“Senate Democrats plan a vote next month on a proposal to give a tax break to companies that bring jobs and investment to the U.S and deny a deduction for those moving jobs out of the country.
The bill, sponsored by Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, will probably reach the Senate floor after lawmakers return from their July 4 recess, said Adam Jentleson, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat.”
Comments »Job openings fell 325k to 3.42 million. This marks the lowest amount of openings since last November.
Comments »$FDX gave preliminary guidance of $1.45-$1.60 while consensus had been for $1.70 or better. The company still has a little time to hit consensus.
Comments »12 Nations have pledged more money than soft commitments given in April. China and Brazil led the way and the IMF now has a firewall fund of around $456 billion.
So technically we have Spain fully covered and now we will have to wait and see what will happen with Italy and Cyprus.
Comments »$WAG will pay into a U.K. drug pharmacy in order to expand overseas. The deal is valued @ $6.7 billion for a 45% stake in the company.
Comments »Asia closed mostly to the upside, but the Nikkei failed to join the rally. Europe is being led higher by Greek parliament reform, the ECB’s stated willingness to work with Greece, lower yields in Italy and Spain, and of course the world waits on the clam tomorrow.
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Comments »LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) – China on Monday offered $43 billion to the IMF’s crisis-fighting reserves, joining other major emerging markets in pledging new funds to shore up the global financial system while demanding reforms to give the developing world more clout at the IMF.
China’s contribution, confirmed by a Group of 20 official, follows Russia’s pledge of $10 billion and is in line with a promise to supply the International Monetary Fund with extra firepower to help cope with the fallout from Europe’s debt crisis.
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meeting before a Group of 20 summit in Mexico, said they “agreed to enhance their own contributions to the IMF.”
They sought to tie the funds to long-delayed reforms that would give the developing world more say at the Washington-based Fund.
“These new contributions are being made in anticipation that all the reforms agreed upon in 2010 will be fully implemented in a timely manner, including a comprehensive reform of voting power and reform of quota shares,” the BRICS leaders said in a joint statement.
G20 finance ministers agreed in April to give the IMF $430 billion in new resources, but the breakdown of contributions has not been formally announced. The bulk of the extra IMF money will come from Europe, while the United States, which would need approval from a deeply split Congress, is not contributing.
In their public remarks in Los Cabos, Chinese officials declined to discuss sums and stressed the need to implement IMF quota reforms agreed in 2010.
The five BRICS nations represent 43 percent of the world’s population and about 18 percent of global economic output. They have about $4 trillion in combined reserves, with the lion’s share held by export powerhouse China.
Emerging economies have long demanded more say at institutions like the IMF to reflect their growing clout. Their frustrations have grown with the likely delay in implementing the 2010 deal that would boost their voting power and make China the third-largest voting member of the IMF.
Comments »An analysis of Greece’s near-term future is presented and the author concludes, “I expect the rally to be short, as this election has just returned us to the utterly unsustainable status quo.” The author goes on to predict a collapse of the Greek government by the end of this year.
Read the article here.
Comments »Hope its not like the Zune. That is still selling, but seemingly a flash in the pan. Another push to establish software dominance in mobile communications.
Comments »“Roger Clemens was just found not guilty all charges after a jury deliberated for 10 hours. The jury determined that he didn’t lie to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to The Associated Press. ”
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