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• India is steering a tricky path around US allies and foes in South Asia

  12-11-2017 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  India is steering a tricky path through US allies and foes in South Asia
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• This legendary auto exec says no one will own a car in 20 years

  12-11-2017 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Sainsbury’s drops Christmas ad specials with campaign focused on the ‘best bits’

  12-11-2017 20:45
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  Sainsbury’s is moving away from one-off ‘Christmas ad specials’, instead extending its ‘Living Well’ campaign into Christmas but giving it a festive flavour.
  The campaign, ‘Every Bit of Christmas’, centres around an upbeat festive song written specifically for the ad that talks to the best aspects of Christmas from pigs in blankets to novelty socks and Brussels sprouts. Created by agency W
  
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• Sainsbury’s drops ‘Christmas ad specials’ for festive singalong

  12-11-2017 20:45
  Sainsbury’s is moving away from one-off ‘Christmas ad specials’, instead extending its ‘Living Well’ campaign into Christmas but giving it a festive flavour.
  The campaign, ‘Every Bit of Christmas’, centres around an upbeat festive song written specifically for the ad that talks to the best aspects of Christmas from pigs in blankets to novelty socks and Brussels sprouts. Created by agency Wieden+Kennedy, it features members of the public and Sainsbury&rsq
  
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• Sainsbury’s drops Christmas ad blockbusters for festive singalong

  12-11-2017 20:45
  Sainsbury’s is moving away from one-off ‘Christmas ad specials’, instead extending its ‘Living Well’ campaign into Christmas but giving it a festive flavour.
  The campaign, ‘Every Bit of Christmas’, centres around an upbeat festive song written specifically for the ad that talks to the best aspects of Christmas from pigs in blankets to novelty socks and Brussels sprouts. Created by agency Wieden+Kennedy, it features members of the public and Sainsbury&rsq
  
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• Wall Street trading giant Virtu cut staff by half and laid in to a $1.4 billion acquisition — now it can't wait for market chaos (VIRT)

  12-11-2017 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Virtu Financial, which completed its acquisition of KCG Holdings in July, announced its first joint results Tuesday and the stock popped as much as 18%.
  During an earnings call, Virtu CEO Doug Cifu said the firm brought its headcount down from a combined 1,250 between the two firms to 648. He also suggested that KCG had been poorly run. Cifu said the merger is going better than expected. The writing was on the wall from the beginning. 
  When Virtu Financial — which had
  
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• Amazon's new $5 billion headquarters could give these 5 cities the biggest boost (AMZN)

  12-11-2017 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amazon received more than 200 proposals for their new headquarters as cities look to bolster their local economies.
  There are five Rust Belt cities in particular that would be a great fit for Amazon, considering economic developments over the past couple decades.There are 238 cities and regions in the running for Amazon's new $5 billion headquarters. But there are five in particular that stand to benefit most, if selected.
  These are the so-called Rust Belt cities of Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland,
  
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• 'Thor: Ragnarok' cruises to another box office win while 'Orient Express' and 'Daddy's Home 2' have a 2nd place photo finish

  12-11-2017 18:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  "Thor: Ragnarok" easily wins the box office for a second-straight week with $57 million.
  The Disney/Marvel movie now has a global gross of over $600 million.
  "Daddy's Home 2" edges out "Murder on the Orient Express" to take second place.
  "Bad Moms Christmas" has the strongest second weekend hold of any comedy this year with only a 31% drop from its opening weekend.Disney/Marvel's latest hit "Thor: Ragnarok" had no trouble winning the domestic box office for a second-straight weekend as it took
  
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• Dak Prescott is the Alibaba of the NFL — 7 quarterbacks and their tech company equivalents (AAPL, APRN, TSLA, TWTR, BABA, AMZN, FB)

  12-11-2017 18:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tech companies and NFL quarterbacks have a surprising amount in common.
  While tech stocks carry outsize influence, often dictating the direction of the whole market, professional football teams are also at the whim of their signal-callers. The market would crash if tech stocks started failing — the dot-com bubble anyone? — just in the way an injury to an NFL team's starting quarterback usually spells certain disaster.
  Now, as the NFL season kicks off, many casual football fans are tr
  
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• Bitcoin cash dethroned Ethereum as 2nd largest cryptocurrency during wild night of trading

  12-11-2017 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bitcoin cash reached an all-time high of $2,500 a coin early Sunday morning, surpassing Ethereum as the second largest cryptocurrency on the market.The coin was trading up 14.7% at $1,525 by 11:35 a.m. ET.
  Bitcoin cash had a wild night.
  The cryptocurrency skyrocketed to an all-time high of $2,500 a coin early Sunday morning. It also surpassed Ethereum as the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, according to CoinMarketCap.com.
  Bitcoin cash, which notably split from the original bitcoin in
  
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• UBS: The 2 biggest stock market fears are overblown

  12-11-2017 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even though the stock market keeps hitting record highs, investors continue to find new reasons to be worried.
  UBS tries to dispel these concerns, calling for the S&P 500 to climb as much as 9% from current levels by the end of 2018.Investors seem awfully scared, considering the stock market has been routinely hitting record highs.
  Some fear that the factors that have catalyzed one of the strongest US bull markets are bound to overheat. Others think that the ongoing rally is too good to be
  
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• The Feds are investigating billionaire Carl Icahn's role advising the Trump administration

  12-11-2017 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Federal investigators are probing Carl Icahn's advisory role to President Donald Trump's White House.
  His investment firm, Icahn Enterprises L.P., revealed in a financial filing that the government had subpoenaed information relating to the firm and Icahn's activities relating to federal biofuel policy.
  Icahn quit his role with the Trump in administration in August, right around the time The New Yorker published a story suggesting Icahn could be in legal jeopardy for using his role to influence
  
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• Bitcoin's 'bubble' is unlike anything we've seen recently

  12-11-2017 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Financial bubbles are often fully recognizable only after they burst — when it's too late. But the speed of bitcoin's rise has already convinced many that its price is well disconnected from its underlying value.
  Bitcoin's price has rocketed 646% in very volatile trading this year as its demand and popularity has grown. As the chart above from Bespoke Investment Group illustrates, the rally has been faster than most other severe bubbles in recent history, inc
  
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• GARY COHN: 'I'm really not upset' the wealthy might get a tax cut

  12-11-2017 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gary Cohn, the White House's chief economic advisor, said in late September that the wealthy are not getting a tax cut under the proposed GOP plan.In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Cohn softened his position, saying that if the wealthy do get a tax break under the new plan, that's totally fine with him.Chief White House economic advisor Gary Cohn has changed his tune.
  Just six weeks after saying that "the wealthy are not getting a cut under our plan," Cohn backpedaled on Thursday during an
  
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• Goldman Sachs' new managing-director list is out — and it's the largest class in the firm's history (GS)

  12-11-2017 16:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Goldman Sachs announced its largest-ever class of managing directors.
  Of the 509 promoted, 44% are millennials.
  The firm announces managing-director promotions every two years.
  It's one of the most coveted positions on Wall Street, a step below partner at the premier investment bank.Goldman Sachs just announced a new class of 509 managing directors — the largest class in the firm's history.
  The position is one of the most coveted on Wall Street, one step below partner at the prestigious i
  
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• Apple is nearly a trillion dollar company — here's how it boosted its value by more than 50% with a great 2017 (AAPL)

  12-11-2017 16:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  After reporting strong earnings this week, Apple is on its way to becoming a trillion-dollar company.
  Much of its success is due to its string of successful product launches this year.
  Thanks to those new and updated products, Apple's lineup has never looked stronger.
  The year isn't over yet, but it's already clear Apple has had an incredible 2017. 
  After a standout earnings report, the company's market capitalization this week topped $900 billion for the first time ever. It's hard to find
  
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• A record number of Americans are taking vacations — and that highlights one of the biggest risks to markets

  12-11-2017 16:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  About 63% of US households are planning to take a vacation in the next six months.
  Albert Edwards, the Societe Generale strategist and outspoken market bear, sees the situation as indicative of Americans' overconfidence in rising wages.A record number of Americans are taking vacations — and they should enjoy it while it lasts, because the fun will eventually end, says Albert Edwards, the Societe Generale strategist and outspoken market bear.
  Edwards sees flagging wage growth as the root o
  
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• These are all the Japanese cars made in the USA

  12-11-2017 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• UBS: We can't find compelling reasons why gold would surge anytime soon

  12-11-2017 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  UBS strategist Joni Teves is turning neutral on gold after two years of being bullish. 
  The catalysts for a strong rally such as global macroeconomic risk and a surging dollar have become more subdued, Teves said in a note. 
  Investors haven't vastly increased their gold positions even after the rally from the lows of 2015, showing that the market doesn't have enough froth to trigger a sell-off, Teves said. Heading into 2018, there's no strong catalyst for a big gol
  
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• There's a new way to bet on scorching-hot FANG stocks

  12-11-2017 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Intercontinental Exchange just launched NYSE FANG+ Index futures, which track 10 of the world's hottest mega-cap tech companies.
  It has never been easier for investors to bet on what has been the best-performing part of the market in 2017.If you've been waiting for a super-easy way to trade the market's hottest stocks, you're in luck.
  On Wednesday, Intercontinental Exchange launched futures tracking the so-called FANG group, which consists of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google. The FANG stock
  
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• Snap has spent $352 million on acquisitions this year — here are all of the startups it's bought so far (SNAP)

  12-11-2017 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Snap has spent at least $352.4 million in cash on acquisitions this year.
  The six-year-old app maker has purchased roughly two dozen other companies since 2014 and shows no signs of slowing its spending.
  Snap has historically used acquisitions to build new products like Spectacles or its search and maps functionality.For a newly-public company facing intense pressure to grow its ad revenue, Snap has no problem spending lots of money on acquisitions.
  The six-ye
  
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• Waitrose goes black and white as Christmas ad focuses on community spirit

  12-11-2017 07:00
  Waitrose has created its first black and white advert for this year’s Christmas campaign as it looks to put community spirit at the heart of the festive season.
  The TV ad, created by adam&eveDDB and launching this evening (12 December) during The X Factor, is inspired by real-life events at a remote pub in the Yorkshire Dales where local villagers gather for a drink on Christmas morning. However a snowstorm hits, meaning a generous festive act will be needed to save the day.
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