News for the Stock Market Today 1-6-16

AZSEY JNS Pimco’s Flagship Bond Fund Took in Money in December (Total Return bond fund achieved net inflow of $1.3 billion, breaking long run of monthly drops.) WSJ

INTC Every Intel product will feature a ‘conflict-free’ label starting in Q2 2016 VentureBeat

SOHU CEO: Sogou’s 2015 Revenue to Reach USD 600 Mln (200% increase over last year) DO News

CS Credit Suisse’s U.S. Stock-Trading Chief to Leave (reorg of fixed income and trading) WSJ

LPL LG Display says expects earnings to rebound starting in second-quarter Reuters

CXW GEO (not mentioned) California prison reforms have reduced inmate numbers, not costs Reuters

SPNS Leading, U.S.-Based Insurance Company Expands its Agreement with Sapiens Press Release

FXCM and FXFlat Announce New Partnership Press Release

ACAS European Capital Affiliate Arranges EUR 40 Million Unitranche Financing To Support The Acquisition Of Euromed Press Release

KO Coca-Cola’s Happy New Year upsets Russians and Ukrainians alike AFP

TCEHY MSFT (owns Skype) WeChat Adds Skype-Like International Calls To Its Messaging App Techcrunch

LNVGY IVCJF BABA BiDU TCEHY Lenovo enhances partnership with Inventec to compete for server orders from Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent Digitimes

iTEQ CCL maker Iteq reports increased revenues for December Digitimes

WTW JCGi Oprah and Kirstie to see who will lose weight and actually stay skinny NY Post

YUM Yum Brands Chairman to Retire in May AP

YUM BCRX (not mentioned) E China province reports one H7N9 case Xinhua

GPRO Up close with Nikon’s first ever action camera By Sean O’Kane 3 The Verge

TSN (not mentioned) SW China police seize tons of illegal chicken feet Shanghai Daily

Israel Aerospace teams with India’s Premier Explosives Globes

Opinion SSNLF Samsung Electronics at risk of 2016 profit drop on components headwinds Reuters

Linger iNTC Intel Shows Next Gen Drones, 3D Printed Sneakers & Lady Gaga at CES WSJ

Fact Investors Poured Record $236 Billion Into Vanguard Last Year WSJ

Pharmaceuticals – Healthcare – Biotech

PSTi New Peer Reviewed Article Describes Mechanism of Action of PLX-PAD in Ameliorating Preeclampsia and Indicates Their Superiority Over Other Cells Press Release

Turkey’s swine flu death toll rises to 8 in new year: health minister Xinhua

ViCL FDA Grants Vical Orphan Drug Designation for VL-2397 for the Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis Press Release

ONTX Onconova, Cantor Fitzgerald mutually agree to terminate sales agreement Press Release

CBMX New Data From Multi-Year Study of Pregnancy Loss Support Efficacy and Diagnostic Power of CombiMatrix’s Chromosomal Microarray Analysis Press Release

APRi Apricus Biosciences Announces Year-End 2015 Update and 2016 Growth Strategy Press Release

Futurelook Hillary Clinton announces plans to help people with autism access services, independence Mashable

Opinion VRX GiLD (not mentioned) The FDA can single-handedly reduce drug price-gouging. Why is it waiting? LA Times

Entertainment

FCC Auction Promises Bonanza for Small TV Broadcasters (As momentum leans toward the Internet, airwaves go on the block for billions in boon to small TV stations like ones located in Lima, Ohio.) WSJ

FOX DiS Box Office: Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘The Revenant’ to Clash Against ‘Star Wars’ Variety

DiS Disney’s 2016 Slate: 13 Titles Include ‘Alice’ Sequel, ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff Variety

DiS Disney Renames ABC Family and Hopes ‘Freeform’ Will Better Reflect Its Edgier Content AdWeek

SEAS SeaWorld settles orca trainer safety citations Press Release

France’s Movie Sales Agent Sector Hits Decade-High Sales Variety

CMCSA NBC Taps Allison Rawlings as Senior VP, Corporate Communications Variety

WPPGY CES 2016: GroupM, Fullscreen Set Influencer-Marketing Joint Venture Variety

SNE CES: Sony Announces 4K Video Storefront ‘Ultra’ At Keynote Variety

DiSH Sling TV Plans New Interface And Guide That Predicts What Users Want Deadline

DiSH The Most Ludicrously Powerful Cable Box Ever Made Wired

Rams owner going ahead with plan to build Los Angeles stadium Washington Post

Opinion DiS Why Star Wars: The Force Awakens may fail to be a blockbuster hit in China SCMP

Linger NFLX Netflix, welcome to India. We’re ready for you Tech in Asia

Gaming

SNE Sony’s Huge PS4 Holiday Sales Numbers (Sony sold more than 35.9 million PlayStation 4 systems and Ubisoft supposedly will release a new Assassin’s Creed game next year.) IGN

SNE Sony CES 2016 Press Conference Has No PlayStation VR Gameranx

SNE PlayStation VR Expected to Sell 1.9 Million Units in 2016 IGN

SQNXF Square Enix Closing Shinra Cloud Service, Taking 2 Billion Yen Loss This FY Gameranx

NTDOY Box Boy! Trailer For New Game Revealed Gameranx

NTDOY Nintendo NX to be unveiled as early as March, says analyst VG247

NTDOY Nintendo Network Undergoing Maintenance Next Week IGN

MSFT Microsoft Will Now Let You Customize Your Xbox One Bundle Ubergizmo

HAS DiS Hasbro U-Turns, Will Add Rey To Monopoly: Star Wars Ubergizmo

NTES Kung Fu Panda 3 hand tour on January 8 apples and other on-line collaboration and UC Master Plan DO News

LVS Las Vegas News Staff Advised on Covering Adelson NY Times

Macau Macau, mainland authorities sign maritime accords Macau Business

Macau Value of dodgy UnionPay deals MOP1.2 bln in 2015 Macau Business

Macau New junket fraud case involving L’Arc junket operator Macau Times Daily

Macau Greek Mythology Casino pulls down the shutters Macau Business

Macau Ambrose So says Casino Greek Mythology will reopen Macau Times Daily

Opinion Macau Why Odds Are Long for Macau Recovery (Macau gaming revenue has dropped by more than the size of two Las Vegas strips.) WSJ

Social Media

FB Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots Techcrunch

FB Instagram to hold first-ever photograph exhibition in India on 7 January Tech2

FB Oculus is giving out free Kickstarter Edition Oculus Rift to initial backers Tech2

FB GOOG Brands Prefer Facebook Native Videos (Facebook native videos get higher homegrown reach than YouTube.) eMarketer

FB GOOG Video Accounts for Majority of UK Mobile Data Traffic (40% of mobile users will view video on their devices in 2016.) eMarketer

MSFT TCTZF In direct challenge to Skype, WeChat now lets users call mobile phones and landlines VentureBeat

Reddit (private) Putting Out Coffee Table Book of Favourite AMAs IGN

TWTR Twitter Introduces Conversational Ads Ubergizmo

TWTR Twitter is testing 10,000-character tweets Geek

TWTR TUR Turkey to take ‘necessary’ measures after Twitter fine period expires: minister Reuters

Travel – Hotel

RTN (not mentioned) Islamic State ‘develop surface-to-air missile technology’ with aim of shooting down passenger jets UK Telegraph

Most U.S. airlines boost base fares by $6 per round trip Chicago Tribune

SAVE Spirit Airlines appoints new CEO, seen as M&A harbinger Reuters

AiABF AirAsia sets up $1 billion funding programme to shore up finances Reuters

Auto

GM China auto sales rose 5.2 percent in 2015 Reuters

VLKAY Volkswagen submits detailed recall plan to S. Korean gov’t Yonhap News

VLKAY Volkswagen EV concept peers ahead to connected future Automotive News

AN AutoNation CEO Sees Slowdown in Luxury Cars Press Release

Kia aims for self-driving car by 2030 USA Today

Uber’s China rival Didi Kuaidi sees 1.4M requests on new test-drive service in first 90 days VentureBeat

Las Vegas Cab Drivers and Companies Are Still Pissed at Uber re/code

VLKAY Volkswagen brand chief confident of finding solution to U.S. diesel issues Reuters

MiTAC Magellan SmartGPS navigation system adopted by Subaru Digitimes

PNCOY Pioneer is upgrading its lineup of aftermarket CarPlay displays 9to5Mac

BMW just unveiled a beautiful i8 Spyder with ridiculous technology The Verge

Opinion MSFT Microsoft explains the one big reason car manufacturers are lining up to use its tech Bi

Lingering Fact VLKAY U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cases against automakers Reuters

Linger VLKAY New Volkswagen: Electric and fully connected Bi

Noon Tuesday TSLA Tesla Crushes Electric “Competition” In US EV Obsession

Retail

TCEHY JD Balancing Shopping and Social: JD Mall CEO on WeChat WSJ

John Lewis (employee owned) Christmas sales boosted by online shopping The UK Guardian

GMCR Keurig’s Kold drink dispenser makes a mean soda, but it’ll cost you The Verge

ViPS Vipshop yet to respond to Chinese consumer association’s letter on fake goods China Daily

MCD SHAK ‘McDonald’s Next’ Serves Quinoa and Looks Like Shake Shack Fortune

Trader Joe’s (private) tuna fish cans are underfilled: lawsuit NY Post

SQ AAPL (not mentioned) Restaurants Look to Upgrade Their Technology Within the Year eMarketer

Apple – Apple Pay

SSNLF Samsung Electronics to expand mobile payments to new countries, smartwatches Reuters

SSNLF Samsung urges U.S. court to overturn $120 million patent verdict for Apple Reuters

FXCOF Foxconn offered $12.6M government subsidy to stem layoffs linked to iPhone 6s order reduction, report says Apple Insider

Huawei smartphone shipments soar 44 percent in 2015 Reuters

Catcher Technology December revenues down on month, up on year Digitimes

OtterBox (private) LifeProof brings its FRĒ Power waterproof battery case to the iPhone 6s Plus (Mixes the classic waterproof style of LifeProof’s cases with a battery pack, making one of the most flexible cases on the market.) 9to5Mac

Linger Apple Scales Back Orders for Its iPhones (Component suppliers that surfed the iPhone’s boom are now getting ready for decreased sales.) WSJ

Futurelook Apple reportedly preparing to build second data center cluster in Reno 9to5Mac

PCs – Mobile – Tablets

MSFT Microsoft shows off just how much data it’s collecting from Windows 10 users BGR

SSNLF Samsung’s Chromebook 3 Goes 11 Hours on a Charge and Shrugs Off Drops Gizmodo

Huawei’s Honor series comes to the U.S. with the 5X and the Z1 fitness band Digital Trends

CES 2016: Asustek to start marketing ZenFone Zoom in US in February Digitimes

Xiaomi Sales In South Korea Suspended By Local Carrier Ubergizmo

Fact Digitimes Research: Taiwan touch panel makers see increased shipments in 4Q15 (Shipments of touch panels utilized in handset and notebook applications rose 21% and 33.9% respectively in the last quarter of 2015.) Digitimes

Smartwatches – Wearables – SmartHomes

QiHU 360 children watch 3S Published: color touch screen priced at 499 yuan two-way conversation DO News

AAPL Apple leaks new Space Black Milanese Loop Apple Watch band on Czech Apple Store site 9to5Mac

AAPL Apple Watch launches in Malaysia today, Czech Republic & Portugal later this month 9to5Mac

SSNLF (GearS2) AAPL In Synergistic Turn, Samsung Says Smartwatch Will Work With Apple’s iOS WSJ

INTC New Balance is making an Android Wear smartwatch, and Intel is putting chips in its shoes The Verge

INTC Intel Says Its Button-Sized Curie Will Ship In Q1, Costing Under $10 Techcrunch

CSIOY GOOG Casio’s Smart Outdoor Watch is water-resistant up to 50m and runs Android Wear 2:07 Digital Trends

GOOG This keyboard could make smartwatches actually useful (The TouchOne smartwatch keyboard uses a variation of eight keys and touch gestures to let people enter words, punctuation, and even emoticons.) Tech in Asia

T AT&T voice assistant helps you control your smart home Engadget

The Connected Medicine Cabinet: Bluetooth Pregnancy Test Makes Debut at CES 2016 WSJ

Energy – Commodities

Oil falls to 11-year low, Saudi-Iran row seen making output restraint unlikely Reuters

China oil demand sees slowest growth since February Platts

CSiQ Canadian Solar Energizes Five Solar Power Plants in the United Kingdom Press Release

CMOOY Japan’s Cosmo Oil eyes increased Iranian crude imports, weighs US supply Platts

Oil falls to 11-year low, Saudi-Iran row seen making output restraint unlikely (EIA to publish inventory data at 1530 GMT) Reuters

Fuel Prices to Rise 6% in Argentina LAHT

USAC cash gasoline flips into contango as market anticipates lower RVP grades Platts

RiO AA (not mentioned) Malaysia to ban bauxite mining in Pahang for 3 months AP

MCPiQ Molycorp Bids Said to Top Miner’s Own Price Amid Sales Feud Bloomberg

Hillary Clinton Backs Solar Panels on White House, Just Like Carter (And Obama) WSJ

China makers setting up PERC solar cell capacities Digitimes

GiSMF Giga Solar Materials December revenues hit record Digitimes

Brazil hydrous fuel ethanol at lowest point against gasoline in six weeks: ANP Platts

Cold weather drives New York real-time power prices above $2,000/MWh Platts

Indonesia prepares rural flood defenses to protect crops Reuters

TSLA Tesla and Competitors Fuel Housing Boom in Nevada re/code

Scientists use battery tech to harvest energy from movement Engadget

KOL Smog and China’s coal-powered economy Linger

CCJ (not mentioned) NRA to call for checks of safety-related cables at nuclear plants Japan Times

Futurelook Market for indoor environmental and air quality technologies expected to exceed US$7 billion by 2024, says Navigant Digitimes

Metals

LUNMF Lundin could extend life of Eagle nickel, copper mine in Michigan Platts

Japan spot aluminum premiums rise on demand; South Korea premiums steady Platts

Europe

UK Service Growth Slows in December, Economic Pickup Weaker Than Thought-PMI Reuters

Germany’s Private Sector Growth At 17-Month High Morningstar

No ‘plan B’ for ECB despite still low inflation – Praet Reuters

EWi Sovereign-Wealth Funds (Middle Eastern) Agree to Invest $380 Million in Italian Property WSJ

EiRL Ireland Employment in services industry increases for 40th consecutive month Irish Independent

Opinion Mario Draghi isn’t going to stop firing the QE bazooka any time soon Bi

China

New World Development Offers $2.8 Billion to Take Unit Private (Hong Kong) NY Times

Yuan’s substantial depreciation unlikely People’s Daily

Chinese investors swearing off stocks after price turmoil (Financial analysts anticipate more selling after Friday, when a six-month-old restriction on sales by shareholders who own over 5%of a company is set to expire.) Washington Post

China to step up FTA talks in 2016: official People’s Daily

China-Russia trade likely to stop dropping in 2016: spokesman Xinhua

China border residents evacuated after N. Korea test Shanghai Daily

Fact 122,479 Hong Kong companies were dissolved in ‘15 Shuttered up: As China slows, Hong Kong company closures hit record Reuters

Beijing’s air quality is expected to improve by 2020 China

Opinion Short-selling ban won’t help Chinese stock market Bi

Opinion HK economists expect US to be major economic driver in 2016 Xinhua

Asia

5.1 North Korea says it has conducted 1st hydrogen bomb test CNN

South Korea says small amount of hydrogen may have been injected in North’s device Reuters

China ‘firmly opposes’ North Korean nuclear bomb test: Beijing AFP

N.Korea H-bomb test “gross violation” of international law if confirmed -Russia Reuters

North Korea accepts invite to World Economic Forum NY Post

Tuesday 2pm New Navy leader: Nukes ‘foundational to our survival’ AP

Filipino Wartime Sex Slaves Demand Compensation From Japan AP

Protesters in Tokyo denounce ‘comfort women’ deal Japan Times

International

EWZ Brazilians’ Fear of Unemployment Rises 36.8% LAHT

EWZ Brazil Grapples With Spread of Zika Virus and Dengue Fever (The mosquito-borne illnesses spread to concerning proportions as Rio Olympics draws near.) WSJ

Feds Say Member of Mexican Drug Cartel to Plead Guilty AP

Russia – Ukraine

Ukraine sees 16 percent fall in gas imports in 2015 Kyiv Post

Donbas militants open fire on Ukrainian troops 23 times in past 24 hours Kyiv Post

Ukraine to file claim against Russia at International Court of Justice Kyiv Post

Sales of loan portfolios banks have stopped Izvestia

Kiev has canceled the free trade regime with Russia before the end of 2016 Izvestia

Medvedev has reduced the size of the discount on gas for Ukraine Izvestia

Middle East – Africa

QAT Qatar set to sign $5.5 billion loan – TRLPC Reuters

Iraq will mediate in Saudi/Iran row, says foreign minister Reuters

Saudi-Iran row: Kerry calls leaders to urge calm BBC News

ISIS – Syria – Terrorism

US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017 (outlasting Obama by 2 months) AP

Islamic State threatens to destroy Saudi prisons after executions Reuters

Bangladesh Islamist Nizami’s death sentence upheld BBC News

Indonesia turns to China as ethnic Uighurs join would-be jihadis Reuters

Did Hezbollah dig a special tunnel to get bomb into Israel? Debka

Guns

RGR SWHC CAB (not mentioned) ‘A great step’: National police leader endorses Obama’s gun proposals Washington Post

RGR SWHC CAB (not mentioned) The Obama gun executive order that will do the most good — and drive gun nuts mad (smart tech on govt Fed’s glocks) Washington Post

RGR SWHC CAB (not mentioned) Obama Gun Measures Likely Won’t Have Big Effect on Firearms Industry (Sales aren’t likely to be curbed, but the increase also may not last.) WSJ

RGR SWHC CAB (not mentioned) Obama’s claim that Internet gun sellers ‘operate under a different set of rules’ Washington Post

Obama: Violent felons can buy guns online without background checks Politifact

Politics

House vote to send health law repeal to Obama for first time AP

Trump alleges widespread voter fraud: ‘This voting system is out of control.’ Washington Post

Trump: I’ll close deal, win Republican nomination The Hill

Donald Trump’s low-energy campaign Politico

Hillary Clinton: ‘I Know Right Where the Oval Office Is’ WSJ

Hillary Clinton’s Preferred Title for Bill? ‘First Mate’ or ‘First Dude’ WSJ

Presidential campaigns kept afloat by cash-rich super PACs Washington Post

Democrats lash out at Obama over deportation raids Politico

Obama’s royal pain (The crisis over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a pro-Iranian Shiite cleric has taken President Barack Obama’s plagued relationship with the Saudi royals to a new low.) Politico

Opinion

DD DOW TYC Breen’s Tyco Experience Will Guide Him in Dismantling DowDuPont WSJ

Linger

At least 40 former students allege harrowing sexual abuse at prestigious Rhode Island prep school Washington Post

Bank Rule Distorting Performance Is Repealed NY Times

Facts

Competition among cyber criminals is so fierce that they now have customer support, service guarantees, and other perks Bi

Mayor de Blasio to Raise Base Pay for City Workers NY Times

Shrek of Wall Street I went on a Tinder date with ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli — here’s what it was like Bi

Brokers better invest in cyber security — or else (Brokers who don’t put money into cyber security face harsher fines this year as part of a increased enforcement strategy.) NY Post

Man accused of threatening to kill David Miscavige, Church of Scientology members LA Times

Futurelook

MSFT NFLX AMZN BX Family Leave Gaining Momentum in the Workplace (Huge changes at blue-chip companies in 2015 changed life for many new parents.) WSJ

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 next Tuesday The Verge

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