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December 21, 2011

• Lukoil President Sees 2012 Oil at $120 a Barrel, Vedomosti Says
• Bearish Rupee Bets at Three-Year High as RBI Confidence Ebbs: India Credit
• Toyota Vehicle Sales May Rise 20% on Recovery From Disasters
• Rostelecom May Extend CEO’s Contract Five Years, Kommersant Says
• India’s Bonds Gain on Optimism Debt Purchases to Spur Demand
• Teijin to Boost Car Parts Sales With New Carbon Fiber Method
• More Bankers Predict Monetary Policy Easing as Economy Cools, PBOC Says
• Failure Guru to Report What Went Wrong at Tepco’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant
• Komatsu Sees Record Year for Mining Equipment Sales on China
• China’s State-Run Newspapers Praise Government Handling of Wukan Protests
• Hitachi, NTT to Develop Solar Projects in Sendai, Nikkei Reports
• Hancock Prospecting Loses Bid for Mediation of Rinehart Dispute
• S. Korea’s Power Utilities Pledge to Raise Renewables Portfolios
• South Korea Presidential Office Ignored Intel on Kim’s Death, Yonhap Says
• Hong Kong Solstice Spoiled as Bird Flu Sparks Poultry Slaughter, Sale Ban
• ARGENTINE DAYBOOK: Central Bank Bought Record $278 Million
• Damon Upstaged by Cute Monkey; Jolie’s War-Torn Affair: Movies
• Oil Pares Gains to Trade Little Changed on Europe Concern, U.S. Stockpiles
• Malaysia Plans to Relax Foreign Bank Ownership Rules, Issue More Licenses
• Romney Tells Gingrich to ‘Take Heat’
• Rugby’s Boost to Growth May Fade With New Zealand Holding Rates: Economy
• Rede Energia Chairman Jorge Queiroz Seeks ‘Strategic Partner’ for Company
• Adhi Karya, Bank Bukopin, Intiland: Indonesia Equity Preview
• China May Provide Food to North Korea After Kim’s Funeral, Yonhap Reports
• Chevron Says Brazil to Indict Employees Involved in Oil Leak
• Argentina’s Senate Approves Fernandez-Backed 2012 Budget Bill
• ‘No Labels’ Stops Whining, Offers Political Agenda: Ezra Klein
• Double Whammy for Firms With Record Debt: India Credit
• Heungkuk Life Dispute With Goldman Sachs Goes to Arbitration
• It’s Time Hollywood Faced the Music Over Internet Piracy: View
• Australian, New Zealand Dollars Decline Amid European Debt Crisis Concern
• Vulcan Sues Martin Marietta in Bid to Block Hostile Takeover
• How Bad Ideas Worsen Europe’s Debt Meltdown: John H. Cochrane
• Europe’s Overreach on Plane Emissions Won’t Clean the Sky: View
• Carter: Keeping Christmas, and Christmas Trees, Real
• Morgan Revives Three-Wheeler as Unique Entry Into China: Cars
• Spies Fail to Escape Spyware in $5 Billion Bazaar for Cyber Arms
• U.K. Housing Shortage Will Limit Price Drop in 2012, RICS Says
• UN Vote Could Allow Mankind to Control the Sun: Richard Cohen
• Leaders Failing to Rescue Euro Meet Over Missed Operatic Haircut
• U.K. Commercial Property Values May Drop About 5% Next Year on Debt Crisis
• Anna Nicole, Jude Law, Frankenstein Topped 2011 London Stage
• Gazprom Weighs Sponsorship of FC Bayern, Sueddeutsche Reports
• Premier Soccer League’s 20,000th Goal Scored as Both Manchester Teams Win
• SEC’s Fannie, Freddie Lawsuits Miss the Enablers: Jonathan Weil
• Japanese Bought Net 26.2 Billion Yen Overseas Debt Last Week
• Brookfield Sells 40-Story Boston Building for $610 Million
• BofA Agrees to Record $335M Fair-Lending Deal
• Argentine Primary Surplus Was 426 Million Pesos in November
• Stanford’s U.S., Antiguan Receivers Vie in Court for Control of His Assets
• Australian, New Zealand Dollars Snap Gains on European Debt Crisis Concern
• Micron Has Second Consecutive Loss on Falling Memory Prices
• China Copper Imports Rise to 29-Month High on Prices
• Japan Stock Futures Little Changed on Oil Gains, Europe Crisis
• Adviser to Eddie Murphy’s Ex-Wife Arrested
• Pilot in Plane Crash That Killed Greenhill Bankers Reported Ice, NTSB Says
• Penguins Out in Cold as Spanish Firms Freeze Holiday Spending
• Herpes Virus Makes Oysters a Scarce Delicacy Over France’s Holiday Season
• Swiss Bankers’ Millionaire Dreams Fade
• Swiss Panel Still Studying Measures to Weaken Franc, Widmer-Schlumpf Says
• California Gasoline Rises to Six-Week High on Refinery Work Plan
• U.S. Stocks Advance as Energy Rally Outweighs Oracle’s Tumble
• Baidu Drags N.Y. Index Lower as Sina Falls: China Overnight
• E*Trade Will Pay $79 Million to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit
• PSG Leads French Soccer League; Juventus, Milan Tied in Italy
• Canada Natural Gas Rises on Speculation Rig Drop Will Cut Supply
• Elin McCoy's Top 10 Wine Experiences of 2011
• SEC Adopts Rules on Accredited Investors
• Mexican Peso Declines as Optimism on Europe Loan Program Fades
• Canadian Dollar Strengthens Amid Crude Oil Gains, Retail-Sales Growth
• Expert-Networking Executive Fleishman Gets 2 1/2 Years in Fraud Scheme
• Treasuries Tumble as 7-Year Note Sale Attracts Weaker-Than-Average Demand
• Euro Falls as ECB Loans Fail to Ease View
• IMF Says 638 Million Euros Available to Latvia as 2008 Loan Ends
• Ex-Brown University Student Drops Suit Aainst School Over Rape Allegation
• U.S. Company Credit-Default Swaps Gauge Declines to One-Week Low
• Mexico Stocks: Chedraui, Wal-Mart de Mexico Gain; Mexichem Drops
• KB Home Falls After Homebuilder Reports Smaller Profit, Weaker Margins
• Oracle Sales, Profit Miss Estimates
• Egypt Bond Rating Cut as Violence Takes Further Toll on Economy
• Oil Rises as Supplies Fall Most in Decade: Commodities at Close
• RIM Pares Gains as Analysts Say a Buyout Bid Is Unlikely
• WestLB to Shift 1,000 Jobs to New Service Unit in Restructuring
• Verizon Wireless Says 4G Data Service Restored After Disruption
• South Korea National Assembly to Hold Session on North Korea, Yonhap Says
• Morton’s Restaurant Investor Sues Over Size of Fertitta’s $116 Million Bid
• New Zealand Economy Expanded 0.8% in Third Quarter From April-June Period
• Canadian Stocks Rise as U.S. Oil Supplies Drop Most Since ‘01
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for December 21
• U.S. Stocks Rise for 2nd Day as Oil Climbs
• Friendly Ice Cream Cancels Auction After No Bidders Challenge Sun Capital
• Emerson Drops Most Since September as Monthly Orders Decline
• Ethanol Gains for Fourth Day as Report Shows Consumption Gain
• Arizona’s Credit-Rating Outlook Raised by S&P on Improvements in Budget
• Honda Denies Report on Boosting North America Capacity 40%
• Cobalt, Delcath, IBM, RIM, Supervalu, Tibco: U.S. Equity Movers
• Peru Stocks: Buenaventura, Maple, Panoro, Rio Alto, Rio Cristal
• Shell Shuts Nigeria’s Bonga on Possible Worst Leak in Decade
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for December 21
• Shale Boom Heralds Fifth Year of Gas Declines
• Honda Says Reworking Civic Is Part of Plan to Lift Sales 24%
• Crude Futures Rise for Third Day as Inventories Decline Most in a Decade
• J&J Must Defend Securities-Fraud Lawsuit Over Drug Recalls
• Peru to Push Ahead With Newmont $4.8 Billion Project Review
• U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, Dec. 21
• U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, Dec. 21
• U.S. Companies Reporting Earnings on Dec. 21
• U.S. Companies Reporting Higher Quarterly EPS, Dec. 21
• U.S. Companies Reporting Positive EPS Surprises, Dec. 21
• U.S. Companies Reporting Unchanged Quarterly EPS, Dec. 21
• Spectra, Chesapeake, AEP Plan Pipeline From Utica Shale
• Integra LifeSciences Says Arduini Will Take Over as CEO
• U.S. Faces Fitch AAA Downgrade By End of 2013 Unless Deficit Cuts Made
• Growth Energy Says Keeping Renewable Fuel Standard Is Priority
• Oracle-Google Patent Trial Is at Least 4 Months Away, Judge Says
• Tesla Confirms Delivery of First Model S Sedans for Mid-2012
• Nigeria Cuts Qua Iboe Crude Oil Price for January to $2.50
• Airlines Lose Challenge to EU Expansion of Carbon Cap-and-Trade System
• Imperial Approves $8.7 Billion Expansion of Kearl Oil Sands
• MF Global Holdings Says More Units Move Toward Bankruptcy
• J&J Recalls 12 Million Bottles of Motrin That May Not Dissolve
• GM Is Said to Hire Hackett to Identify North America White-Collar Job Cuts
• Sugar Falls on Supply; Coffee Declines; Cocoa, Cotton Advance
• IPad Beat on Power, Speed by New Non-Clones: Rich Jaroslovsky
• Chilean Stocks: Cap Posts Biggest Drop in Week, Ripley Falls
• Gross’s Reversal Too Late as Total Return Headed for Redemptions
• Raymond James, Stifel Vie for Morgan Keegan
• Italy Banks Said to Use State-Backed Bonds for ECB Loans
• Paychecks Set to Shrink Unless Obama, Congress Break Impasse
• U.S. Joins EU in Push for Iran Oil Embargo in Effort to Stop Nuclear Plans
• Corn Posts Longest Rally Since August, Soybeans Gain on Weather Concerns
• Vanguarda Drops Third Day on Concern Banuelos to Sell More
• Tebow Can’t Help Buffalo Bills Get a Home Sellout as 24,000 Tickets Remain
• Gambia to Offer 350 Million Dalasi of T-Bills and Sukuk
• Itau Chile Reports Fall in Value of Short-Term Fund Assets
• Year of Misfortune: Top 12 Billion-Dollar U.S. Disasters
• Lehman Told to Resolve $1.3 Billion Archstone Dispute With Banks
• Chile’s Cap Falls After Announcing Jump in Costs at Iron Project
• U.S. Stocks Trim Losses as Shares of Utilities, Energy Companies Advance
• SEC’s Court Troubles in Citigroup Settlement Echo in Wisconsin
• Monti Calls Senate Confidence Vote on Italian Emergency Budget Package
• EU May Discuss Salary Cap for Bankers, FT Deutschland Reports
• Russia's Opposition Struggles to Unite: Jeffrey Tayler
• When Steve Jobs Was a`Joker’: Echoes
• South American Trade Bloc Agree to Restrict Falklands Boats
• VimpelCom Pares Drop After Decision Not to Boost Euroset Stake
• T-Mobile Says Devices Had Carrier IQ Data-Collection Software
• Silver Lake Founders Said to Cut Stake
• Gold Futures Decline From One-Week High as Dollar Advances Against Euro
• Lan Shareholders Approve $3.2 Billion Takeover of Tam
• NBA’s Reigning MVP Rose Signs Five-Year Extension Worth Up to $95 Million
• U.S. Settles With Exelon Over $7.9 Billion Constellation Takeover Deal
• Younger Investors Not Shy About Stocks in 401(k)s
• Sales of Existing U.S. Homes at 10-Month High a Sign of Recovery: Economy
• Merck Lowers Price of Isentress Drug for State AIDS Programs
• Detroit Faces Review in ‘Probable Financial Stress’
• Argentina Trade Surplus Was $684 Million in November
• Argentina Third Quarter Current Account Deficit Was $166 Million
• McCown Will Make First Start in Four Years for Chicago Bears on Christmas
• AOL Needs ‘Immediate Action,’ Investor Says
• Allen Stanford Suicidal, Unfit for Trial: Doctor
• Union-Election Rule Will Begin April 30, Labor Board Says
• Moubayed: Saudi Oil Breakeven Now at $91 Per Barrel
• Debris Recovery Resumes in Crash That Killed Greenhill Managers
• Green Goods Grab Wal-Mart’s Attention
• U.S. Wins Philippines Liquor Dispute as WTO Upholds Ruling
• Essar Energy Chairman Ruia Steps Down Temporarily Amid Probe
• Solar Millennium Drops Most Ever After Insolvency Filing
• Deutsche Bank Sued by Kingate Fund Over Madoff Settlement
• U.S. Bus Riders Surge as Free Wi-Fi Beats Driving
• Treasuries Tumble as U.S. Note Auction Attracts Lower-Than-Average Demand
• Fed Begins Selling Treasuries in Second Open-Market Purchase
• Will Other Arab Women Follow Egyptian Sisters Into the Street?: The Ticker
• Romney, Gingrich Ignore Culprits in Financial Crisis Blame
• CIBC’s Gibson Sees Canadian Equity Rally as Europe Averts ‘Armageddon’
• Obama Tells Boehner Senate Payroll Tax Plan Is ‘Only Option’
• N.Y. Gasoline Strengthens as Crude Inventory Drop Beats Forecast
• Corridor Falls After Failing to Find Shale Venture Partner
• Swiss Panel Still Examining Possible Franc Measures, Finance Minister Says
• Last-Minute Gifts for Busy New Yorkers
• French Banks Rush to Raise EU37 Billion in Early 2012 Funds
• Red Giant Stars May Be Shaped by Jupiter-Size Planets, Research Shows
• Gundlach Steers Clear of Mortgage REITs
• Franc Falls After Finance Minister Says Capital Controls Are Considered
• Oil Volatility Declines as Futures Gain on U.S. Supply Decrease
• Krueger Counters Charges Obama Regulations Slowing U.S. Growth
• Polish Stocks: Bogdanka, Emperia, Eurocash, KGHM, Lotos, PGNiG
• Treasuries Fluctuate Before Note Auction Caps Largest U.S. 2-Week Offering
• Aussie Drops From Record on Europe Debt Crisis Concern After ECB Loans
• Soybeans Head for Longest Rally in Two Months; Corn, Wheat Prices Rebound
• French Doctor Benhamou Gets Sentenced to Time Served in Inside-Tip Case
• Russia Stocks Reverse Gain, Fall Most in a Week on ECB Loans
• Stanford’s Bid to Avoid Fraud Trial as Mentally Unfit Usually a Long Shot
• European Stocks Decline as ECB Funding Fails to Ease Debt-Crisis Concern
• News Corp. Must Pay Legal Fees for Phone Hacker Mulcaire; Coulson Loses
• Bernanke Money Policy Seen Successful as Savers Become Consumers
• Buy Ross, TJX Calls Before Sales Report, Goldman Sachs Says
• Failed T-Mobile USA Deal May Push German M&A to 8-Year Low
• Colombian Stock Movers: Grupo Aval Declines; Ecopetrol Gains
• U.K. High Court Rules Solar Subsidy Cut Plans ‘Unlawful’
• Fitch to Cut Hungary Sovereign Credit by Two Steps to Junk, Origo Reports
• Facebook Ordered to Overhaul Its European Service After Data-Privacy Probe
• Mirror Reporter Contradicts Morgan on Hacking at U.K. Daily Mirror Tabloid
• GMZ Gets $14 Million for System That Turns Heat Into Electricity
• Solyndra Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval of Second Auction If Sale Fails
• Mortgage Bonds Miss Out on Rally as Europe Bank Sales Loom: Credit Markets
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for December 21
• U.K. Stores Brace for Most Insolvencies Since 2008 as Sales Weaken: Retail
• Colombia Limits Fees for ATM Withdrawal to 3,965 Pesos
• Lehman Swiss Unit Loses Bid for $1.5 Billion in Assets
• German Stocks Retreat After ECB Lends to Banks; SAP, Software AG Decline
• Serbia Looks to More Than Double Russian Gas Imports in Contract
• Swiss Stocks Are Little Changed; Swatch Advances as Holcim, Geberit Drop
• Lafarge Said to Seek Buyer For $800 Million South African Cement Business
• Czech Stocks: Central European Media, CEZ, Erste Move in Prague
• Lehman Unit, Saab Automobile, MF Global, U.K. Data: European Bankruptcy
• Spanish, Italian Notes Decline as ECB Loans Top Forecast; Bunds Advance
• Take-Home Pay Set to Decline in 2012 as Positions Harden on Worker Tax Cut
• Teva Clears $3 Billion Buyback, Forecasts Restrained 2012 Growth
• BofA Said Close to Settling Fair-Lending Probe
• Peru Bourse Predicts End of IPO Drought as Humala Backs Private Investment
• Brazil November Federal Debt Rose 1.49% to 1.83 Trillion Reais
• Mortgage Redefaults Fall in Third Quarter After Larger Payment Reductions
• Turkish Stocks: Arcelik, Yunsa Yunlu Sanayi Move in Istanbul
• U.S. Companies Reporting Midmorning EPS, Dec. 21
• Midmorning Negative EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, Dec. 21
• Midmorning Positive EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, Dec. 21
• Swiss Franc Falls After Finance Minister Says Considering Capital Controls
• Rand Strengthens for Fifth Day as ECB Lends More-Than-Expected to EU Banks
• Boehner Says ‘We’re Ready to Go to Work’ on Payroll Tax Cut
• Heating Oil Futures Gain After Report of Decline in Stockpiles
• Dexia Faces EU Probe Over Belgian, French, State Guarantees
• New Jersey Nets Re-Sign Forward Kris Humphries After Career High in Points
• Nigerian Stocks Target Month-High as Asset Law Drives Purchases
• Gingrich Summer Slump Forces Catch-Up
• Ukraine’s Turboatom Signs $100 Million Deal With Russian Plant
• Ethanol Production Gains 0.5%, U.S. Energy Department Says
• Ai Fiori, Tertulia Top Best New Restaurants List
• Emperor Group Temporarily Halts North Korea Casino Operation on Kim Death
• Leonard Green Raises About $4B for PE Fund
• Turkish Lira Seen Leading Lead World Currencies in 2012, Reversing Slump
• Chilean Government Sells $299 Million of Five-, Seven-Year Debt
• Lithuania Introduces Tax for Homeowners on Expensive Property
• Ghana Cocoa Shipments Disrupted at Least Two Weeks After Dispute
• Ukraine’s Grain Crop Totals 58.18 Million Tons, Researcher Says
• Heating Oil Extends Gain After Report Supplies Shrank Last Week
• Gingrich Campaign Lives and Dies on TV: The Ticker
• Socar Aims to Be Among Top Five Global Traders, l’Hebdo Reports
• Buying LoopNet Today Returns 206% With Takeover Closing Year-End: Real M&A
• Mercator-Agrokor Sale Delayed as NLB Bank Postpones Decision
• Uralchem Plans to Acquire $280 Million Perm Mineral Stake
• Tougher Wall Street Clawbacks Are Needed, New York City Comptroller Says
• Bard Shares Decline After 2012 Earnings Forecast Disappoints Investors
• Old Mutual Rises to Highest in Three Years on Sale of Skandia Finnish Unit
• U.S. DOE Weekly Petroleum Status Report for Dec. 16 (Text)
• Chelsea’s Terry to Be Prosecuted Over Alleged Racist Comments
• Cotton Is Little Changed as Trading Ebbs; Orange Juice Drops
• Fortress CEO Mudd Takes Leave Amid SEC’s Fannie Mae Lawsuit
• Treasury 30-Year Yields Reach One-Week High as U.S. Equities Trim Advance
• Burgundy Bargains Lurk in Beaune Cellars: A. Craig Copetas
• Lehman Legal Defense Fund Approved After Objections Withdrawn
• Chinese Ambassador Lays Wreaths at Kim Jong Il’s Bier, Xinhua Reports
• Ex-Bear Stearns Fund Managers Cioffi, Tannin Seek Narrowing of SEC Suit
• Serbia’s Top Opposition Party Leads Ruling Democrats in Survey
• Deutsche Telekom Dividend Pressured After AT&T Deal Collapse
• Endurance International’s $350 Million LBO Loan Rises in Trading
• German Stocks Decline, Erasing Earlier Gains; SAP Shares Fall in Frankfurt
• Yale Football Coach Tom Williams Steps Down Amid Rhodes Scholarship Probe
• ‘Hard Target’ North Korea Poses Challenge to U.S. Spying
• Corn, Soybean, Wheat Prices May Decline on Beneficial Weather in Americas
• Virgin America Posts $3.3 Million Loss as Jet Fuel Costs Surge
• ‘Medieval’ Economy Bequeathed to Kim Jong Un With Mineral Riches Untapped
• Euro-Region Consumer Confidence Declines More Than Estimated
• Business Model Innovation the Red Sox Way
• China Issues Stricter Stainless-Steel Safety Rules, Xinhua Says
• Vietnam’s Sacombank May Sell 15% Stake to Credit Suisse
• Financial Advisers Reflect on Their Affection for SEC: The Ticker
• Sudan Police Fire Teargas as Kassala Students Protest Vote Fraud
• Iron Ore-Ship Returns Slide as Monthly Steel Production Falls
• Financial Credit-Default Swaps Fall on European Loan Operation
• BMO Harris Bank Agrees to Pay $9.4 Million to Settle Overdraft-Fee Lawsuit
• Rambus to Pay $10.8 Million to Settle Options Dating Suit
• Canada Home Prices Unchanged in October, Teranet Says
• European Banks Facing Funding Squeeze Devour Record ECB Emergency Funding
• Ukraine’s Inflation to Accelerate Through 2013, UkrSibbank Says
• Brazil Outstanding Loans Rose at Second-Fastest Pace of Year
• Brazilian Stock Movers: Banco do Brasil, BicBanco, JSL, SLC
• Russia’s Grain Exports Were 15 Million Tons, Rusagrotrans Says
• Belgian Business Confidence Unexpectedly Rose in December
• Stock Pumping, Zell, MetLife, Aon, Lyondell in Court News
• National Bank of Oman to Offer Islamic Services, Observer Says
• Czech Central Bank Leaves Main Interest Rates Unchanged as Koruna Weakens
• Khodorkovsky Conviction Should Be Quashed, Kremlin Council Says
• Sibur to Sell Fertilizer Assets to Siberian Business Union
• Tax Politics Pose Risk for Republicans
• Walgreen Profit Trails Analysts’ Estimates
• Corn, Wheat Decline on Forecast Rains May Ease Dry-Weather Stress on Crops
• Chrysler Group Opens Mopar Parts-Distribution Centers in Shanghai, Dubai
• Ukraine’s Grain Exports Fell in December, UkrAgroConsult Says
• ECB to Lend Greater-Than-Forecast $645 Billion as Banks Line Up for Funds
• Romania May Get World Bank Precautionary Accord, Mediafax Says
• Cyprus’s Government Plans to Sell State-Owned Stock Exchange
• Sweden Plans 20-Year Bond, Puts Inflation-Linked Bond on Hold
• Six Men Guilty of Tax Evasion in Deutsche Bank CO2 Trades
• Treasuries Erase Gains; 10-Year Note Yields Are Little Changed in New York
• Oil Climbs a Third Day on U.S. Economy, Shrinking Supplies, Iran Sanctions
• Canada Dollar Erases Gains Versus Greenback After Stocks, Crude Oil Weaken
• Dexia Faces Investor Lawsuit Over Alleged Market Manipulation
• China Punishes Officials for Corruption in Construction: Xinhua
• Canada October Retail Sales Index Report (Text)
• Brazil’s Next Coffee Crop May Be 50 Million Bags, Cepea Says
• Certificate of Deposits Reported: India Money Markets
• DNB Boligkreditt Said to Sell Euro-Denominated Covered Bonds
• Swap-Trade Reports, Derivatives, Amaranth Settles, Ferrostaal: Compliance
• Rajoy Prepares to Appoint Finance Minister After Becoming Spain’s Premier
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Markets
• Bolton Defeats Blackburn to Put Premier League Soccer Rival in Last Place
• Hyposwiss Audit Finds No Violations After Complaint
• Norway Crime Unit Imposes Short Selling Fine on Four Firms
• SBOP and IDBI CDs Issued:India Money Market
• Treasuries Gain as U.S. Stock Futures Retreat on Ebb in ECB Loan Optimism
• Taylor Says ECB Loans a Form of Quantitative Easing
• Persian Gulf Stocks: Almarai and Saudi Hollandi Bank Advance
• HDFC & ABFL CP's Issued:India
• ABFL CP deal:India Money Markets
• Allahbad and Federal CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• Nigeria’s Naira Falls to 10 Week Low as Currency Auctions End
• Kenya’s Shilling Weakens First Time in Two Days on Dollar Demand
• Estonia Gas Grid Nationalization Seen as Last Option, Ansip Says
• Russia’s Sugar Output From Beets Rose 63%, Producers’ Union Says
• Sahaviriya Steel to Delay Restart of Teesside Plant in U.K.
• Nigerian Senate Votes to End Deals With Rusal, Global Steel
• Toronto Exchange Owner Agrees to Buy 16 Percent Stake in Bermuda’s Bourse
• Basel to Curb Bank-Capital Boosts on Derivatives Writedowns
• German Stocks Fall; SAP, K+S, Metro Slide as Allianz, Deutsche Bank Climb
• U.S. Index Futures Erase Gains as Stocks in Europe Decline; Euro Weakens
• Bosch Buys Conergy Unit as Part of $2 Billion Solar Drive
• BP Solar Business Exit Counters Trend by Google, Buffett, Total
• Container-Shipping May Rise in 2012 After Alliances Sealed, Platou Says
• Dubin Doubts Rajoy Has Idea To Solve Banking Problem (Video)
• China Faces Threat of European Tariffs on Organic Coated Steel
• Nordic Shipping Banks Beat UniCredit Amid Container Overcapacity: Freight
• Congress Looks to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to Raise Federal Funds
• Siemens Cuts Jobs as Diagnostics Fights to Regain Ground
• IAG Pledges to ‘Grab’ Lufthansa’s BMI to Beat Virgin Bid for U.K. Airline
• EnBW Sells Assets to EDF Amid $13 Billion Shift to Renewables
• Brazil May Miss CPI Target for First Time in Eight Years as Prices Climb
• Chile Traders See January Interest Rate at 5%, Survey Shows
• Saudi Hollandi Bank Rises to Month High on Bonus Share, Dividend
• Fed Funds Projected to Open at 0.07% to 0.1%, ICAP Says
• Hungary Plans to Pass Central Bank Bill This Year, Minister Says
• Sudan Will Split Darfur Into Five States, Regional Head Says
• Syrian Opposition Calls for UN Meeting on Assad ‘Massacre’
• Bonds Stop Flowing as Collateral Gets Stuck at ECB: Euro Credit
• PetroChina May Buy Athabasca’s MacKay Stake, Calgary Herald Says
• S&P Affirms Bulgaria Ratings, Outlook Stable
• Power Grid Corp Said to Have Sold 18 Billion Rupees of Bonds
• EON Gets Green Light to Build $328 Million Pump Storage Plant
• Ethiopia Convicts Two Swedish Freelance Journalists of Aiding Terrorism
• Euro Pares Gain Against Dollar After Strengthening on ECB Lending to Banks
• Ormat Starts Solar Project in U.S. With Agreement to Sell Power
• EU States Can’t Transfer Asylum Seekers Facing Inhuman Treatment
• Italy’s GDP Contraction Might Indicate Fifth Recession Since 2001: Economy
• De Beers’s $295 Million Antitrust Settlement Affirmed by Court
• Asia Stocks Rise Second Day on U.S. Data, China Industry Support
• Russia’s Summa May Finish Rotterdam Urals Terminal in 2013
• Euro Area’s Newest Member Stands by Currency, Estonian Premier Ansip Says
• Budget Deficit Narrowed More Than Forecast in November on Higher Revenue
• RBS Said to Complete 1.36 Billion-Pound Loan Sale to Blackstone
• Bulgaria Sold Most of Minority Stakes in EVN Power Companies
• QPR Targets Aston Villa Striker Darren Bent, Mirror Says: Soccer Roundup
• INA Reduces Crude Oil and Natural Gas Output in Syria
• Noble Energy’s Cyprus Drilling Beat Expectations, Politis Says
• Georgia Sells GEL30 Mln 84-Day CDs; Yield 7.31%
• Swedish Riksbank to Cut Rate to 0.75% in 2012, NIER Says
• BOE Officials Unanimous on Bond Buying as Program Approaches Market Limit
• Indian Court Asks Essar Officials to Appear in Telecom Probe
• Austrian Banks’ Squeezed by Capital Pressure, Fitch Ratings Says
• Foreign Funds Sell Net 4.34 Billion Rupees of Indian Equities
• Moscow Government Plans to Sell 13 Hotels as Early as Next Year
• Indonesia’s Kharisma Sells 13,000 Tons of Palm Oil
• Euro Extends Advance Versus Dollar After ECB Three-Year Cash Tops Forecast
• German Bunds Extend Decline as ECB Allots $645 Billion in Three-Year Loans
• Bloomberg 2011 International Sports Quiz
• Beckham Has Yet to Decide on Transfer to Paris From L.A., Spokesman Says
• Beckham Hasn’t Decided on Transfer to Paris St. Germain, Spokesman Says
• Asia Fuel-Oil Discount Shrinks; Shell Buys Cargoes: Oil Products
• Saudi Almarai Surges to 10-Month High on Fondomonte Acquisition
• Bukit Asam and China Huadian Win $1.6 Billion Power Project
• Sub-Saharan Africa Stocks: EA Portland Cement, Mauritius Leasing
• Thailand Stock Movers: G Steel, PTT Exploration, Sri Trang
• Havel’s Casket Moved to Castle in Prague as Czechs Mourn Ex-President
• Sumitomo Forecasts Crude to Trade at $90-$100 Next Year
• Egyptian Women Throng Cairo Rallies as Killings Trigger Worldwide Outrage
• China Money Rate Gains Second Day as Holiday Cash Demand Rises
• South Korea’s Top Spy Pressured to Quit After Learning Late of Kim’s Death
• Tepco Plans to Dismantle Fukushima Reactors Within 40 Years
• Singapore Stocks: Ascott, Dyna-Mac Holdings, Neptune Orient
• HSBC Holdings to Sell Japanese Private Banking Business to Credit Suisse
• Indonesia Stocks: Astra Agro, Benakat Petroleum, Saranacentral
• Thorntons Drops to Lowest Since 1989 on Break-Even Forecast
• Wereldhave to Acquire Paris Office Building for $181 Million
• China Bohai-Rim Steam-Coal Price Falls 1% to 821 Yuan a Ton
• Oil Rises a Third Day; Copper Price Gains: Commodities at Close
• China Stocks: Chongqing Brewery, Pang Da Auto, Ping An, Vanke
• Iceland Consumer Prices Rose 5.3% in December From Year Earlier
• Hungary May Raise Highest EU Borrowing Costs Again as IMF Pressure Mounts
• Lee & Man Said to Sign and Allocate HK$3.5 Billion Loan
• Surgutneftegas Said to Offer Five ESPO Crude Cargoes in February
• Italian Economy Contracts 0.2 Percent in Quarter, Signaling New Recession
• Azeris to Avoid Unrest Spreading in Russia, Kazakhstan, APA Says
• Research on Lethal Bird Flu May Be Censored on Concern at Terrorism Risk
• UniCredit Urges Fondiaria to Raise Capital, CEO Tells Giornale
• Czech Koruna Gains Before Interest-Rate Decision as Stocks Rise
• ‘Batman’ Star Christian Bale Shouldn’t Make News in China, Official Says
• Asian Currencies Strengthen as U.S. Housing Data Boosts Export Outlook
• KPN Put Under More Scrutiny by Dutch Regulator After Violations
• South Koreans Send Anti-Kim Leaflets to North With Balloons
• Kubota Trumps CNH, Chery in $276 Million Bid for Kverneland
• Hungarian Watchdog Takes Away Frequency From Opposition Radio
• Philippine Peso Rises for Second Day on U.S. Data; Bonds Gain
• South Africa Wheat-Crop Estimate May Stay Unchanged, Survey Show
• EDP Renovaveis Obtains Four Power Purchase Agreements in Brazil
• Vietnam Bonds Rise on Central Bank’s Cash Injection; Dong Falls
• Serbia to Curb Retail Margins on Staple Foods at 10%, Blic Says
• Vietnam Is Said to Sell Two Cargoes of Ruby Oil to Petrobras
• Saudi Almarai Buys Argentina Farm Operator Fondomonte to Increase Supplies
• Moody’s Says U.K. ‘Strength’ Doesn’t Fully Shield Rating From Euro Crisis
• China Travel Said to Seek Club Loan to Refinance Debt Due 2012
• Louis Vuitton SA Seeks Stake in Turkey’s Orka, Hurriyet Says
• Philips Predicts Weaker Market for Health-Care Gear in 2012
• Copper Climbs a 2nd Day on Chinese Demand Outlook: LME Preview
• Taiwan Bonds Decline for Fourth Day, Currency Rises on U.S. Data
• Algeria’s Wheat Imports Rose 42% in First 11 Months of This Year
• Europe Space Agency Buys 20 Russian Soyuz Rockets, Interfax Says
• Tepco Shares Decline After Report Company May Be Nationalized
• Conergy Sued by Investors Over Disappointing Results, FTD Says
• Banks May Flock to ‘Free Money’ as ECB Awards 3-Year Loans
• Ruble Gains Most Against Dollar in Three Weeks as Oil Climbs
• China Stocks Drop for Third Day on Cash Crunch, Ping An’s Fundraising Plan
• Qatar Shares Head for Highest Close in Week on U.S. Data, Oil
• Japan Exports Fall a Second Month as BOJ Sees Weakness on Europe: Economy
• Rubber Jumps to One-Week High as U.S. Data Boost Growth Outlook
• Denmark Divided on EU’s Fiscal Pact as Presidency Approaches
• All Nippon to Begin 787 Flights to U.S. Next Fiscal Year
• Crude Oil Rises a Third Day in New York on U.S. Economy, Stockpile Decline
• Berenberg’s Schmieding Urges ECB Bond-Spread Target, FAZ Says
• Blockaded China Villagers Cancel Protest March After Winning Concessions
• German Christmas Tree Spending at 699 Million Euros, Bild Says
• South Korea Stocks: Daewoo, Hyundai Merchant, Shinhan Financial
• Corporate Bond Risk Falls in Europe, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• EDP Renovaveis Says Eneop Obtains Project Finance Loan From EIB
• Ergo to Triple Litigation Funding Business, Handelsblatt Reports
• Crude Oil-Tanker Demand May Advance Before Christmas, Marex Says
• Saudi Cement Prices Jump 50% in Medina in Week, Al-Madina Says
• HeidelbergCement to Look at Assets After Vulcan Merger, FAZ Says
• South Korea’s Won, Stocks Erase Declines That Followed Kim Jong Il’s Death
• Gokarn Says Reserve Bank’s Steps Stabilizing Rupee, Promises More Measures
• Bosch Plans to Acquire Conergy’s Voltwerk Division, FTD Reports
• China Seeks $536 Billion of Investments to Protect Environment
• HSH Nordbank to Miss 2011 Real Estate Credit Target, FTD Reports
• Japan’s AAA Credit Rating Cut for First Time by Tokyo-Based R&I
• Cofinimmo to Buy Insurance Agencies in 107.6 Million-Euro Deal
• Hindustan Copper Chairman Ahmed Comments on Copper Prices, Loans
• Credit Agricole’s Maioli Among Candidates as BPM CEO, Sole Says
• Infineon Forecasts Demand Revival in 2013, Boersen-Zeitung Says
• Taiwan Equity Movers: Cathay Financial, Gigabyte, Hon Hai, HTC
• Daiichi Sankyo Cuts Executives’ Pay After $500 Million Ranbaxy Settlement
• Lufthansa Plans 1.5 Billion-Euro Cost Cuts, Handelsblatt Reports
• Record Coal Deals Leave Whitehaven as Target as Prices Climb: Commodities
• Areva Former CEO Lauvergeon Sues Over Report, Canard Says
• Lanxess Chief Forecasts ‘Good Start’ to 2012, Handelsblatt Says
• India Local Rating Raised by Moody’s to Match Foreign Grade
• BNP Paribas Renewables Fund to Add Biomass After Sleaford Deal
• Japanese Stocks Advance Second Day Day as U.S. Housing Data Beat Estimate
• Reyal Urbis Lenders Refuse to Refinance Debt, Confidencial Says
• Hulic’s Shoei Takeover Underscores Woes of Japan Builders
• Euro Drops to Record Low Versus Aussie Dollar Amid Debt Crisis
• Taiwan Stocks Surge Most in Asia as Government Pledges Support to Markets
• David Beckham Has Given a Verbal Agreement to Join PSG, Le Parisien Says
• Indian Cabinet’s Anti-Graft Bill Brings Vow of Further Protests
• Sri Lanka Post-War Growth Stays Above 8%
• Australia Picks Cowan, Hilfenhaus to Face India; Hughes, Khawaja Dropped
• Ping An Plans $4.1 Billion Bond Sale as Solvency Declines After Growth
• Putin Group Proposes Cutting 30% of Bureaucrats, Vedomosti Says
• Japan Keeps Assessment, Says Companies Wary Over Yen, Europe
• UBS Hires Daisaku Ueno From Gaitame as a Currency Strategist in Tokyo
• GCC Approves Common Securities-Listing Rules, Alrroya Reports
• ANC in Limpopo Backs Mine Nationalization, Land Grab, Association Reports
• Wen Says China’s Slowing Growth, Elevated Prices Add to Policy Challenge
• Olympus Tokyo Offices Raided as Prosecutors Investigate $1.7 Billion Fraud
• Philippine Stocks: Filinvest Land, Puregold, Tanduay, Megaworld
• S. Korea to Increase Overseas Crude, Gas Spending by 34%
• Marshall University Beats Florida International 20-10 in College Bowl Game
• Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Sued by California Attorney General
• NFL Sued by Retired Players for Brain-Injury Monitoring
• Congress Deadlock Threatens Jobless Aid, May Add State Costs
• Cleveland Disassembles Itself in Face of Property-Value Plunge
• Indian Wells Tennis Event Raises Title Prizes to $1 Million for Men, Women
• Plaxico Burress Experienced Jets-Giants Rivalry From Other Side in 2007
• Star Tenors Kaufmann, Calleja Make Thrilling Pact With Devil
• SeaMicro Aims for Startup Stardom With Old-School Innovation
• Colombia’s 2012 Financing Needs to Fall on Tax Revenue Surge
• Cuomo Agrees to Taxi Bill That Adds $1 Billion to NYC Revenue
• Revisions Will Show Fewer U.S. Existing Homes Purchased From 2007 to 2011
• Fed ‘Punted’ on Capital, Liquidity Limits in Dodd-Frank Plan
• Missing ‘January Effect’ May Be Lost for 2012: Chart of the Day
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (GEM) Recorded 12/21/2011 (Tabl
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (Main Board) Recorded 12/21/201
• Wall Street Trading Revenue to Decline as ‘Year to Forget’ Ends
• Battery-Fire Crashes Seen Every Other Year as U.S. Rules Fought
• Gingrich Leads Revolt Against Judges by Vowing to Ignore Court
• Cornell’s $350 Million Donor Feeney Plans to Give It All Away
• Novorossiysk Seaport to Open Black Sea Fuel-Oil Terminal ‘Soon’