Bloomberg:
- 3M(MMM) will buy back up to $7 billion of its shares over the next two years.
- Japan’s producer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than a year in January as oil costs fell, easing pressure on companies to pass expenses on to consumers.
- Goldman Sachs(GS) and Kelso & Co. plan to sell up to $300 million of shares in CVR Energy, a Kansas oil refiner.
- Scientists, aiming to spur the search for new therapies for diabetes, finished a map of differences in human genes related to the most common form of the disease.
- Copper futures in Shanghai fell as global inventories of the metal remain near their highest since June 2004, fueling concern that supplies are still outpacing demand.
- A Palestinian unity government formed by the Hamas and Fatah organizations must recognize Israel and commit itself to non-violence, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Wall Street Journal:
- Liberty Media Corp. is close to buying the Atlanta Braves baseball team from Time Warner(TWX).
Financial Times:
- Investors such as KBC Alpha Asset Management are shunning China-focused hedge funds over concerns they may be engaged in unlicensed trading in the country. KBC and Tokyo-based Sparx Asset Management have decided not to invest in several top-performing “Greater China” funds based on their in-house analysis and external legal advice.
London-based Times:
- BHP Billiton Ltd.(BHP) and Rio Tinto Plc(RTP) have each drawn up plans for a $40 billion takeover of Alcoa Inc.(AA), the world’s largest aluminum producer.
Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
Citigroup:
- Reiterated Buy on (QCOM), target $55.
- Upgraded (SPH) to Buy, raised target to $45.50.
Night Trading
Asian Indices are -.25% to +.25% on average.
S&P 500 indicated +.06%.
NASDAQ 100 indicated +.07%.
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Company/EPS Estimate
- (ACS)/.79
- (MDRX)/.13
- (ALTR)/.24
- (AMAT)/.28
- (CEN)/.33
- (CCE)/.16
- (EXPD)/.31
- (IVGN)/.74
- (KBH)/-1.01
- (MRD)/.58
- (MMC)/.36
- (MET)/1.18
- (NDAQ)/.25
- (NVDA)/.41
- (OMC)/1.61
- (WYN)/.41
- (XTO)/1.12
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8:30 am EST
- The Trade Deficit for December is estimated to widen to -$59.7 billion versus -$58.2 billion in November.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by financial shares in the region. I expect US equities to open modestly higher and to weaken into the afternoon, finishing modestly mixed. The Portfolio is 75% net long heading into the day.
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