ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 25 July 2014

• Argentine holdout NML says government “choosing” to default (Reuters)
• Crunch time for Gaza truce talks as death toll passes 800 (Reuters)
• Don’t Tell Anybody About This Story on HFT Power Jump Trading (BBG)
• U.S. Accuses Russia of Shelling Eastern Ukraine (BBG)
• France’s Wheat Exports in Question as Rain Spoils Quality (BBG)
• Tapering in action: Lower printer sales hurt Xerox’s revenue (Reuters)
• No liquidity? No Problem, there’s an ETF for that: Bond ETFs Swelling in Europe as Trading Debt Gets Tougher (BBG)
• Herbalife hires ex-Biden chief to fend off regulators (NYPost)
• GM recalls far from calamity for some dealers who find new customers, business (Reuters)
• Bad weather likely cause of fatal Air Algerie crash: French officials (Reuters)
• White House bemoans lawmakers’ delay on U.S. border crisis funds (Reuters)
• Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox pledges to extend buybacks (Reuters)
• Google’s $1B purchase of Twitch confirmed — joins YouTube for new video empire (VentureBeat)
• UN Seeks Swiss Private Banker Funding for Geneva Facelift (BBG)

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ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 24 July 2014

• EU to weigh extensive sanctions on Russia (FT)
• U.S. lifts flight ban to Israel (Reuters)
• Russia says will cooperate with MH17 probe led by Netherlands (Reuters)
• Norway faces ‘concrete and credible’ terrorist threat (FT)
• Don’t Tell Anybody About This Story on HFT Power Jump Trading (BBG)
• But… but… PMI: Unilever Sales Growth Misses Estimates on Asian Slowdown (BBG)
• World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Reviews $8 Billion Russian Stake (BBG)
• Qualcomm latest US tech company to reverse in China (FT)
• Hamptons Home Sales Rise as Buyers Find More Inventory (BBG)
• Ex-Goldman Trader’s Bitcoin Exchange to Fill Mt. Gox Void (BBG)
• Mutiny at the BOJ: Bank of Japan Majority Won’t Be Swayed by Kuroda Ideology (BBG)
• Singapore Home Prices Set to Extend Drop, Keppel Land Says (BBG)

ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 23 July 2014

• Here come the gates which we predicted in 2010: SEC Is Set to Approve Money-Fund Rules (WSJ)
• Dick’s cuts 400 jobs as golf now less popular (MW)
• Kerry arrives in Israel, pushes for peace (Reuters)
• Pay Penalty Haunts Recession Grads as U.S. Economy Mends (BBG)
• Appeals Courts Issue Conflicting Rulings on Health-Law Subsidies (WSJ)
• Rebel Stronghold Donetsk Holds Breath as Shellfire Mounts (BBG)
• Business executive wins Georgia Republican runoff in U.S. Senate race (Reuters)
• Five held in China food scandal probe, including head of Shanghai Husi Food (Reuters)
• Jobs Hold Sway Over Yellen-Carney as Central Banks Splinter (BBG)
• With sales sputtering, Apple’s iPad looks to IBM alliance (Reuters)
• Plane with first coffins of Malaysian airliner victims leaves Ukraine (Reuters)
• Saudi Stock Opening Shut to Some as Hot Money Unwanted (BBG)

ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 22 July 2014

• EU Works to Punish Russia as MH17 Bodies Leave Rebel Area (BBG)
• Bodies From Malaysia Airlines Flight Begin Long Trip to Netherlands (WSJ)
• Israel pounds Gaza as Kerry arrives (Reuters)
• U.S. judge dismisses Republican lawsuit over Obamacare subsidy for Congress (Reuters)
• Israel Soldier Missing Amid Assault on Hamas in Gaza (WSJ)
• Detroit Retirees Vote in Favor of Pension Cuts (WSJ)
• Russia Axes 1st Bond Sale in 3 Months as Ukraine Drives Up Yield  (BBG)
• Wall Street Cut From Guest List for Jackson Hole Fed Meeting (BBG)
• Credit Suisse to Exit Commodities, Posts Big Quarter Loss (BBG)
• Draghi Cedes Euro Control to Yellen on Fed Rate Wagers (BBG)
• Turkish Businesses Boycotting Israeli Products Because of Gaza (INN)
• Soros Chart Shows Euro-Yen Reaching 2008 High (BBG)
• Next iPhone Will Offer Bigger Screens; Apple Tells Suppliers to Gear Up for 4.7-inch and 5.5-Inch Screen Sizes (WSJ)
• Sterling Trust Could Face Default on Loans if Clippers Aren’t Sold, CFO Says (WSJ)
• Saudi to Open Up $531 Billion Stock Market to Foreigners (BBG)

ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 21 July 2014

• Fighting erupts in Ukraine as crash investigators arrive (Reuters)
• Russian Billionaires in ‘Horror’ as Putin Risks Isolation (BBG)
• Israel kills militants entering from Gaza, death toll tops 500 (Reuters)
• The other Gaza: In violent weekend, at least 40 people shot in Chicago (Reuters)
• Barclays Dark Pool Drew Early Alarms (WSJ)
• Finance Industry Bonus Hit in Poll as Revenue Disappoints (BBG)
• Severstal to Sell North American Units (WSJ)
• Yum, McDonald’s apologize as new China food scandal brews (Reuters)
• Yellen Wage Gauges Blurred by Boomer-Millennial Workforce Shift (BBG)
• Ukraine Offers to Hand Over Malaysia Airlines Probe to Dutch (WSJ)
• House Republicans Take Aim at Dodd-Frank (WSJ)
• A Fox-Time Warner deal would give Murdoch new heft in China (Reuters)
• GM Tells NHTSA Problems With Midsize Car-Ignition Switches Surfaced in 2003 (WSJ)
• Kerry to visit Egypt for meetings on Gaza situation (Reuters)

ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 18 July 2014

• Ukraine Says Malaysian Airliner Shot Down Near Russian Border (BBG)
• Downing of airliner seen as pivotal moment in Ukraine crisis (Reuters)
• Malaysian Air Flight Took Route Avoided by Qantas, Asiana (BBG)
• Russian-Made Missile Hit Malaysia Jet, U.S. Officials Say (BBG)
• Netanyahu Orders Military to Ready Wider Gaza Incursion (BBG)
• Silvio Berlusconi Underage Sex Conviction Overturned (WSJ)
• But… but… “economic patriotism” – AbbVie to Buy Shire for $54.8 Billion as Drug Deals Surge (BBG)
• SEC targets 10 firms in high frequency trading probe – SEC document (Reuters)
• Art bubble pop: Sotheby’s to Lay Off ‘Modest’ Number of Employees (WSJ)
• Moar Abenomics: Hermes Sales Trail Estimates as Japanese Revenue Declines (BBG)
• Clinton Says EU Must Lead Response to Plane Downing (BBG)
• Under Pressure, Twitter Tries to Resize Itself (WSJ)
• RBS Said to Be Unwinding Distressed Unit as Head Departs (BBG)
• China Finds Debt Addiction Hard to Break in Growth Quest (BBG)
• Bitcoins Can’t Shake Bubble Image in Poll After 45% Drop (BBG)

ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 16 July 2014

• BRICS set up bank to counter Western hold on global finances (Reuters)
• Fed’s Yellen Hedges Her View on Rates (Hilsenrath)
• China GDP Grows 7.5% in Second Quarter (WSJ)
• Get More Acquainted With Your Knees as Boeing Reworks 737 (BBG)
• Israel Warns Gazans of New Attack After Hamas Rejects Truce (WSJ)
• Israel poised for Gaza incursions after truce collapses (Reuters)
• China Housing Sales Fall in First Half of 2014 (WSJ)
• IBM to offer iPads and iPhones for business users (Reuters)
• Fed’s George says strengthening economy warrants quick rate rise (Reuters)
• European Leaders Expected to Expand Sanctions Against Russia (WSJ)
• Hedge Funds Turn to Raves, Madoff Claims on Distress Scarcity (BBG)
• Hedge Funds’ Crop Exodus Seen Extending Price Declines (BBG)

ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 15 July 2014

 Microsoft to announce biggest round of job cuts in 5 years (BBG)

• Palestinian rocket fire persists, Israel warns truce at risk (Reuters)
• China tells U.S. to stay out of South China Seas dispute (Reuters)
• Merkel Resists Sundering U.S. Ties Over Spying Affair (BBG)
• BES slide, tumbling German sentiment hit markets (Reuters)
• Top 1 Percent Is Even Richer Than Surveys Say, ECB Paper Finds (BBG)
• Puerto Rico Utility May Default on January Interest Payment (BBG)
• Can’t Get a Job From an Algorithm, or So It Seems as Hot Resumes Go Nowhere Fast (BBG)
• Bank of China-CCTV drama may reveal power struggle in Beijing (SCMP)
• Quid pro quo: Qatar Air CEO Moves Toward Boeing 777X Sign-off, Slams A380 (BBG)
• Iraq army launches Tikrit offensive, politicians elect speaker (Reuters)
• Billionaire’s breakup plan would chop California into six states (Reuters)

ZeroHedge – Frontrunning – 14 July 2014

• Secret Path Revealed for Chinese Billions Overseas (BBG)
• Traders Flood U.S. With $3.4 Trillion of Bond-Auction Demand (BBG)
• Just in time to cover bad earnings in a massive $3.8 billion “one-time charge”: Citi says to pay $7 billion to settle securities investigation (Reuters)
• Troubled Epirito Santo family loosens grip on Portugal’s BES (Reuters)
• BES puts in place new executives after central bank push (Reuters)
• Bank of China-CCTV drama may reveal power struggle in Beijing (SCMP)
• Portugal speeds up Banco Espírito Santo management changes (FT)
• Russia Vows to Respond After Shelling From Ukraine (BBG)
• Dark pool probe builds pressure on Barclays boss (Reuters)
• Ukraine forces end rebel airport blockade (Reuters)
• Obama Contends With Arc of Instability Unseen Since ’70s (WSJ)
• Oil Hedging Seen in Decline as Banks Exit Commodities (BBG)
• Renaissance Probed by Senate Panel on Tax Maneuver (BBG)
• North Dakota oil groups strike $6bn deal, Kodiak Oil acquired below its Friday closing price (FT)
• Investigators Probe the Ways a Swiss Broker Courted Libyan Business (WSJ)

ZeroHedge Frontrunning – 11 July 2014

• inCarl Icahn says ‘time to be cautious’ on U.S. stocks (Reuters)
• Banco Espirito Santo Lifts Lid on Exposure to Group (BBG)
• Slowing Customer Traffic Worries U.S. Retailers (WSJ)
• Insurgents enter military base northeast of Baghdad (Reuters)
• Obama tells Israel U.S. ready to help end hostilities (Reuters)
• Japan economics minister warns of premature QE exit, sees room for more easing (Reuters)
• Greek Banks See Quadrupling of Housing Loans by Next Year (BBG) … to fund buybacks like in the US?
• Piggy Banks Being Raided Signal Swedish Housing Dilemma (BBG)
• London Seeks New Spenders as Russians Skip $719 Champagne (BBG)
• Reynolds American Confirms Talks to Buy Lorillard (WSJ)
• Draghi Replaces Kuroda as Banker Currency Bulls Dread (BBG)
• Obama, Corporate Giants Announce Plan to Boost Suppliers (Reuters)
• Obama administration warns money low to deal with migrant crisis (Reuters)
• Thirty Ukrainian troops possibly killed in rebel missile attack (Reuters)
• House to Sue Obama Over Health-Care Law’s Mandate Waiver (BBG)