energy and Committee recommended that half industrial strategy should be women and long-term incentives should be abolished senior UK.
British Prime Minister Theresa May hinted during his trip to Jordan that Britain will not finalize a new trade agreement with the EU after Brexit completed in 2019.
The president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Jeffrey Lacker abruptly left the US central bank Tuesday after he admitted that a conversation he had with a Wall Street analyst in 2012 may have disclosed confidential information about the Fed's options .
- The National Football League has reached an agreement with Amazon Inc. to allow customers to broadcast top 10 football games on Thursday night in the season to come, representatives of the NFL and Amazon said.


- Spotify and Universal Music Group, which hundreds of artists include Drake, U2, the Weeknd and Lady Gaga concluded a licensing agreement of several years, the companies announced Tuesday.
- New York State's highest court dealt a blow to Facebook Inc. and other social media companies looking to extend the protection of privacy, the decision on Tuesday that Facebook had no right to ask a court of call cancel search warrants ordering the company to hand over information from hundreds of accounts in a case of disability fraud.
- Boeing Co announced a tentative agreement Tuesday to sell up to 60 to 737. Iran Aseman Airlines, a deal valued at $ 6 billion, which has angered US criticism of Iran and seemed to test the avowed hostility Trump administration to that country.
Liberal governments in Ottawa and Quebec seem to be trying to close the door to controversy salary increase at Bombardier Inc., saying the aircraft manufacturer has taken appropriate action in the wake of the tumult.
As the International Criminal Court is struggling to quell a mutiny by its African members, the Canadian government began an effort to quiet backroom to find a compromise with South Africa, the most powerful African opponent of the court.
The heads of Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia defended their sales practices organizations to shareholders on Tuesday, the last chief executive calling the allegations of aggressive tactics to some banks in large part unfounded.



Estate Agents in Vancouver, the most expensive city in Canada for housing, predict prices will continue to rise amid a shortage of listings, they maintain the market is suffocating.
- British Prime Minister Theresa May added a premium of ministerial influence to attempt the London Stock Exchange to persuade Saudi Arabian Oil Co OLS to list its shares in the UK.
- PA Consulting Services, provided by UK Trade and Investment in 2014 for a three-year contract, operates a bad decision by the government agency responsible for stimulating foreign trade to increase profits and pass on the costs to taxpayers, deputies found.
- British oil and gas in the North Sea has received 396 million pounds 492 58 million, net of tax payments, the government in 2016 compared to a contribution to the Treasury 381m the previous year, according to the analysis by the specialist short carbon energy.



- The Bank of England reported new concerns about the rapid growth of borrowing by UK consumers Accumulating debt on credit cards, car purchase plans and personal loans.
- Vodafone Plc telecommunications company is closing in on an agreement of several million pounds to rename West Ham Football Ground, the company is in advanced talks with the owners of the former East London's Olympic Stadium with a six-year agreement can this month, according to multiple sources.
- the head of JPMorgan Jamie Dimon admitted that he does not move a lot of jobs in Britain in the next two years following Brexit in a U-turn on its warning before the referendum that a vote to leave the EU could mean that up to 4 000 jobs moving across the Channel.
- is obliged to buy a stake in the French company in the business behind a new nuclear plant in Cumbria proposed by the crisis hit Toshiba Corp - launch its future in doubt further.



- The ministers and regulators must act quickly to curb soaring bosses pay in British conference rooms, a business report, energy and industrial strategy Special Committee of MPs has warned.
- Food inflation in Britain rose 1 percent year on year last month, the biggest increase since February 2014, marking the second consecutive month of rising prices, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
- About 100 000 jobs may now be at risk after a parliamentary senior EU warned that the financial affairs in euros must pass the UK to the EU after Brexit.







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