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Macro
Most Asian Shares Fall on China, North Korea Worries Reuters
Record number of brokers barred, suspended in 2015 USA Today
Dow set for triple-digit loss as China roils markets again Marketwatch
Wednesday: Trade Deficit, ADP Employment, FOMC Minutes, ISM Non-Mfg Index Calculated Risk
Companies
VZ Verizon launches auction(wants > $2.5 billion) to sell data centers – sources Reuters
SCBFF Standard Chartered among banks in China forex ban -sources Reuters
VRX Valeant Planning to Appoint New Leader as CEO Remains Hospitalized WSJ
QCOM NVS SSNLF NVDA INTC Qualcomm Pushes Snapdragon Chip Beyond Phones WSJ
ADT (not mentioned) D.C. residents who install security cameras will receive rebates Washington Post
ViA Former Viacom executive files suit alleging tax fraud Washington Post
YHOO Starboard Delivers Letter to Yahoo’s Board of Directors Press Release
UVV LO (not mentioned) Advertising may be fueling the popularity of e-cigarettes among teens, CDC says LA Times
CTB Cooper Tire to Acquire Majority Interest in China Joint Venture for Truck and Bus Radial (TBR) Tire Production Press Release
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
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