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April 9, 2012

• Tombini Reiterates Brazil May Stop Rate Cuts at About 9%
• Gorman Says ‘Liquidity Matters’ Is Lesson of Financial Crisis
• China’s Shanghai Composite Extends Drop as Export Growth Slows
• Rousseff Tells Obama Rich Nations’ Policies Harm Growth
• China’s Yuan Is Little Changed Before Trade Data for March
• Yu Darvish Overcomes Four-Run First Inning in Major League Debut
• Taiwan Dollar Strengthens on Speculation Fed Will Ease Further
• Alwaleed to Keep Stake in Plaza Hotel After Offer Made
• Spurs Slip Up in Race for Champions League Spot, Newcastle Wins
• Australian Help-Wanted Ads Advance to 3 1/2-Year High, ANZ Says
• Australia, Japan Bond Risk Rises, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• Mideast Oil Premiums Near Seven-Week Low: Asia Crude
• AOL Jumps After $1.06 Billion Patent Accord With Microsoft
• Bernanke Sees Need for More Curbs on Shadow Banking
• Budweiser Is Luxury in China Where Beer Costs 30 Cents
• Japan’s Noda Announces Anti-Deflation Talks as BOJ Sets Policy
• South Korea Has 15,701 MW of Nuclear Capacity Online
• Yu Darvish Allows Four Runs in 1st Inning of Major League Debut
• Facebook Agrees to Buy Instagram Photo App for $1 Billion
• Bernanke Wants to Ensure Volcker Rule Doesn’t Impair Liquidity
• Amazon Testing In-App Purchases to Challenge Apple
• Rosetta Stone Trademark Claims Against Google Revived
• Petrobras Well Shows ‘High Potential’ at Iara Field
• JPMorgan’s Iksil May Spur Regulators to Dissect Trading
• Vivus Weight-Loss Drug Qnexa Gets 3-Month FDA Review Delay
• Protests Help ClickSoftware Make Sales: Israel Overnight
• S&P 500 Correlation Bets Increase as VIX Rebounds 22%
• Israel-Iran History, Holocaust Perverted in Grass’s Poem
• Japan Stock Futures Little Changed Ahead of BOJ Decision
• Will U.S. Avoid Recession in 2012? (Part 1)
• Illinois Is Pension Basket Case You Forgot About
• Billionaires Unmasked as Coty Persists in Pursuit of Avon
• SouthernSun Returning 41% as No. 1 Small Cap Bets on Agriculture
• Ship Rates Seen Rising Most Since 2009 as Owners Anchor
• How We Crunched the Numbers to Find the Top Mutual Funds
• Obama’s Fantasy Budget Suggests Tax Hike Surprise
• Al-Jazeera Gets Rap as Qatar Mouthpiece
• Hockney, Queen, Vacuum Cleaner Go on Show at London V&A
• Chavez Exit Won’t Mean Venezuela’s Problems Out the Door
• Sushi Poisoning Reminder That Food System Needs Overhaul
• RSA’s Former CEO Haste Paid 2.77 Million Pounds in 2011
• Nobelist Gordimer Channels Rage in Tale of South Africa
• Martin Marietta Hostile Bid Not Valid, Vulcan Lawyer Says
• Southwest Plan Advances for Flights Abroad at Hobby
• AMSC Taking Sinovel Infringement Suit to China’s Supreme Court
• CME Considering a London Futures Exchange, Financial Times Says
• Colombia Triples Peru Coffee Buying on Harvest Decline
• Occupy New Haven Protesters Denied Request to Stay on Green
• UBS Likely to Win Ouster of Billionaire’s Suit, Judge Says
• Chesapeake Energy Sells $2.6 Billion Worth of Assets
• Peru Stocks: Cerro Verde, Ferreyros, Milpo, Southern
• Australia Trails West Indies by 201 in Opening Cricket Test
• Credit-Default Swaps in U.S. Rise for Fourth Day on Jobs Concern
• Mexican Bonds Rally as Inflation Slows More Than Forecast
• Judge Won’t Cut Bail for Woman Accused of Running Brothel
• The Dangers of the Minimal Viable Product
• Guenter Grass's Folly and Israel's Tyranny
• Dollar Falls on Wagers Fed Will Make More Asset Purchases
• Brazil Rate Futures Yields Drop on Inflation Outlook; Real Rises
• Emerging Stocks Fall to 2-Month Low on U.S. Job Growth
• Treasuries Gain as Jobs Data Spur Economic Pace Concern
• Colombia’s Exports Rose 23% in February From Year Ago
• JPMorgan Trader Iksil Fuels Prop-Trading Debate With Bets
• New Zealand, Aussie Dollars Rise on Bets Fed Will Ease
• ‘Hunger Games’ Leads Box Office Again With $33.1 Million
• Canadian Dollar Advances From One-Month Low Against Yen
• Lupatech Stocks, Bond Surge on Capital Increase Pact: Rio Mover
• Icahn Sues Amylin Pharmaceuticals Over Board Election
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for April 9
• Mexico Stocks: Azteca, Asur, Grupo Mexico Shares Are Active
• U.S. Stocks Decline as Employment Report Misses Estimates
• U.S. Corn Seeding Speeds Up as Warm Weather Aids Fieldwork
• Brazil Stock Movers: Lupatech, OGX, Petroleo Brasileiro
• Oil Falls to Seven-Week Low on Jobs, Iran: Commodities at Close
• Colombia Stock Movers: Helm Bank and Canacol Energy Were Active
• Great Wolf Gets $234 Million KSL Bid That Tops Apollo Again
• Sanofi’s Patents on Cancer Drug Taxotere Invalidated
• Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Wants Faster, Job-Focused World Bank
• VIX Posts Longest Streak of Gains Since 2003
• Argentine Stocks: Grupo Financiero Galicia and YPF Were Active
• New York’s Nassau County Plans to Sell $210.9 Million of Bonds
• Jobs Pose Challenge S&P 500 Has Overcome Nine Times
• Colombia’s Helm Bank Soars on Takeover Speculation: Bogota Mover
• Gartman Sees Risk of Equity Retreat, Owns Shippers
• Exco Resources Falls as Pipeline Sale Deadline Expires
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for April 9
• AOL, Evercore, McMoRan, Shutterfly: U.S. Equity Movers
• Avon CEO Appointment Raises Doubt over Coty Deal
• AT&T Remains in Talks With Union After Labor Accords Expire
• AT&T to Sell Majority of Yellow Pages Business to Cerberus
• Optimer Shares Fall After Chang is Stripped of Chairman Post
• Medicaid Insurers Plunge as Ohio Dumps Old Business for New
• LDK Slides to Four-Month Low on Reports of Planned Firings
• Oneok Plans $1.8 Billion Oil Pipeline to Cushing Hub
• Stocks Drop as Gold Rises After Disappointing Jobs Report
• Las Vegas Deficit Leads Fitch to Drop Credit Outlook to Negative
• Lower U.S. Crop Reserves Raising Food Costs in Election Year
• U.S. Employment Growth Seen Rebounding From Slump
• Sherwin-Williams Net Tops Estimates as Paint Sales Climb
• Forward Odom, Defending-Champion Mavericks Agree to Part Ways
• California Teacher Pension Plan’s Unfunded Gap Widens
• Hedge Funds Cut Commodity Bets on Fed’s Stimulus Signals
• U.S. Corn Seeding Ahead of Year-Ago Pace on Dry Midwest Weather
• Gasoline Slides to Three-Week Low on U.S., China Growth Concerns
• U.S. Companies Reporting Quarterly EPS Reversals, April 9
• U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, April 9
• U.S. Companies Reporting Higher Quarterly EPS, April 9
• U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, April 9
• U.S. Companies Reporting Positive EPS Surprises, April 9
• U.S. Companies Reporting Earnings on April 9
• Sino-Forest Gets Enforcement Notice From Canada Regulator
• Oil Falls on Sluggish U.S. Employment Growth, Iran Talks
• Ethanol Falls to Lowest Level in More Than a Week on Job Report
• Fighting in Southern Yemen Leaves at Least 60 People Dead
• Yandex Internet Search Share Gains, Mail.ru Falls: Liveinternet
• Warren Doubles Brown’s Fundraising in Massachusetts Senate Race
• Ally Dismisses 33 as Broker-Dealer Ends Mortgage Activity
• J&J Working to Boost Supply of Cancer Drug Doxil by September
• Rothstein Lawyer Charged With Illegal McCain Campaign Gifts
• Colombian Bond Yields Fall to Record Low on Slowing Inflation
• Spain Seeks 10 Billion Euros in Health, Education Savings
• North Korea Preparing for Nuclear Test, South Korea Says
• Greek Vote Expected on May 6, New Democracy Leader Says
• Rare Earths Shortage Would Spur Pentagon to Action
• Musk Sees SpaceX IPO in 2013 as SolarCity Awaits Lease Review
• Ecuador Says February Trade Surplus Widened to $199 Million
• Kidney Failure Devices to Receive Fast-Track FDA Reviews
• North Korea Missile Launch Would Be ‘Provocative’ Act, U.S. Says
• Augusta Tradition Has World Bank Parallel, El-Erian Says
• Doughty Hanson’s Tumi Seeking as Much as $319.3 Million in IPO
• Natural Gas Advances in New York, Reversing Drop to 10-Year Low
• Brazil Caixa Cut Rates on Rousseff Call for Lower Spreads
• Comcast May Face Rate Regulation in Boston, FCC Says
• Dallara Says Too Much Austerity May Hurt Europe Recovery
• Delphi Financial Settles Investor Suit Over Tokio Deal
• Venture-Capital Firms Raise $4.88 Billion in First Quarter
• Chile Peso Drops as Copper Price Declines, Global Stocks Weaken
• Evan Greenberg Says Regulators Leading an ‘Unrelenting Assault’
• Akbank Hires Goldman to Advise on Stake Sale by Citigroup
• NFL Upholds Year Ban of Saints’ Coach Payton in Bounty Case
• Rite Aid Out-of-Stock Items Hurt Shopper Loyalty, Unions Say
• The Slow Death of Movie Monopolies
• Baylor Faces NCAA Sanctions for Impermissible Calls, ESPN Says
• MBIA Misled N.Y. Regulator on Restructuring, Banks Say
• German Home Ownership Rate Rises to 59%, Commerzbank Poll Shows
• Argentina Stock Exchange Chief Denies Boudou’s Bribe Claim
• Gingrich Couldn’t Cede Republican Race to Santorum
• Gulf Gasoline Gains as Conoco’s Borger Refinery Reports Upset
• NFL Upholds Penalties on Payton, Loomis, Saints in Bounty Case
• Some Rosetta Stone Infringement Claims Against Google Restored
• New York City Has Tripled Solar Power Production, Mayor Says
• Dollar Slips Versus Euro as Jobs Data Spur Speculation on Fed
• Tishman Plans San Francisco Offices as Tech Demand Surges
• Ex-FBI Agent Gets 1 Year in Prison for False Statements
• Yen Gains as Current-Account Surplus Boosts Haven
• Masters TV Ratings Fall 22% as Bubba Watson Wins in Playoff
• BP’s BTC Oil Pipeline Carried 7.8% Less Crude in First Quarter
• Lupatech Stocks, Bond Surge on Capital Increase Pact: Rio Mover
• Swiss Franc Breaches Euro Currency Limit Single Time
• Splunk Prices IPO at Up to $10 a Share, or $946 Mln Valuation
• Bank of America, Barclays Deny Illegal Acts Over Archstone
• Tottenham Loses 2-1 to Norwich in Premier League; Everton Wins
• Cattle Gain on Speculation Beef Demand to Rebound; Hogs Climb
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for April 9
• Schlecker Insolvency Admin May Sell ‘Ihr Platz’ Unit, FTD Says
• Pemex May Seek Crude Project Offshore Cuba, La Jornada Says
• Banco de Credito to Buy Brokerage in Chile, El Comercio Says
• Mexico Inflation Slows as Bank Opens Door to Rate Cuts
• Hollande’s Approval Rating Rises More Than Sarkozy’s, Poll Shows
• Brazil, U.S. Move to Boost Cachaca, Tennessee Whiskey Trade
• Ukraine Needs to Unblock Frozen IMF Loans, Poroshenko Says
• Kiler Rises to 5-Month High on Stake Sale Report: Istanbul Mover
• Dogan Yayin Declines in Istanbul After 2011 Loss Widens
• Turkey Stocks: Kiler Gida, Dogan Yayin Move in Istanbul
• Community Banks Raise U.S. Small Business Lending, Treasury Says
• Spain to Study Making Rich Pay for Health, de Guindos Says
• ECB’s Asmussen Sees Greek Growth From 2014, Rheinische Post Says
• Sabic Says its Steel Production Capacity to Rise 50% This Year
• Praktiker CEO Won’t Sell East Europe Assets, Handelsblatt Says
• Suleiman Denies Reviving Old Regime as Egypt Contest Begins
• Tunisia Police Clash With Protesters Amid Claims of Repression
• Jobs Show Economy Not Yet Self-Sustaining, El-Erian Says
• Chilean Stocks: Cap, Enersis and Lan Airlines Are Active
• Portugal to Sell 15% Stake in Cahora Bassa Dam to Mozambique
• Cyprus Church Plans to Invest in Banks, Energy, Archbishop Says
• J.C. Penney to Cut About 300 Jobs at Pittsburgh Center
• Iran Agrees to Restart Nuclear Talks With U.S., Allies
• Ecuador Foreign Reserves Fell 8.8% Last Week to $3.07 Billion
• Implied Stock-Price Moves for U.S. Companies Reporting Results
• Midmorning Negative EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, April 9
• Midmorning Positive EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, April 9
• U.S. Companies Reporting Midmorning EPS, April 9
• Serb Opposition Leader Catches Up With Tadic Ahead of May 6 Vote
• U.S. Stocks Decline as Jobs Report Misses Estimates
• Egyptian Stocks: National Co. for Maize Products, Sinai Cement
• Employment Index in U.S. Declines for First Time Since May
• U.S. March Conference Board Employment Trends Index (Text)
• Ukraine to Increase Spring Grain Planting by 13%, ProAgro Says
• Multifamily Bonds Surging to Record U.S. as CMBS Fade: Mortgages
• U.S. Set More Than 15,000 March Temperature Records, NOAA
• El-Erian: The Greatest Risk to the U.S. Economy
• Camargo Calls Cimpor Bid Fair, Discounts Chance of Rival Offer
• Ruble Weakens for Second Day to Dollar, Bond Yields Rise on Oil
• Severe Storms Expected Across Oklahoma Region This Week
• Hackers Hit Tunisian PM’s E-Mail on Alleged Rights Violations
• Egypt Stocks Drop to 2-Month Low as Dispute Threatens IMF Loan
• Saudi Princes Liable for Trading Violations, Al Sharq Says
• Nigeria Attack by Suspected Islamist Militants Leaves Six Dead
• Certificate of Deposits Reported: India Money Markets
• Hedge Funds Cut ICE Brent Crude Net-Longs by 11,809 Lots
• Jordan’s Aphrodite Wins $240 Million Iraq Housing Contract
• Moody’s Zandi Sees More QE Possible If the U.S. Economy Slows
• U.S. Halted 30 Total Orange-Juice Shipments in Probe
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Markets
• Azeri Opposition Plans Protests After Biggest Rally Since 2005
• STERLITE CP deal:India Money Markets
• N.Y. Oil Falls 1.6% to $101.66 a Barrel as Nymex Floor Opens
• IOC and L&T FIN CP :India Money Markets
• Persian Gulf Stocks: Alinma Bank and Saudi Ceramic
• BOI and BOM CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• Dubai Shares Lead Persian Gulf Lower on Global Growth Concerns
• ING and OBC CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• Warmer Weather Expected to Return to U.S. East Next Week
• IRS Refunds to U.S. Taxpayers, Year to Date Statistics
• Strauss, Osem Drop on Food Sale, Protest Concern: Tel Aviv Mover
• Israel Bonds Fall as Pipeline Blast Spurs Electricity Price Bets
• Israel Stocks: Ampal, Internet Gold, Osem, B Communications
• Singapore Regulator Sues to Freeze China Sky Ex-CEO Funds
• TNK-BP Ukraine Cuts Half of Jobs in Reorganization After Losses
• Estonia’s Opposition Party Loses Four Lawmakers as Eight Defect
• Bank Indonesia’s Hadad Nominated as Head of Financial Body
• Greek Power Generation From Renewable Sources Rises 44%
• Crude Oil Declines on Economic Outlook; Brent Slides
• RIM Says Sales to U.S. Government Are Rising
• ECB Financing for Portuguese Banks Rose to Record in March
• Treasuries Rose, Pushing Benchmark 10-Year Note Yield to 2.03%
• Ukraine Spring Crop Seeding Is Behind Last Year, Researcher Says
• Argentina May Make YPF Announcement This Week, Cronista Reports
• Serbia’s Agrobanka Shareholders Want New Balance Sheet Audit
• Franklin Templeton Names Khatoun, Chamma as Head of MENA Equity
• Avon's New CEO, AOL Patent Deal for $1.056B
• Ukraine’s Currency Market Stable as Dollar Demand Declines
• Synergy Sales of Own Spirits Rise 13% to 2.7 Million Dekaliters
• Avon Names Sheri Mccoy of Johnson & Johnson as CEO
• Fed Funds Projected to Open at 0.12% to 0.17%, ICAP Says
• Foreign Investors Buy Net 1.34 Billion Rupees of Indian Stocks
• Treasury 10-Year Notes Erase Drop, Leaving Yield at 2.06%
• Rambus, Mylan, Apple, Duprees, Viacom: Intellectual Property
• Dechert, Chadbourne, Jones Day, Hunton: Business of Law
• Record Treasury Demand Keeps Yields Low as Supply Shrinks
• ILO Sees World Unemployment Rising to 209 Million, Die Welt Says
• Russia Farm Buys Back Grain From State Stocks for First Time
• Indonesia’s Kharisma Sells 3,500 Tons of Palm oil
• Amre Moussa Leading Egyptian Presidential Candidates, Poll Shows
• S. Korea Marine Found Shot in Head on Border Island, Yonhap Says
• Russian Stocks Drop on Central Bank Rates Decision, Lower Crude
• Jordan Begins Study on Importing Gas From Iraq, Al Rai Reports
• Arsenal, Tottenham Eye U.S. Striker Dempsey, Sun Says: Roundup
• Astra Agro Sells 8,000 Tons of Palm Oil in Auction
• Nigerian Suspected Islamist Militants Kill Policeman’s Daughter
• Egypt Offers $580 Million of Bonds; 10-Year Dollar Bonds Drop
• Crude Falls; Natural Gas Extends Decline: Commodities at Close
• Singapore Stocks: CapitaLand, Creative Technology, Fraser
• Indonesian Stock Movers: Benakat Petroleum, Energi Mega, Indika
• Tanap Partners Plan to Order Pipes in Autumn, Anatolia Says
• Indonesia Bonds Drop Before Rate Review This Week; Rupiah Gains
• Mazda Asset Sales Loom for Japan Unprofitable Automaker
• China Consumer Prices Rise Faster-Than-Estimated 3.6%
• Sri Lanka Says Rupee to Steady Further, Sees 2013 GDP Rising 8%
• China Swap Rate Climbs to Two-Week High on Inflation; Yuan Drops
• Taiwan’s Oil Imports Rise to Support Refining at Formosa
• Asia Stocks Drop as U.S. Jobs Data Dims Recovery Outlook
• Taiwan Dollar, Bonds Little Changed on Intervention Speculation
• Turkish Yields Rise After Industrial Output Surges in February
• Sony to Eliminate 10,000 Jobs, 6% of Workforce, Nikkei Says
• TNK-BP Ukraine Cuts Half Staff on Refinery Loss, Kommersant Says
• Zimbabwe’s Kasukuwere Likens Self to Hitler, Newsday Reports
• China Brokers Plan Outward Investor Rules, Securities Times Says
• Angola’s Sonair Plans to Acquire About 51% of Sao Tome’s STP Air
• China Equity Movers: China Coal, Merchants Bank, Shenhua Energy
• China’s Stocks Fall to One-Week Low as Inflation Quickens
• Kansai Electric to Spend $2.5 Billion to Improve Reactor Safety
• Won Leads Drop in Asian Currencies
• Vietnam Stock Movers: Cotec Construction, Phu Nhuan Jewelry
• Real Madrid Held 0-0 at Home by Valencia in La Liga
• London’s Savoy Hotel Seeks to Refinance Lloyds Loans, Times Says
• Phillips 66 Looks to Pipes to Blunt Refining Volatility
• News Express: Japan Trades Swings to Surplus
• Russia Holds Interest Rates as Inflation Pressures Increase
• Saudi Students in Tabuk Present Demands on Education, Watan Says
• South Korean Stock Movers: Huneed, Industrial Bank, Kolon, Speco
• Hindalco, Sterlite Fall on China Demand Concern: Mumbai Mover
• Lira Weakens Second Day, Heads for Lowest Level in Two Weeks
• Japanese Stock Drop as Europe Debt Crisis Concern Flares
• HTC Heads for Two-Month Low as Net Drops by Record
• Turkey Crisis Planning Includes Soldiers in Syria, Milliyet Says
• Beijing Tightens Food Safety Control With Life Ban in New Rules
• S.Korean Stocks, Won Slump on Growing North Korea Concern
• PIK May Lose Its Only Project in St. Petersburg, Vedomosti Says
• Victek Shares Rally on North Korean Nuclear Test Report
• Taiwan Stock Movers: Chinatrust, HTC Corp., Taiwan Semiconductor
• Taiwan Semi to Boost Expenditure on Mobile Devices Demand
• Jubail Commercial Port’s Cargo Volume Doubles, Watan Reports
• Bank Rossii’s Ex-Deputy Head May Join Sberbank, Vedomosti Says
• Bubba Watson Wins Masters in Playoff for First Major Golf Title
• Mukherjee Crowds Out Issuers With Indian Government Glut
• Korea Electric Unit to Import LNG From Vitol Starting in 2015
• Russia May Tie Gazprom Extraction Tax to Prices, Kommersant Says
• RBC to Defend Itself Against CFTC Suit Rather Than Settle
• CEOs Praising Diversity Stay Silent on No-Women Augusta
• Sean Coffey’s BlackRobe Startup Snags Simpson Thacher’s Chepiga
• Microsoft Inspired by London Tube Seeks Sleeker Designs: Tech
• Coppola’s Wine Joins Low-Alcohol Vampire in Best Pinot Picks
• Mel Brooks Riffs on Jewish Sons in Funniest Ad Lib: Rainer File
• Global Ad Spending Rose 6.2% in Fourth Quarter, Nielsen Says
• Would-Be Wisconsin Governors Bid for Recall Primary Win
• Mike Wallace, Hard-Charging ‘60 Minutes’ Reporter, Dies at 93
• Mets 3-0 and Yankees 0-3 After Major League Baseball’s 1st Week
• U.S. Gasoline May Have Peaked at $3.9671 a Gallon, Lundberg Says
• Watson’s Maturity Brings Masters’ Green Jacket as Woods Sulks
• GSA Bash Topped by Justice Gathering in Istanbul: BGOV Barometer
• UBS Faces Billionaire Olenicoff in Lawsuit Over His Tax Felony
• Mickelson’s Run at Fourth Masters Title Is Derailed by Miscue
• Tiger Woods Finishes Worst Masters in 40th Place at 5-Over Par
• Worker Shortage Dogs Trail King as S.D. Jobs Go Begging
• Grisham Throws Curve in Baseball Tale: Books
• McDonald’s Pursuit of Perfect Fries Risks Overpromising
• Knicks Beat Bulls 100-99 Behind Anthony to Spoil Rose’s Return
• Job Growth Below Estimates Shapes Election-Year Sparring