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SEARCH BY LABELS OF THIS BLOG This Blog Linked From Here R IN THE WEB S earch Dictionaries /Diccionarios The Web TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 New Residential Sal from March 2011: Fi Sales of new single-family homes i down 7.1 percent from February 9s r " New Residential Sales (Ma Posted by Fernando Guzmán Cavero at 10: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Reactions: Morning Market Bri Commentary April 24, 2012 Stocks May Regain Ground In s in march 2012 revised rate nancial and Forex Info | ESA March 2012 were 328,000 at a seasonally adjuste vised rate but up 7.5 percent from March 2011. rch 2012).pdf 9 AM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: :Financial and Fore Facebook fing arly Trading - U.S.<br><br> Commentary up 7.5 annual rate, Info | ESA After ending the previous session firmly in the red, stocks may regain some ground in early trading on Tuesday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a modestly higher open for the markets, with the Dow futures up by 21 points. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Economic News Australia Q1 Inflation Subdued; Core Inflation Eases Australia's consumer prices rose only modestly during the March quarter, while core inflation cooled unexpectedly, strengthening the case for an interest rate reduction by the central bank in its next meeting in May.<br><br> (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article UK Public Sector Borrowing Continues To Rise, Above Forecast The UK's public sector borrowing rose more than expected in March, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics, or ONS, on Tuesday. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Troubled Euro Nations Face Rising Borrowing Costs Spain and Italy continued to face rising borrowing costs at debt auctions on Tuesday as investors were increasingly concerned over the economic outlook of these euro area nations. That said, the nations were successful in raising debt closer to the upper end of their targeted amount.<br><br> Elsewhere, the Netherlands saw a successful debt sale despite the collapse of the country's government on Monday on its failure to agree on budget cuts. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Earnings News Netflix posts q1 loss Netflix Inc. (NFLX) on Monday reported a narrower-than-expected loss for the first quarter.<br><br> The loss was mainly attributable to costs related to overseas expansion. Revenue for the period rose and came in above street view. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Texas Instruments q1 profit slumps Texas Instruments Inc.<br><br> (TXN) on Monday reported a sharp decline in profit for the first quarter on lower demand for its wireless products. The mobile chip-maker's results came in above consensus. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Novartis q1 profit down; backs 2012 view Tuesday, Novartis AG's (NVS) first-quarter earnings declined due to generic competition and manufacturing problems at a US plant.<br><br> The Swiss drugmaker reaffirmed its forecast for 2012. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Regions Financial Q1 earnings up, tops view Tuesday, Regions Financial Corp.'s (RF) first-quarter earnings surged and beat estimates, owing to lower loan loss provisions. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Reynolds American posts lower profit in q1 Reynolds American Inc.<br><br> (RAI) on Tuesday reported a drop in first-quarter earnings, as lower cigarette volume offset higher pricing and productivity improvements, missing the Street view. The North Carolina-based company confirmed its adjusted earnings outlook for fiscal 2012. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article 3M q1 profit rises, beats view 3M Co.<br><br> (MMM) reported a rise in profit for the first quarter on Tuesday, driven by strong sales from industrial and transportation business. Earnings per share topped the consensus, while top-line came in line with analyst' view. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article AT&T q1 profit beats estimates Tuesday, AT&T Inc.<br><br> (T) reported better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter, spurred by strong 4G mobile data sales and wireless margins. Quarterly revenue edged up 1.8 percent, but missed expectations. (Apr 24, 2012) Full Article Broker Ratings Changes KeyBanc Capital Markets Starts Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.<br><br> (ALSN) At Hold (Apr 24, 201 Nomura Raises Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) To Buy From Neutral With $32 up from $30 Price Target (Apr 24, 2012) Robert W. Baird Lowers Roper Industries (ROP) To Neutral From Outperform With $105 up from $102 Price Target (Apr 24, 2012) Robert W.<br><br> Baird Starts Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. (ALSN) At Outperform With $30 Price Target (Apr 24, 2012) Todays WS Events 3M Q1 12 Earnings Conference Call At 9:00 AM ET 3M Co. (MMM) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET on April 24, 2012, to discuss Q1 12 earnings results.<br><br> To access the webcast, log on to http://investor.3M.com To listen to the call, dial (800) 762-2596 (US) or +1 (212) 231-2916 (International). For a replay call, dial (800) 633-8284 with access code 21538620. (Apr 24, 2012) Apple Inc Q2 12 Earnings Conference Call At 5:00 PM ET Apple Inc (AAPL) will host a conference call at 5:00 PM ET April 24, 2012, to discuss its Q2 12 earnings results.<br><br> To access the live webcast, log on at http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/124ijobnawdvohb24/event/index.html To access the call, dial (877) 616-0073 or (816) 581-1579 with the confirmation code 916659. For replay, dial (888) 203-1112 or (719) 457-0820 with the confirmation code 2646984. (Apr 24, 2012) AT&T Q1 12 Earnings Conference Call At 10:00 AM ET AT&T Inc.<br><br> (T) will host a conference call at 10:00 AM ET on April 24, 2012, to discuss its Q1 12 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on at http://www.att.com/gen/landing-pages?pid=5718 (Apr 24, 2012) Family Dollar To Present At Barclays Capital Conference; Webcast At 1:45 PM ET Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO) will present at the Barclays Capital 2012 Retail & Restaurants Conference.<br><br> The event is scheduled to begin at 1:45 PM ET on April 24, 2012. To access the live webcast, log on at http://corporate.familydollar.com (Apr 24, 2012) Illinois Tool Works Q1 12 Earnings Conference Call At 10:00 AM ET Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) will host a conference call at 10:00 AM ET April 24, 2012, to discuss its Q1 12 earnings results.<br><br> To access the audio webcast, log on at www.itw.com A call can be accessed by dialing 1-800- 369-1794 ; Passcode : ITW. For replay, dial 866-365-2451 (Apr 24, 2012) International Game Technology Q2 12 Earnings Conference Call At 5:00 PM ET International Game Technology(IGT) will host a conference call at 5:00 PM ET April 24, 2012, to discuss its Q2 12 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on at http://www.IGT.com/InvestorRelations A call can be accessed by dialing 888-829-8676 (US) or 1-773-756-4709 (International) with passcode IGT.<br><br> For replay a call, dial 866-382-4784 (US) or 1-203-369-0363 (International) (Apr 24, 2012) Juniper Networks Q1 12 Earnings Conference Call At 5:00 PM ET Juniper Networks (JNPR) will host a conference call at 5:00 PM ET on April 24, 2012, to discuss Q1 12 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to http://investor.juniper.net To listen to the call, dial 877-407-8033 (US) or +1-201-689-8033 (International). (Apr 24, 2012) McGraw-Hill Companies Q1 12 Earnings Conference Call At 8:30 AM ET McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.<br><br> (MHP) will host a conference call at 8:30 AM ET on April 24, 2012 to discuss its Q1 12 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on at http://investor.mcgraw- hill.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96562&p=irol-EventDetails&EventId=4746923 To hear the live call, dial (888) 391-6568 (US) or +1 (415) 228-4733 (International) with the Passcode: "McGraw-Hill". A replay of the call can be heard by dialing (866) 498-9751 (US) or +1 (203) 369-1800 (International).<br><br> (Apr 24, 2012) United States Steel Q1 12 Earnings Conference Call At 2:00 PM ET United States Steel (X) will host a conference call at 2:00 PM ET April 24, 2012, to discuss its Q1 12 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on at www.ussteel.com (Apr 24, 2012) Wal-Mart Stores To Present At Barclays Retail Conference; Webcast At 7:45 AM ET Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) will present at the Barclays Retail and Restaurants Conference in New York.<br><br> The event is scheduled to begin at 7:45 AM ET on April 24, 2012. To access the live webcast, log on at www.walmartstores.com/investors (Apr 24, 2012) Posted by Fernando Guzmán Cavero at 9:10 AM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: Morning Market Briefing Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Reactions: Gold Mineweb Top Stories: Fact, opinion and fiction in the rising gold price scenario Fact, opinion and fiction in the rising gold price TOP STORIES | Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 scenario There are almost as many opinions in gold price forecasting as there are analysts out there - but the investor needs to be wary of some of these opinions which may be expressed as facts and are nothing of the sort. Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 Gold holds near $1,640/oz as investors eye Fed meeting The softer tone to the dollar arrested the previous session's slide as gold held near $1,640/oz , with traders largely stuck to the sidelines ahead of a key U.S.<br><br> Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 Haywood stands firm on 2012 silver forecast despite volatility warnings Despite growth in investment demand, Haywood Securities' Chris Thompson says silver remains "very much an industrial metal." Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 Impact Silver may fast-track high-grade veins to production Impact Silver is digesting new high-grade drilling results as it makes a production decision on a multi-vein silver system. Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 China, peak gold and indicators suggest gold upwards trend to continue As long as there is no significant improvement in the world monetary situation and real interest rates don't rise dramatically, John LaForge believes the gold price trend remains.<br><br> Gold Report interview. Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 Quick payback for Seafield on Colombian gold mining project Seafield Resources crunches the numbers on its Miraflores gold project and gets a two-year payback on a 4,000 tpd gold mine. Monday , 23 Apr 2012 Newcrest Mining cuts 2012 gold output forecast The world's third largest gold miner has cited under-investment and heavy rains at its major mines in Australia and Papua New Guinea as reasons behind the production cut.<br><br> Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 Newmont shows willingness to improve Conga gold project Peru's government said on Monday US-based Newmont Mining is willing to improve the environmental mitigation plan for its proposed $4.8 billion Conga project as it seeks to overcome opposition to the mine. Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 Belo Sun Mining adopts poison pill If the shareholder rights plan, which has a 20% trigger, goes ahead, a shareholder will be able to buy shares at a 50% discount to the market price in the event of a takeover. Monday , 23 Apr 2012 Gold, oil stocks present rare opportunity, just add investors According to US Global's Frank Holmes, the significant divergence between gold and oil stocks and their respective underlying commodity is an extraordinary circumstance.<br><br> Tuesday , 24 Apr 2012 Castl emai ne Goldfi elds March 2012 Quart erly COMPANY RELEASES Activi ties Repor t Midas Resources Completes Helicopter VTEM Survey in Paterson Province Cortona Resources Granted Dargues Reef Mining Lease U3O8 Limited Announces Notice of General Meeting Global Geoscience March Quarterly Activities Report Hodges Resources Releases March Quarterly Activities Report Riedel Resources Announces Share Placement Northern Star Targets Large Increase in Resources with Three-pronged Drilling Campaign PanTerra Gold Appoints Operations Manager for Las Lagunas Project OZ Minerals Annual Report, Business Review and Sustainability Report Reed Resources Appoints Luke Tonkin as Managing Director Westgold Resources Secures the High Grade Great Fingall Gold Mine Copper Fox Announces First Quarter Results Trillium North Minerals Commences Drilling at Vanguard Project Brigus Gold Q1 Earnings Release and Conference Call IMPACT Silver Announces Additional High Grade Silver Values at the Oscar Vein Corridor Eurasian Minerals Provides an Update on Haiti Exploration Programs Star Gold Corp Announces New Technical Report Randgold Q1 Results Investor Call - Thursday May 3, 2012 Guyana Goldfields Hires Vice-President, Projects Cascade Resources Appoints Tom Davitt as President Lake Victoria Updates Exploration Progress at Kiabakari East Gold Project Mega's Stepout Drilling Delivers its Highest Grades Yet at its North Madsen Project Duluth Metals Announces Latest Drilling Results at the Twin Metals Project Avino Intersects 76g/t Ag, 0.29g/t Au and 1.0% Cu over 30.8 M at Main Avino Vein Yukon-Nevada Says Focus on Resource Conversion Proves Successful at Jerritt Canyon Alexander Nubia Discovers Stacked VMS Horizons at its Hamama Deposit Posted by Fernando Guzmán Cavero at 8:54 AM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: Gold Mineweb Top Stories Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Reactions: Reuters - Deals Today: Shell to buy Cove Energy for $1.8 billion LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy Cove Energy for 1.12 billion pounds ($1.8 billion), lifting its offer to access East Africa's huge gas reserves, but failing to quell hopes of a bid battle for the Mozambique-focused explorer. Yahoo Japan, Yahoo Inc end talks on share buyback TOKYO (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp's talks with key shareholder Yahoo Inc for a share buyback have ended with no agreement, but the companies left open the possibility of further negotiations, Yahoo Japan's chief financial officer Toshiki Ohya said on Tuesday. Virgin America aims for IPO in 12-24 months BARCELONA (Reuters) - Virgin America, the high service, low-cost airline branded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, is mulling a public share offering in the next 12-24 months, a senior executive said on Tuesday.<br><br> Japan's Nidec to make Nidec Sankyo wholly owned unit (Reuters) - Japan's Nidec Corp said on Tuesday it will make Nidec Sankyo Corp a wholly owned subsidiary through a share swap to increase management efficiency and speed up the decision- making process. CVC Capital to buy majority stake in AlixPartners (Reuters) - Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd will buy a majority stake in AlixPartners LLP as the restructuring and consulting firm looks to develop its services and expand geographically. MegaFon deal gives Teliasonera mega-payday STOCKHOLM/MOSCOW (Reuters agreed a deal that gives control to t billion payout for Nordic telecoms fi Toshiba drops out of bidding for El TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp i Memory, sources close to the talks Micron Technology in the race to ta Anglo sells Scaw South Africa for $ (Reuters) - Miner Anglo American h million to an investment consortium non-core assets to $3.7 billion over Nestle may sell part of Pfizer asset NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss food billion baby food business it is buyi reported on Monday.<br><br> Orthofix to sell sports medicine unit (Reuters) - Orthofix International N equity firm Water Street Healthcare Posted by Fernando Guzmán Cavero at 8:4 Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Reactions: Stocks and Markets Dollar edges lower By William L. Watts and Sarah T - Shareholders in Russian mobile phone firm Mega he country's richest man, Alisher Usmanov, and net m Teliasonera , over 18 times its original investmen ida: sources no longer bidding for bankrupt Japanese chip mak said, leaving a handful of foreign firms including SK ke over the company. 40 million as sold the South African arm of steelmaker Scaw in a long-awaited deal, bringing proceeds from its d two years.<br><br> : report group Nestle SA may sell about 10 to 15 percent of g from Pfizer Inc to address antitrust concerns, Blo said it agreed to sell its sports medicine business t Partners for $157.5 million. AM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: Reuters - Deals Toda Facebook in the News | FED Monetary head of Fed meeting rner, MarketWatch Fon have a $3.25 t. r Elpida Hynix and etals for $440 rive to divest the $11.9 mberg News o private y olicy: FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) 4 The dollar edged lower versus most major rivals on Tuesday, ahead of the start of a two-day policy meeting of the U.S.<br><br> Federal Reserve, while the euro regained its footing as Dutch and other non-German European bonds bounced back from the previous day 9s rout. The ICE dollar index DXY -0.06% , which measures the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded at 79.292, down from 79.406 in late North American trading Monday. cThe main event this week 4the Federal Open Market Committee meeting/Ben Bernanke press conference 4kicks off today and concludes tomorrow, which may overshadow [other] releases, d Michael Turner, strategist at RBC Capital Markets, said Tuesday.<br><br> China's growing role in the IMF China has indicated it will contribute to the IMF fund for dealing with the euro-zone crisis-but the help won't come without conditions. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to senior editor Bob Davis. The dollar had gained ground on Monday, with economic data and political developments raising more questions about Europe 9s ability to tackle its debt problems.<br><br> But Tuesday, the euro EURUSD +0.00% moved back up against the dollar, trading at $1.3170, from $1.3149. The Netherlands successfully sold 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) of 2- and 25-year bonds as investors awaited a speech by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to parliament later in the day that is expected to lay out the path to new elections a day after Rutte 9s government collapsed amid resistance to further austerity measures. Ratings firm Moody 9s late Monday said the government 9s fall was ccredit-negative d but made no change to its stable outlook on the country 9s AAA rating.<br><br> cOverall today, euro-zone political risks prevail, d said Kathleen Brooks, research director at Forex.com. cThe markets are digesting what political disillusionment in Holland and France really means for the future of the euro zone. Holland had to sell debt today, which went off relatively OK. d Spain also sold debt, finding solid demand for three- and six-month notes, but saw yields rise.<br><br> Dutch bond yields jumped and the premium demanded by investors to hold Dutch debt over German bunds rose to its highest level in three years on Monday. The yield on 10-year Dutch bonds declined Tuesday and the cost of insuring $10 million of Dutch debt against default using credit default swaps fell to $130,000 a year from $133,000 on Monday, according to data provider Markit. The British pound GBPUSD +0.03% traded at $1.6146, up from $1.6127.<br><br> British public sector borrowing was higher than expected in March, totaling 18.2 billion pounds, the U.K. Office for National Statistics reported. Economists had forecast borrowing of £16 billion.<br><br> cThe pound shrugged off weak public finance data&Tomorrow 9s [gross domestic product] data is the key release for the pound this week, d Brooks said. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expect first-quarter GDP to show a 0.2% quarterly contraction and a 0.8% year-on-year rise. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar USDJPY -0.09% was little changed at ¥81.14.<br><br> The Australian dollar AUDUSD -0.32% dropped to $1.0297, down from $1.0322 just before the release of much-weaker-than-expected first-quarter consumer price data that appeared to seal the case for an interest-rate cut next month. Read more on Australian CPI. William L.<br><br> Watts is MarketWatch's European bureau chief, based in Frankfurt. Sarah Turner is MarketWatch's bureau chief in Sydney. Posted by Fernando Guzmán Cavero at 8:37 AM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: Stocks and Markets in the News | FED Monetary Policy Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Reactions: DealBook | DealB%K Today's Top Headlines: 'Tainted,' but Still Serving on Corporate Boards TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES TOP STORY 'Tainted,' but Still Serving on Corporate Boards David M.<br><br> Poppe, who manages money for the Sequoia Fund, knew he was taking an unusual step when he sat down a little over a week ago to write a letter to his investors, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his DealBook column. His letter, which he wrote with his partner, implored his firm's investors to vote against the re-election of one of Goldman Sachs's most prominent board members, James A. Johnson, a former chief executive of Fannie Mae.<br><br> Mr. Poppe characterized Mr. Johnson's tenure as being "at the center of several egregious corporate governance debacles." Mr.<br><br> Johnson also is a board member of Target, and Mr. Poppe also advises his investors to vote against his re-election if he is nominated again. It may be surprising that the former chief of Fannie Mae still remains the director of a public company as prominent as Goldman Sachs and Target.<br><br> But perhaps more surprising, many other executives who had tumultuous reigns are also board members of major public companies: Charles O. Prince III, the former chief executive of Citigroup, who resigned under pressure in 2007 amid huge write-downs at the bank, is a director of Xerox and Johnson & Johnson. E.<br><br> Stanley O'Neal, the former chief executive of Merrill Lynch on whose watch the firm loaded up on subprime debt that almost bankrupted the company, is a director of the aluminum giant Alcoa. And a number of other prominent executives could soon be added to that head- scratching list. Eduardo Castro-Wright, a vice chairman at Wal-Mart Stores who oversaw the company's Mexico unit and was identified by a former executive there as being part of a bribery scandal that was recently uncovered by The New York Times, is a director at MetLife.<br><br> " DEALBOOK " DEAL NOTES Wal-Mart Falls Almost 5% The stock movement came after a report by The New York Times that the company covered up a vast Mexican bribery scandal. o NEW YORK TIMES Portugal's Finance Minister: We Tried Stimulus and It Didn't Work Vitor Gaspar, Portugal's finance minister, said the country tried "a Keynesian style expansion" in 2008, and it backfired. o DEALBOOK » Europe, Tired of Austerity, Has Few Options Even the policy-making elite in Europe has begun to question whether the cutbacks have gone too far, but as Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund recently acknowledged, many countries don't have the resources to pay for spending programs, The New York Times writes.<br><br> o NEW YORK TIMES MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » Shell Lifts Cove Energy Bid to $1.8 Billion Royal Dutch Shell has increased its offer for the oil and natural gas exploration company Cove Energy, in an effort to expand into the fast-growing natural gas industry in East Africa. o DEALBOOK » Nestle Said to Consider Selling Pfizer Assets The Swiss food giant may sell as much as $1.8 billion of assets from Pfizer's infant nutrition unit to quell antitrust concerns, Bloomberg News reports, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter. o BLOOMBERG NEWS Toshiba Said to Abandon Bid for Chip Maker Toshiba decided not to advance to the second round of bidding for Elpida Memory, the bankrupt Japanese memory-chip maker, after talks with potential partners stalled, Reuters reports, citing unidentified people close to the talks.<br><br> o REUTERS Talks End Over Yahoo Japan Buyback Yahoo Japan didn't reach an agreement with Yahoo to buy back shares, but the companies are open to possible discussions in the future, said Yahoo Japan's chief financial officer, Toshiki Ohya, according to Reuters. o REUTERS Oaktree Capital Reaches Agreement With Toy Company After Oaktree Capital Management reiterated its interest in buying Jakks Pacific, the toy company said it approved a tender offer to buy at least $80 million of its shares and added that it would provide Oaktree with information, Bloomberg News reports. o BLOOMBERG NEWS Anglo American Sells South African Steel Maker The miner Anglo American sold a unit of Scaw Metals for $440 million to a group of investors, as it focuses on its mining business, Reuters reports.<br><br> o REUTERS INVESTMENT BANKING » J.P. Morgan Appoints New Asia-Pacific Head Jeff Urwin has been appointed as the head of J.P. Morgan's operations in the Asia-Pacific region, succeeding Gaby A.<br><br> Abdelnour, who announced in March that he was leaving the firm. o DEALBOOK » Wall Street Deal Makers Face Cuts First it was traders. Now, bankers are facing the prospect of job cuts, as a slack market for deals begins to weigh on performance, The Wall Street Journal reports.<br><br> o WALL STREET JOURNAL Protest Brewing at Deutsche Bank Hermes, the British fund manager, is leading a group of shareholders that is trying to rally opposition to the German lender's supervisory board, protesting that investors were not given the chance to vote on executive compensation, The Financial Times reports. o FINANCIAL TIMES | REUTERS Banks Prepare Bids for Fed's Mortgage Assets Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs are planning a joint bid for about $7.5 billion of mortgage-related assets that the New York Fed acquired in the A.I.G. rescue, going up against five other firms, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing two unidentified investors who received a note from the three banks.<br><br> o WALL STREET JOURNAL Credit Suisse Uses Bonuses to Shift Risk By paying $750 million of bonuses in the form of bonds, the Swiss bank has shielded itself from potential losses and reduced its capital requirements, Bloomberg News reports, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter. o BLOOMBERG NEWS Mitsubishi UFJ Looks to Hire Traders The Japanese bank plans to add 50 derivatives traders over the next three years, Bloomberg News reports. o BLOOMBERG NEWS Genworth Financial Faces Flagging Confidence After Genworth Financial postponed a plan for an I.P.O.<br><br> of part of its Australian operations, investors in credit default swaps are betting there is a 43 percent chance the insurer will default within five years, Bloomberg News reports. o BLOOMBERG NEWS High-Profile Opposition to Bankers in India Ajay Piramal, a billionaire who oversees health care and real estate holdings, prefers not to use bankers when doing deals, complaining of skewed incentives, Bloomberg News reports. o BLOOMBERG NEWS O PRIVATE EQUITY » Private Equity Takes a Shine to Oil Refineries The Carlyle Group, which is in talks to buy a majority stake in Sunoco's refinery in Philadelphia, isn't alone in its interest in refineries, with the Blackstone Group and TPG Capital recently having done deals in the sector, Bloomberg News reports.<br><br> BLOOMBERG NEWS Pacific Equity Partners Makes Another Offer for Spotless The buyout firm made a sweetened offer worth about $766.7 million for the Spotless Group, an Australian company that offers cleaning, catering and other services, Reuters reports, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the deal. REUTERS Olympus Capital Said to Plan a New Fund The Asia-focused private equity firm aims to raise at least $750 million, an unidentified person familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal. WALL STREET JOURNAL JPMorgan Banker Goes to HarbourVest Sally Shan, who formerly ran Asia technology investment banking at JPMorgan, will lead the Beijing office of the private equity firm HarbourVest Partners, Reuters reports.<br><br> REUTERS HEDGE FUNDS » Barnes & Noble Shares Surge 18% After Jana Takes a Stake Shares in the bookseller Barnes & Noble soared more than 18 percent Monday after the hedge fund Jana Partners announced that it bought a 12 percent stake in the bookseller. DEALBOOK » Investors Ask to Withdraw Less Money From Hedge Funds According to the GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator, hedge fund investors' requests for their money amounted to 2 percent of total assets in April, compared with 3.23 percent in March, Reuters reports. REUTERS Hedge Funds Found to Move With Stocks In a study by London's Imperial College that examined the last 18 years of hedge fund performance, the correlation between hedge funds and global stocks was 0.87 during recessions and 0.77 otherwise, Reuters reports.<br><br> A score of 1 would mean they moved exactly together. REUTERS Manager at Chilton Investment Dies B. Robert Williamson Jr.<br><br> was found dead at 55, during a visit to North Carolina, Bloomberg News reports. BLOOMBERG NEWS I.P.O./OFFERINGS » Before Its I.P.O., Google Looked Stronger Than Facebook With Facebook earnings falling in the first quarter, it's worth looking at how Google fared heading into its initial public offering. DEALBOOK » Netflix Adds 3 Million Subscribers in 1st Quarter But the company predicted growth would slow in the second quarter, and its stock fell more than 16 percent in after-hours trading on Monday, the Media Decoder blog reports.<br><br> NEW YORK TIMES MEDIA DECODER Santander Said to Prepare Mexican I.P.O. The Spanish bank plans to list its Mexican division within a year, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter who said the unit could be valued between $15 billion and $20 billion. WALL STREET JOURNAL Hong Kong Exchange Gets a New Chairman Chow Chung-Kong, who formerly ran the subways in Hong Kong, has been named chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, the holding company for the city's stock exchange, Bloomberg News reports.<br><br> BLOOMBERG NEWS Virgin America Considers an I.P.O. The airline may go public within the next 12 to 24 months, the treasurer Anthony Mosse said, according to Reuters. REUTERS VENTURE CAPITAL » Instagram Deal Puts Horowitz on Defensive Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, defended his firm's decision not to up its stake in Instagram.<br><br> DEALBOOK » Google Executives Bet on Asteroid Mining Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Google are among investors in Planetary Resources, which eventually aims to develop a private industry in outer space exploration, Reuters reports. In the meantime, it plans to facilitate the mining of raw materials in asteroids. REUTERS Care Package Service Attracts $5 Million GGV Capital and Greylock Partners were among investors in Citrus Lane, which offers subscribers a monthly care package geared toward mothers and babies, AllThingsD reports.<br><br> ALLTHINGSD A Look at 'Big Data' Companies GigaOm highlights five companies that aim to profit on personal data. GIGAOM LEGAL/REGULATORY » S.E.C. Sues SinoTech Energy of China for Fraud The action against SinoTech Energy, an oil field services company de-listed by the Nasdaq in January, is the latest example of the S.E.C.'s crackdown on financial crimes at Chinese companies listed in the United States.<br><br> DEALBOOK » S.E.C. Charges Former Calpers Chief With Fraud Federal regulators charged Federico Buenrostro, a former chief executive of the nation's largest pension fund, with defrauding a private equity firm into paying $20 million to his friend. DEALBOOK » MF Global Trustee to Testify Louis Freeh, the trustee overseeing the MF Global bankruptcy, will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.<br><br> Mr. Freeh plans to offer a reason for the delay in recovering funds for customers and creditors, according to Bloomberg News. SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE | BLOOMBERG NEWS Microsoft Deal May Give Facebook Heft in Yahoo Patent Fight Facebook said it would buy patents that Microsoft bought from AOL earlier this month, as the social networking giant seeks to bolster its defenses in a legal fight with Yahoo.<br><br> DEALBOOK American Airlines Labor Talks Move Forward The carrier has planned to shed more than 13,000 jobs in bankruptcy, 9,000 of which from the Transport Workers Union. But it reached a tentative deal with the union that could save 3,000 jobs, a person familiar with the agreement told The New York Times. NEW YORK TIMES MetLife Settles Unpaid Benefits Case The life insurer agreed to pay states a total of $40 million to settle allegations that it failed to pay policyholders after their deaths, The New York Times reports.<br><br> The company also expected to release $188 million to beneficiaries this year, and potentially as much as $438 million over the next 17 years. NEW YORK TIMES Mexico's Oil Monopoly Adjusts to New Oversight Pemex, Mexico's state-owned oil company, has come under public pressure to accept the recommendations of the National Hydrocarbons Commission, a five-member panel of energy specialists, The New York Times reports. 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