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Heredia went 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and six RBI for Low-A Great Lakes in its 12-4 win over South Bend on Tuesday.
Mired in a 1-for-28 slump entering play Tuesday, Heredia broke out in a major way, with the three extra-base hits matching his total from the previous 15 games combined. Despite the big performance, the 19-year-old has struggled to a .182/.246/.341 line for the campaign and sports a .176 average across parts of two years in full-season ball. Given his age relative to level, Heredia's underwhelming numbers were to be expected, but it nonetheless keeps him off the radar in most dynasty settings.

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If there can be any good that comes out of Monday's game for Blake Snell , maybe it's the lesson of how making the adjustment of using more offspeed pitches got quicker outs and got him through his final three innings on 46 pitches. RF Steven Souza Jr. still does some odd things , like nearly getting picked off third the other day, but his overall play, in the field and at the plate, has been better, evidenced by his .385 average with runners in scoring position and team co-leading 10 RBIs.
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Up to 185,000 jobs could be put at risk if Ontario’s Liberal government keeps its pledge to increase the minimum wage to $15.
Those are the findings of an “independent assessment” of Bill 148, the Liberal’s Fair Workplaces Better Jobs Act. The bill will hike the minimum wage — currently set to rise with inflation from $11.40 an hour to $11.60 in October, up to $14 on Jan. 1, 2018, and $15 the following year.
But the according to a study commissioned by Ontario’s Chamber of Commerce, the bill will put jobs at risk and have “dramatic unintended consequences.” Chamber vice- president Karl Baldauf said the province needs to slow down and amend its legislation.
“Should the government move forward with these vast, unprecedented reforms, there will be significant, sudden and sizable uncertainty for jobs and economic growth in Ontario,” he said. The report also says that Ontario businesses will see a $23 billion “hit” over the next two years because of the legislation. While the changes won’t cause mass layoffs, they will kill job growth, said Paul Smetanin, president of the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis, which conducted the study.
“The results are not sensationalized,” Smetanin said. “We have been conservative in adopting what literature suggests. It pains us to have to deliver such a message.”
The report also estimates there will be costs for the Ontario government itself. Increased costs associated with the bill will add $440 million in debt to the province’s treasury.
“As I go from community to community, the thing that I’m hearing over and over again is that these changes are all too much too fast,” he said.
Labour Minister Kevin Flynn said the government will review the findings the report. It’s one of a “long list” of studies on the topic, he added.
“We recognize there are concerns from the business community,” he said in a statement. “We’ve worked hard to make sure Ontario’s business climate is competitive, and we are committed to working with the business community to bring forward initiatives that will improve our competitiveness even more.
That being said, we will not back down from our plan to bring fairness to Ontarians.”
Progressive Conservative labour critic John Yakabuski said the Liberal government needs to conduct its own economic impact study of the new bill.
“It’ll be a tragedy if all of these 185,000 people are put out of work,” Yakabuski said in a statement. “A higher minimum wage doesn’t help if Ontarians don’t have a job to wake up to in the morning.”
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An economic analysis of proposed labour law changes including a $15-an-hour minimum wage confirms that small businesses are going to get hit hard, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says.
Julie Kwiecinski, the CFIB’s director of provincial affairs in Ontario, said its own member survey shows that one-third are considering shutting down or moving in response to the mandatory wage hikes beginning with a $14-an-hour minimum on Jan. 1.
“Unfortunately, we have felt and seen the government do their eye rolls at us... not believing what we were saying in our survey,” Kwiecinski said Monday. “They’re scared, they’re worried that this is actually going to start taking effect on Jan. 1.”
A report prepared by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis (CANCEA), on behalf of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Keep Ontario Working Coalition, says small businesses are five times more likely to be impacted by the new provincial labour legislation than large companies.
The government bill goes before a committee next week when MPPs will have the chance to introduce amendments, she said.
“If people think it’s bad now, it could get worse in terms of the cost to business and jobs when the whole process is said and done,” Kwiecinski said.
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) issued a statement Monday dismissing the findings of the CANCEA analysis as “inaccurate, incomplete and just not responsible.”
The “corporate lobby” analysis fails to consider economic benefits to raising the minimum wage such as higher consumer spending and reduced demand on social services, the OFL statement says.
Peer-reviewed economic research has found that contrary to the report’s claim that 185,000 jobs are at risk, increases in minimum wage have “very small, if any impacts” on employment levels, the statement says.
CANCEA said in its report that it is independent and does not accept any research funding that requires a pre-determined result or policy stance.

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Question: Hometown hero Dunk says Premier League promotion is dream come true

Lewis Dunk says stepping up to the Premier League with his hometown club is a dream come true.
The Brighton & Hove Albion defender helped Albion to the promised land this afternoon - with Huddersfield Town's draw with Derby County confirming the Seagulls' fate.
They had to wait on the result of the 5pm kick-off at Pride Park, before their return to the top flight after 34 years was confirmed.
Brighton have a seven-point lead over second-placed Newcastle with three games remaining, and the Seagulls win the league if they beat Norwich on Friday.
Dunk - who joined the club youngster - revealed: "It's amazing, seeing the club where it is now from where it has come from. I have been here since I was ten-years-old, I have seen everything through my years.
"To see where it is now in this stadium and in the Premier League it is amazing. It's a dream come true for me, my family and everyone involved in the club.
"I played a few games at the Withdean, but when we moved here I had my first full season.
"As a Varndean local, it's massive for the city, it will be a massive boost and there are many, many fans in this city and it's a dream come true for all of them. For everyone involved with the club it's massive and I am glad to be part of it.
"I think we have gone under the radar, but we have been quietly confident in our little bubble that we can do it and all the talk has been about Newcastle.
"To be fair, they should have walked the league, but we have the fight and will continue that fight until the end. That's our next target now to be champions, hopefully we can do. Let's see."
On next season, the centre-back added: "It's too soon, we are just enjoying where we are now, enjoy the rest of the season, enjoy the summer and come back pre-season and get our heads down. We know it is going to be tough next year.
"I think we will always be the same way we are right now as season, so that will stand us in good stead."

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Question: Trump Administration Extends Deadline For Insurers To Decide On Obamacare Markets

The Trump Administration is giving insurance companies an extra three weeks to decide whether to offer insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act markets, and how much to charge.
The extension comes as insurance companies wait for Trump to decide whether he will continue to make payments to insurance companies that are called for under the Affordable Care Act, but that some Republicans have opposed.
The payments – known as cost-sharing reduction payments – reimburse insurance companies for discounts on copayments and deductibles that they're required by law to offer to low-income customers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the payments this year would be about $7 billion.
Trump has said he may end the reimbursements, which he calls "bailouts," and has been leaving insurers to wonder month-to-month about whether they will receive a check.
A White House spokesman says Trump is "working with his staff and his cabinet to consider the issues raised by the CSR payments."
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it's offering the extra time so insurance companies can plan ahead in case the government decides to end the payments. In a memo Friday, the agency said many states are now requiring companies to file their rates for 2018 on the assumption that they won't be reimbursed.
Several companies say that without the cost-sharing payments, their rates will see double-digit increases. For example, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina says ending the payments would push its rates up 14.1 percent.
The HHS memo says "there have been no changes regarding HHS's ability to make cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers."
But it then says the agency intends to change the ACA's risk adjustment program to compensate for the loss of cost-sharing payments.
The changes are technical and complex, but Timothy Jost, professor emeritus at Washington & Lee University's law school, says in a Health Affairs blog that the memo just deepens the confusion.
"We still do not know if all of this is needed or not — the Trump administration has not made up its mind," he says.
The cost-sharing payments have been at the center of a political battle over the Affordable Care Act since before President Trump took office.
House Republicans opposed to the health law sued then-President Obama, saying the payments are illegal because Congress hadn't appropriated money for them. A judge agreed but allowed the administration to continue making the payments during an appeal.
Now that Trump is in the White House, and Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act have failed, many Republicans are urging the president to continue the payments rather than undermine the health care markets.

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Good morning, here are our early stories:
-- Iran's Foreign Minister: Renegotiating Nuclear Deal Would Damage U.S. Credibility.
-- Border Patrol Agent Acquitted In 2012 Fatal Shooting Of Mexican Teen.
-- Prince's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital, Pharmacy Chain.
-- Facebook Updates Community Standards, Expands Appeals Process.
And here are more early headlines:
Report: Confirmation Hearing To Be Delayed For V.A. Nominee. (Washington Post)
Suit Filed Against New Indiana Abortion Law. (Indianapolis Business Journal)
Government Seeks E-Coli Source In Contaminated Lettuce. (Washington Post)
Despite Government Action, Nicaragua Protests Continue. (Los Angeles Times)
New Afghanistan Attacks Leave 9 Dead. (RFE/RL)
Ukrainian Agency Hit By Ransomware. (Reuters)


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Question: Semi crash on I-76 injures workers riding on back of painter truck

MILTON TWP., Ohio (WYTV) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol said two workers riding on the back of a roadway painter truck were taken to the hospital after crashing with a semi Wednesday afternoon.
The accident happened just before 3 p.m. on Interstate 76 in Milton Township.
Investigators said the Freightliner semi-truck was traveling eastbound in the left lane of 76.
The painter truck, driven by 58-year-old Rafael Solis, of Cleveland, was also heading eastbound on the entrance ramp to 76 from State Route 534.
Highway Patrol said the painter truck entered the highway, going across the right lane and into the semi’s lane.
The semi hit the painter truck, which had two workers — 31-year-old Michael J. Saar and 22-year-old Jakob M. Saar — standing on its rear platform. Both men were taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital with injuries.
The driver of the semi, 60-year-old Donald Sloan, of Missouri, was also taken to the hospital.
Highway Patrol is still investigating the crash.

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U.S. authorities have identified a Canadian man who was killed after his minivan struck a tractor-trailer that left the scene of the crash on Interstate 15 in northern Montana.
Sheriff Bob Edwards says 72-year-old Marvin Knutson of Swift Current, Sask., died late Saturday when his van hit a truck as it used an "authorized vehicle only" area to cross the median to enter a weigh station near Great Falls.
Investigators with the Montana Highway Patrol say the truck driver stopped briefly near the weigh station and then continued north on I-15.
The Great Falls Tribune reports officers are searching for the driver of the truck.
The truck was hauling two-by-four lumber and should have damage on the right rear side of the trailer.


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Question: Data shows percentage of obese children has fallen nationally

CBC interviewed Angela Devlin, an obesity researcher in UBC’s faculty of medicine, about Statistics Canada data that shows that obesity rates for children in Canada are declining.
She said although it’s good news obesity isn’t increasing among Canadian children, increased obesity rates among adults could mean overweight children become obese as they age.
The story also appeared on Yahoo.

In Denver and Salt Lake City, where unemployment is low, occupancy of manufactured homes, including mobile homes, has soared by triple digits even as rent continues to rise.


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Question: Charlottesville murder suspect previously accused of beating, threatening mother

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Records from 911 calls show the driver charged with killing a woman at a white supremacist rally was previously accused of beating his mother and threatening her with a knife.
Authorities say 20-year-old James Fields drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters on Saturday in Charlottesville. At least two dozen were wounded in addition to the woman killed.
The records the Florence Police Department in Kentucky show the man's mother had called police in 2011. Records show Fields' mother, Samantha Bloom, told police he stood behind her wielding a 12-inch knife. Bloom is disabled and uses a wheelchair.
In another incident in 2010, Bloom said that Fields smacked her in the head and locked her in the bathroom after she told him to stop playing video games. Bloom told officers Fields was on medication to control his temper.

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Question: Unknown substance leaves couple in critical condition near site of UK nerve agent attack

British police declared a major incident Wednesday after a man and a woman were exposed to an unknown substance close to the city of Salisbury, where a Russian former spy and his daughter were poisoned with nerve agent four months ago.
Emergency services were called to the town of Amesbury in Wiltshire county in southern England, after the pair, both in their 40s, were found unconscious in a property Saturday evening.
“They are both currently receiving treatment for suspected exposure to an unknown substance at Salisbury District Hospital. They are both in a critical condition,” Wiltshire Police said in a statement.
Police said the two were initially thought to have used heroin or crack cocaine from a contaminated batch of drugs, but that more testing was now being carried out to determine the nature of the substance.
British tabloid newspaper The Sun reported that the two were poisoned and that samples were sent to Porton Down, the nearby government laboratory, for testing.
The Sun reported that security chiefs fear that they could have been poisoned with same batch of Soviet-developed nerve agent used on Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, who were found unresponsive on a bench about 10 miles away in Salisbury on March 4.
London’s Metropolitan Police Service said that counterterrorism officers were working with local police on the investigation, “given the recent events in Salisbury."
The places the Amesbury pair — whose identities weren’t immediately released — frequented before they became ill have been cordoned off in Amesbury and Salisbury as a precaution and police patrols have increased. The Sun reported that they are not known to have any links to Russia or security services.
Public health officials said there is not believed to be a significant health risk to the public, but this “will be continually assessed as further information becomes known.”
Britain says the Skripals were poisoned with Novichok nerve agent and blames Russia. The Kremlin denies any responsibility. Sergei Skripal was jailed in Russia in 2006 for passing state secrets to Britain. He was released as part of a spy swap in 2010 and moved to Salisbury.
That poisoning incident has soured relations between Russia and many British allies including the expulsion of hundreds of diplomats on both sides.
Yulia was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital in April and her father was discharged from the same hospital in May. Both were taken to an undisclosed location for their protection.
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LONDON (AP) – Big Ben will fall silent next week in London as a major restoration project gets underway.
The bongs of the iconic bell will be stopped on August 21 to protect workers during a 4 year $38 million conservation project that includes repair of the Queen Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben and its clock.
Steve Jaggs, keeper of the Great Clock, said Monday that the mechanism will be dismantled piece by piece and its four dials will be cleaned and repaired.
Big Ben has been stopped several times since it first sounded in 1859, but the current restoration project will mark the longest period of silence for the bell. It will still sound on big occasions, such as Remembrance Sunday.
It will still sound on big occasions, such as Remembrance Sunday.
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Question: Roy Moore's white female voters are part of a long history of internalized misogyny

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The similarities between white women’s support of Moore and their support of Trump is indicative of a larger historical trend I’ve written about before, in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. White women ally themselves with white men for what they believe is their own gain, security, and assurance, while not realizing the harm caused by the internalized misogyny that fuels their cognitive dissonance and consequential support of men who abuse women.
The historical narrative, as I detailed following Trump’s win, illustrates how white women have thwarted the women’s rights movement from the 19th century onward. They did so by deliberately building coalitions with white men, and specifically racist white men who fought for a version of American traditionalism blatantly rooted in America’s foundations of slavery and systemic racism.
White female suffragists chose alliances with these men rather than forming alliances with black and brown women because they wanted power — rights and privileges — and knew that the people who could give them those rights and privileges were the people already in power: white men. White supremacy, therefore, was white women’s savior and solace — it was the source of their power. This pragmatism fomented racism, deepening racial and ethnic divisions between women that effectively crippled the women’s movement.
Given the historical conservatism of Alabama as a solid “red” state, there is no reason to doubt the likelihood of a Moore victory. In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump won Alabama by twenty-eight points running against Hillary Clinton.
White women have thwarted the women’s rights movement from the 19th century onward.
Sometimes, internalized misogyny is masked by apathy, which, at worst, implies agreement and consensus with anti-women sentiment and behavior. For example, in a question from the Washington Post-Schar School poll that highlights Moore’s “unwanted advances” toward teenage girls, the largest percentage of respondents said that they have “no opinion” about Moore’s alleged sexual assault and harassment of several young women. “No opinion” smacks of indifference, a turning-the-other-cheek, an avoidance—in other words, complicity. It is complicity with (sexual) violence against women and girls, and complicity with men’s behavior in committing these crimes.
In the follow-up question, respondents who said they had “no opinion” or that they do not believe the allegations against Moore justified their beliefs using a bevy of misogynistic statements: that either “the women’s stories are not believable” or that the allegations are simply a political hit-job because they “were made shortly before the election.”
The failure or refusal to believe women who have been subject to violence also bespeaks the kind of misogyny that discredits and erases women. Often other women perpetrate this strategy—as evident in Moore defender Jane Porter’s outlandish comments on CNN earlier this week in which she circumvented the sexual assault accusations by asserting that there is a “group of non-accusers” who should be listened to as well.
Sometimes, internalized misogyny is masked by apathy, which, at worst, implies agreement and consensus with anti-women sentiment and behavior.
Yet, the fact women fail to support other women, given the shared history of oppression and objectification that women have faced collectively, never ceases to shock and amaze. There are some women—white women in particular—who would rather cleave onto abusive men rather than support other women.
French feminist Simone de Beauvoir proffered an insightful reason for this noticeable lack of female collectivity in her seminal text, The Second Sex (1949). She explained that the history of women’s lack of collectivity and arguable complicity with their oppression inheres in the morality that underlies heterosexuality—that women belong to men, and that they form a perfect unit and union when with men:
“[W]omen lack concrete means for organizing themselves into a unit which can stand face to face with the correlative unit,” de Beauvoir wrote. “They have no past, no history, no religion of their own; and they have no such solidarity of work and interest as that of the proletariat…. They live dispersed among the males, attached through residence, housework, economic condition, and social standing to certain men—fathers or husbands—more firmly than they are to other women. If they belong to the bourgeoisie, they feel solidarity with men of that class, not with proletarian women; if they are white, their allegiance is to white men, not to Negro women…. The bond that unites her to her oppressors is not comparable to any other.”
The woman is, therefore, the “second” sex. Never the first. Never independent. And the force of this history — of patriarchy — has informed not only how men see and treat women, but how women see and treat themselves.
Marcie Bianco is a writer and the managing editor of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.

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The pot calling the kettle black.
Via Chicago Tribune:
Unlike the bigoted protesters in the 1960s, the demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., did not wear hoods. On Saturday, we saw their faces clearly. And they were angry white men.
If we are to get to the root of the recent escalation of confrontational bigotry in America, we must acknowledge who is fueling it. That is the growing demographic of insecure white males who blame their social and economic failures on everyone but themselves.
Demonstrations like the one this weekend represent the false notion that white men are losing the unfair advantage they have enjoyed in America since its founding.
The fear that African-Americans would somehow gain economic parity with white men has long been one of the driving forces behind bigotry in our country. Today, that bigotry has been expanded into a cultural war against immigrants — a fight that is largely defined by education or more specifically, the lack of it.
Americans who thought that racism and bigotry would simply die out with the aging population must be sorely disappointed. Young men are largely driving the modern hate groups, and their numbers have escalated in the last two years.[…]
Trump won the largest margin of white voters without a college degree in nearly four decades. Two-thirds, or 67 percent, of non-college whites supported him, compared with 28 percent who supported Hillary Clinton, according to the Pew Research Center.
Let’s break those numbers down by the sexes. According to exit polls, 71 percent of white men without a college degree voted for Trump. And 61 percent of white women without a college degree supported him.
These voters represent the core of red state America. In rural swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, they are the ones responsible for pushing Trump across the finish line.
By no means should we assume that every uneducated or undereducated white Trump supporter would join a hate group or even become a sympathizer. Most of them likely were appalled by the violent images that came out of Charlottesville. Neither should we think that well-educated whites can’t buy into the white supremacist argument that America has somehow been stolen and needs to be brought back to where it belongs. Indeed, there has been a recent movement to recruit on college campuses.
But the people who are most likely to be swayed by the bigoted rhetoric of white nationalist, neo-Nazi and armed “Patriot” groups certainly can be found among Trump’s low-income, less educated supporters. They are among those who tend to feel most vulnerable to the changing demographics.
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Question: Focus On Europe: Will Marine Le Pen Become France's Next President?

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Welcome to the fifth edition of:
Focus on Europe
(vol. 5 - April 17, 2017)
As always, I will highlight one interesting fact on the European markets and provide a somewhat more in-depth background story on what appears to be a headline story (or should be a headline story) on the European markets. This will be followed by some Euro-focused articles written by other authors that appeared on Seeking Alpha in the previous week and deserve to be highlighted.
And in the final section, you will find a myriad of short updates on several European companies. Keep in mind the European investment universe is huge, and not all updates and companies will be covered in the news releases-section.
Did you miss the previous editions of 'Focus on Europe'? You can re-read them here, here and here.
Did you miss the previous editions of the Nest Egg Portfolio? Re-read them here and here.
What's up in Europe this week?
The French elections are coming close, and quite a few people seem to be getting anxious to see the result. Although we had surprising voting results in the UK (Brexit) and the US (Trump being elected president), I think the risk of a very negative surprise in France isn't high at all.
Right now, Marine Le Pen is polling in just the fourth position after a recent TV debate, but we already know this doesn't necessarily mean much. But what's really interesting in France is the fact the presidential elections are organized in such way that no surprises (which don't have a broad support from the society) are likely to occur. The next Bloomberg image shows which candidates are being the most sought after on search engines and social media:
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After all, unless a candidate obtains the majority of the votes in the first round (which is extremely unlikely), there will be a second round two weeks after the first one. Should an extremist candidate manage to go through to the second round, it's pretty unlikely that candidate will win as usually all other candidates rally their troops to vote for the opponent. That's exactly what happened in 2002 when father Le Pen ended up in a direct duel with Jacques Chirac. The result? Chirac won by the widest margin in 200 years.
Of course, we cannot be blind for the broader support for right wing populist movements in Europe. But in France's case, the electoral system is specifically designed to avoid sudden surprises. As such, I'm not really expecting any huge surprises in the French political landscape. Le Pen and the Socialists definitely won't win, and all other candidates have no "special" points on their agenda which might disrupt the normal markets. Looking at the iShares MSCI France (NYSEARCA:EWQ), there's no specific volatility either.
EWQ 1 Month Price Returns (Daily) data by YCharts.
That being said, the financial sector did experience some pressure on share prices. BNP Paribas (OTCQX:BNPQF) (OTCQX:BNPQY), Société Générale (OTCPK:SCGLF) (OTCPK:SCGLY) and Crédit Agricole (OTCPK:CRARF) (OTCPK:CRARY) ended the week quite a bit lower. The next chart shows BNP's performance. As CA and SG didn't trade much, the chart of their US listings doesn't really show anything.
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Never say never, but I think we won't see Le Pen as France's next president.
Interesting reads from last week's Seeking Alpha harvest
- Damon Verial has a closer look at AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN), while Jonathan Faison discusses Shire (NASDAQ:SHPG), the other British pharma company. Jonathan likes Shire's strong cash flow performance and pipeline as Shire is completing 40 clinical trials of which 17 are Phase III.
- Sure Dividend's Bob Ciura has analyzed Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD), the Belgian brewer which is currently paying a 3.4% dividend yield, although more defensive investors (like myself) wouldn't mind a pause in the dividend hikes to make sure BUD's debt load remains manageable. In the comment section of the article, Ian Bezek makes a good comment about liking Diageo (NYSE:DEO) more, as the latter doesn't have as much debt on its balance sheet.
A relatively quiet week in the run-up toward Easter
In this section of the newsletter, I will provide brief blurbs on updates from the European markets that caught my attention. Of course, not every single news fact will be covered, and I obviously might miss something. Feel free to leave a comment under this article to point out other interesting Euro-news!
Stada Arzneimittel (OTCPK:STDAF) (OTC:STDAY) has agreed to a 66 EUR buyout offer by Bain Capital and Cinven. The offer will consist of 65.28 EUR in cash, as well as a 0.72 EUR dividend and is a 49% premium compared to Stada's share price before it announced a strategic review.
In the mining sector, Centamin (OTCPK:CELTF) said it produced almost 110,000 ounces of gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) in the first quarter of this year, a decrease of approximately 20% compared to Q4 2016. Elsewhere, Anglo American (OTCPK:AAUKY) (OTCPK:AAUKF) is selling its South African coal operations to Seriti Resources, a company owned by "the Historically Disadvantaged South Africans." It's quite ironic to see the HDSA cough up 2.3 billion South African Rand to buy the mines, so the organisation doesn't sound too "disadvantaged" anymore right now.
Bankia (OTCPK:BNKXF) (OTC:BNKXY) says S&P has revised the outlook for Spain's government debt, which resulted in a confirmation of Bankia's credit rating for its covered bonds. The rating is still A+, but the outlook for the Bankia bonds credit rating has now increased to "positive." Great news for the Spanish banking sector, as Bankia was traditionally seen as the weaker smaller brother of Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) and BBVA (NYSE:BBVA).
Sanoma (OTC:SWYBF) (OTC:SWYBY) has sold its 67% stake in SBS Netherlands to Talpa Broadcasting for 237M EUR, which is a 12.6 EV/EBITDA multiple. This transaction will reduce the net debt to 539M EUR and reduce the net debt/EBITDA ratio from 3.2 to 2.5. A 12.6 EV/EBITDA multiple is quite high in the media sector, so Sanoma got a pretty good deal, despite the non-cash loss associated with this sale.
In the North Sea, BP (NYSE:BP) is still considering to sell assets, and Serica Energy (OTC:SQZZF) (OTC:SQZZY) is very interested to have a look at these North Sea oil fields. Both parties know each other as Serica previously purchased the Erskine oil project from BP. Elsewhere in the North Sea, Tullow Oil (OTCPK:TUWLF) is selling its Dutch production assets to Hague & London Oil, which is still in trading halt.
Barclays (NYSE:BCS) CEO is under pressure after UK regulators have started the process to figure out if he tried to figure out who a whistleblower is. The bank has reprimanded the CEO, and his bonus will be cut.
Eni (NYSE:E) and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B) are still denying any wrongdoing in a Nigerian bribery scandal. This time there was no rich prince involved, but the minister of oil allegedly received payments from both oil majors in return for awarding a certain prospecting license. This could be an important case, as the exploration block (offshore Nigeria) is expected to contain approximately 9 billion barrels of oil. A high-profile case, indeed.
Booker Group (OTC:BOKGF) (OTCPK:BOKGY) and Tesco (OTCPK:TSCDY) moved lower after Tesco disappointed the market once again with increasing pressure on its international division. The pressure from Booker shareholders will increase, as they are subject to a buyout offer from Tesco. Booker's share price is now almost back at the same level before the deal was announced. Will Tesco have to sweeten its offer?
More M&A in Europe, where both Accell Group (OTCPK:ACGPF) and Refresco Gerber (OTCPK:RFFRY) received unsolicited proposals. Accell seems to be willing to entertain a good offer, but Refresco Gerber doesn't want to play ball. Meanwhile, Akzo Nobel (OTCQX:AKZOY) (OTCQX:AKZOF) shareholders are getting increasingly impatient with the management team, and large shareholder Elliott Management is now trying to remove the company's chairman. As a brief reminder, Akzo is the subject of a cash-and-share offer from PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG).
Total (NYSE:TOT) will invest $450M to expand its refining and petrochemicals plant in South Korea, which will increase the ethylene production capacity by 30%. The project should be completed by the summer of 2019.
Puma (OTCPK:PMMAF), one of the largest sports brands in the world with Nike (NYSE:NKE) and Adidas (OTCQX:ADDYY) (OTCQX:ADDDF), has released an update on its first quarter. Business was good, and the company is hiking its full-year guidance. Will Nike and Adidas also outperform? Or is Puma grabbing market share from the two leading companies?
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) continues to buy back stock, as it has repurchased and cancelled 3.5 million shares which were acquired at an average price of approximately 6.6 GBP. Meanwhile, Dutch/Belgian Ahold (AHODY) (OTCQX:ADRNY) is also continuing repurchasing its own stock as part of a 1B EUR repurchase program.
Swiss firm Actelion (OTCPK:ALIOF) (OTCPK:ALIOY), which is the subject of a $30B takeover offer from Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) says its shareholders have approved to spin off the drug discovery and early clinical pipeline to facilitate the sale to Johnson & Johnson. In excess of 77% of the Actelion shares have been tendered to J&J after the initial tender period.
Sandvik's (OTCPK:SDVKF) (OTCPK:SDVKY) has secured a contract to be the sole provider of "stainless steel umbilical tubes" for the Israeli Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea. The contract has a total value of approximately 400M SEK. Elsewhere in the oil services industry, the Wood Group (OTCPK:WDGJF) has been winning several contracts. Statoil (NYSE:STO) awarded the company a contract for the Snorre Expansion Project, while Premier Oil (OTCPK:PMOIF) (OTCPK:PMOIY) and Karoon Gas also awarded new contracts to the Wood Group, which increases its chances of Amec Foster Wheeler (NYSE:AMFW) shareholders accepting its buyout offer.
Lundin Petroleum (OTCPK:LNDNF) (OTCPK:LNDNY) has completed the appraisal well of the Edvard Grieg field, encountering a 15-meter gross oil column. The reservoir was deeper than expected, but the quality was much better than the prognosis. Elsewhere in the oil space, Tullow Oil is one of the best performers after the rights to subscribe to the capital increase (read here all about it) have been detached from the common stock. In what could turn out to be an interesting soap, CNOOC (NYSE:CEO) has now notified Tullow and Total it wants to purchase a part of the Uganda oil field stake Total is buying from Tullow Oil.
Engie (OTCPK:ENGQF) (OTCPK:ENGIY) has been one of the best performing companies in the past two months after seeing its share price increase by approximately 25%. The company continues to secure its future, and has now won the contract for a 338 MWp solar project in India.
Kenmare Resources (OTC:KMRPF) has released a production update on its Moma mine in Mozambique and the company seems to be doing really well. The total amount of heavy mineral concentrate that has been produced increased by 29% on a YoY basis in the first quarter, and Kenmare confirmed the ilmenite demand remained very strong. This also bodes well for other mineral sands producers like Iluka Resources (OTC:ILKAF) (OTCPK:ILKAY).
That's it for this week, and I hope to see you all again next week!
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Indie singers from India and Pakistan have come together to create a sublime Peace Anthem (above), a musical tribute to 70 years of independence that both countries are celebrating. The initiative is led by Voice of Ram, a collective led by filmmaker and activist Ram Subramanian.
Peace Anthem is a lilting medley of the two national anthems, Jana Gana Mana and Pāk Sarzamīn, set to lush visuals filmed in both countries.
The anthem tries to drive home the point that while the relationship between the neighbour countries remains rocky, Indians and Pakistanis are essentially not very different. And “when we open our borders to art, peace comes along”.

Every August 15 and January 26, wherever official or private programmes to celebrate the Independence Day and Republic Day are being held, the strains you are likely to hear would be most probably "Aao Bachon tumhe dikhaye", "Kar chale hum fida", "Chorho kal ki baaten", "Mere Desh ki dharti" or "Dil diya jaan bhi denge, Ae Watan tere liye".
It may seem strange, or rather evoke the dominant medium, that the National Anthem apart, almost all the other songs which inspire and evoke patriotic sentiment in a large section of Indians are from films. Even Vande Mataram's most popular rendition was long from 1952 film "Anand Math" before A.R. Rehman re-interpreted it in the 1990s.
But there are more from the Abhi Bhattacharya homily from "Jagriti" (1954), that heart-breaking ending song from war drama "Haqeeqat" (1964), and from the Sunil Dutt-starring "Hum Hindustani" (1960), Manoj Kumar's "Pukar" (1967) and "Karma" (1986) above. You could also expect to hear "Jahan daal daal par sone ki chidiya" (1965) from "Sikandar-e-Azaam" (1965), "Ae Watan Ae Watan" from Manoj Kumar's "Shaheed" (1965), "Apni azaadi ko hum" from Dilip Kumar's "Leader" (1964) as well as others of the ilk or from newer Bollywood films from 1990s onwards.
But a lot of much older - and sometimes more significant - patriotic film songs, even predate Independence, get overlooked or ignored. Let us look at some of these:
* "Chal chal re naujawan" from "Bandhan" (1940). Starring Ashok Kumar and Leela Chitnis, this duet, penned by Pradeep, was a subtle call to youth to strive for the goal of Independence which still seemed distant - and with equality. "Dur tera gaon/Aur thake paaon/Phir bhi rahagir..", sings Leela and Ashok Kumar responds: "Tum ho mere sang/Asha hai mere sang/Tum ho mere sang/Himmat hai mere sang/Mere saath-saath raho tum Qadam-Qadam..."
* "Dur hato duniya waalo, Hindustan hamara hai" from Kismat (1943). Again written by Pradeep, this song by Khan Mastana and Ameerbhai Karnataki reportedly got past the British censor by the skillful last line: "Shuru hua hai jang tumhara jaag utho Hindustaani/Tum na kisi ke aage jhukna Jarman ho ya Jaapaani.." as World War II was raging. However, the Indian public was skillful at understanding whom "Jahan hamara Taj Mahal hai aur Qutab Minar hai/Jahan hamaare Mandir Masjid Sikhon ka gurudwara hai/Is dharti par qadam badhana atyachar tumhara hai" actually referred to.
* "Hindustan ke hum hain" - from "Pehle Aap" (1944). Sung by Mohammad Rafi and chorus, written by Nazim Panipati and music by Naushad, it sought to make an appeal for communal harmony and cooperation in achieving independence. "Hindustan ke hum hain, Hindustan hamara, Hindu Muslim dono ki aankhon ka tara..."
* "Yeh desh hamara pyara Hindustan" from Humjoli (1946). "Yeh Desh hamara pyara Hindustan, jahqan se nyara/Hindustan ke ham hain pyaare/Hindustan hamara pyara", sang Noor Jehan in her sweet but strong voice and went on to "Jaag uthe hain Hind ke waasi/Hum ye zaahir kar denge/Waqt pada to desh ke liye apni jaan nichavar kar denge..." It would cruel irony that Hindustan would be divided bloodily next year.
* "Watan ki raah mein watan ke naujawan shaheed ho..." from "Shaheed" (1948). Possibly the first movie in Independent India on the freedom struggle, the Dlip Kumar-starrer had one of the most uncompromisingly heart-felt ode to freedom fighters. "Shaheed teri maut hi tere vatan ki zindagi/Tere lahu se jaag uthegi is chaman mein zindagi/Khilenge phul us jagah ki tu jahaan shaheed ho..." was rendered by Mohammad Rafi, while Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and Ghulam Haider provided the lyrics and the music respectively.
* Tuu Hindu banega na Musalman banega.." from "Dhool Ke Phool" (1959). "Tu Hindu banega na Musalman banega/Insaan ki aulad hai insaan banega/Kudrat ne to banai thi ek hi duniya/Hamne use Hindu aur Musalman banaya/Tu sabke liye aman ka paigham banega..," veteran character Manmohan Krishna tells a child he is tending. Written by Sahir Ludhinavi, the lyrics go on: "Ye din ye iman dharam bechne wale/Dhan-daulat ke bhookhe vatan bechne wale/Tu inke liye maut ka ailaan banega.."
This is the sentiment needed now.
(Vikas Datta can be contacted at vikas.d@ians.in)
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Richmond MP Justine Elliot is calling for a "yes” vote in the marriage equality postal vote. In the lead-up to the 2016 federal election, she and Labor Leader Bill Shorten discussed the issue with Will Constable (centre right) and his partner discussed at Cudgen.
FEDERAL MP for Richmond Justine Elliot has urged residents to vote yes in the marriage equality postal vote.
Mrs Elliot said while many believed the $122 million postal vote would be a "huge waste of time and money,” it was still vital to have a say.
"I will be voting yes in the marriage equality postal vote,” she said.
"I will be campaigning for a yes vote and I'm asking locals to join me.
"The calls for a boycott are understandable. But that's exactly what they want us to do.”
Mrs Elliot urged all residents who had not already done so, to ensure they were enrolled to vote and their details were up to date.
"To those LGBTI locals and their families - I want you to know you are not alone in the fight ahead,” she said.
"Labor supports marriage equality and we will campaign for the rights of all Australians to marry the person they love.
"We will stand with our community to make it happen.”
To take part in the postal vote on marriage equality, you must be enrolled by August 24. Visit www.aec.gov.au/enrol.

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Victorian police officers faked more than 250,000 roadside breath tests over a five-and-a-half year period, an internal investigations has revealed.
The Age reports that roughly 258,000 alcohol breath tests, or about 1.5% of the total 17.7 million tests, were falsified over the time period out of a combination of police apathy and need to meet targets. Victoria Police were tipped off late last year from unusually quick breathalysing data and believes officers, in what the agency’s new head of Professional Standards Command has labelled a breach of community trust, may have circumvented the system by blowing into breathalysers themselves.
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The Adelaide Advertiser ($) reports that the group Israel Against Live Shipments recorded cattle loaded onto the controversial live export ship Bader III from Adelaide and Fremantle, then entering Eilat covered in faeces and enduring a 44-degree heatwave. The Federal Agriculture Department spokesperson has since rejected the group’s claims of mistreatment, saying “the footage does not reflect the conditions of the cattle throughout the journey” and that the animals were washed down every second day.
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A dissident Russian journalist reported to have been killed in Kiev has shockingly turned up in the middle of a Ukrainian state service news conference addressing his killing.
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According to the The Sydney Morning Herald, Ukrainian officials reported on Tuesday that Arkady Babchenko, a 41-year-old critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and policy in Ukraine and Syria, had been murdered in his apartment — a claim that sparked fresh hostility between Ukraine and Russia. However on Wednesday, Babchenko appeared alive, if on the brink of tears, before reporters to claim that he had been part of a Ukrainian secret services operation required to stop a Russian attempt on his life.
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While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication. Sanofi spokesperson
The makers of Ambien knock back Roseanne Barr’s suggestion that their drug has anything to do with her wildly racist, career-ending tweets.
CRIKEY QUICKIE: THE BEST OF YESTERDAY #MeToo insurance? Protection offered for accused Australian musiciansSophie Benjamin “Sydney musician Brendan Sloan recently received a renewal notice for his musical instrument policy with Marsh Advantage Insurance. At the bottom of the covering letter, Marsh advised him that he could add additional cover to his policy, as below: ‘Additional & Optional Cover – Sexual Molestation Defence Endorsement: We are now able to provide an endorsement to include cover towards the Legal Fees and Defence costs that may be incurred in the event of an allegation of sexual molestation made against you.’” As the subpoenas fly, we resume playing our favourite game: ‘Where’s Michaelia?’Bernard Keane “Employment Minister Michaelia Cash was rostered on to appear at Senate estimates this morning. She appeared yesterday at hearings of the Education and Employment Committee, no problem. She was in Parliament House. But, strangely, she didn’t show up when the committee convened at 9am in committee room 2S3.” ‘No freedom until women are truly free’: Irish immigrants continue abortion fight in AustraliaEden Faithfull “The past week has been an eventful one for reproductive rights. In a landslide referendum, Ireland voted to lift the eighth amendment to the constitution, which effectively banned abortions. This was helped in part by the #HomeToVote movement, where Irish expatriates who were not given the opportunity to submit a postal vote flew home to have their voices heard. Back in NSW, the Upper House held a conscience vote to install 150-metre ‘safe access zones’ for women attending clinics that offer abortions.”
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Canberra
Day three of the latest round of federal Senate estimates will hear from portfolio representatives for Community Affairs (Dept of Social Services, covering family tax benefit, child payments and income support); Industry, Innovation and Science (Dept of Industry, Innovation and Science Australia, Anti-Dumping Commission, Australia’s Chief Scientist, ANSTO, CSIRO and IP Australia); Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade, covering trade operations, tourism, New Colombo Plan, payments to international organisations, and consular and passport services); and Education and Employment (Dept of Department of Education and Training covering Gonski 2.0 and schools funding).
Melbourne
Banking royal commission will hear from Australian Banking Association CEO Anna Bligh , after examining a case study involving a National Australia Bank business customer.
Victorian budget estimates will hear from Industry and Employment Minister Ben Carroll and Families and Children, Youth Affairs and Early Childhood Education Minister Jenny Mikakos .
Daniel Morcombe Foundation CEO Holly Brennan will speak at the Positive Schools Conference about the role schools, parents and carers play in preventing the abuse of children both online and offline.
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner will seek leave to intervene in proceedings relating to the controversial approval of the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board and United Firefighters Union Operational Agreement 2016 at the Fair Work Commission.
Brisbane
A protest vigil will be held outside Peter Dutton’s electoral office for Salim Kyawning , the 52-year-old Rohingya refugee who died on Manus Island last week. Speakers will include head of the Queensland Rohingya community Noor Zaman , former Greens senator Larissa Waters and Mufti Junaid Akbar .
The Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the National Environmental Science Program will host a roadshow and workshop, featuring scientific, animal and political experts from across Australia.
Sydney
The Australian National Maritime Museum will host a chartered cruise to explore Vivid Sydney celebrations and new, interactive light sculptures at Taronga Zoo.
ASX will host a “Meet the Manager” 2018 series event, set to explore sectors ranging from emerging markets, Australian and Asian property, and technology.
Lendlease will host “How Will You Live Your Hundred Year Life?”, an event exploring how elongated lifespans redefine how people live and work.
Adelaide
The SA History Festival will host their closing ceremony complete with Historian of the Year Awards.
JR Education Consulting Services will host The New National Quality Standard Conference, an Australian conference that has run since February and features educational experts discussing new quality standards.
Hobart
The Federal Department of Environment and Energy will hold public forum to gain insights that will inform the review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011, which deals with product stewardship and waste.
Australia
Today is National Soup Day, with Heinz celebrating by selling soup in Melbourne’s Federation Square and donating proceeds to the charity Youth Projects.
International
Today is World No Tobacco Day, with a Quit Victoria and Stroke Foundation event planned to discuss the long-term effects of smoking and strokes in Melbourne.
THE COMMENTARIAT
‘Profoundly irresponsible’: How the NDIS is failing the autistic — Madeleine Ryan (Sydney Morning Herald): “I am autistic and much of the terminology that’s used to describe autism often feels confusing, and disempowering. Although the subject is frequently in the news and being talked about the diagnostics coined by doctors, professors and scientists in relation to it are often disconnected from my life, and the lives of autistic adults and children. All the puzzling terms, labels and categories can make it harder for us to receive help when we need it and harder for the rest of the world to understand us.”
Commercial TV’s rare leadership on Roseanne is a breath of fresh air — Liz Giuffre (The Conversation): “Roseanne has described her ‘bad joke’ as being ‘in poor taste’. However, there is more to consider than ‘bad’ and ‘taste’ here. In fact, it was not actually a joke at all. Rather, it was a power exchange designed to directly belittle, marginalise and insult based on race. Racism causes actual harm.”
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The Federal Reserve announced Friday it is imposing more penalties on Wells Fargo, freezing the bank's growth until it can prove it has improved its internal controls. In addition, bank agreed to replace four board members.
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It's the latest blow against the San Francisco bank that has had its reputation tarnished by revelations it opened phony customer accounts and sold auto insurance to customers who did not need it.
The new penalties were announced on Fed Chair Janet Yellen's last day at the central bank.
"We cannot tolerate pervasive and persistent misconduct at any bank," Yellen said in a statement. "The enforcement action we are taking today will ensure that Wells Fargo will not expand until it is able to do so safely and with the protections needed to manage all of its risks and protect its customers."
The Fed said it is restricting the bank's assets to the level where they stood at the end of last year until it can demonstrate that it has improved its internal controls.
The announcement came after the close of trading on Wall Street Friday. The bank's stock fell more than 6 percent in after-hours trading.
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Wells Fargo has 16 members on its board of directors. It agreed to replace three directors by April and another one by year-end. The letter did not say if particular board members were being singled out. Fed officials referred questions about who will be replaced to the bank.
In a statement, Wells Fargo said it is "confident" it will satisfy the Fed's requirements.
"We take this order seriously and are focused on addressing all of the Federal Reserve's concerns," the bank's CEO, Timothy Sloan, said. "It is important to note that the consent order is not related to any new matters, but to prior issues where we have already made significant progress."
Sloan said that "while there is still more work to do, we have made significant improvements over the past year to our governance and risk management that address concerns highlighted in this consent order."
The Fed's new order marked the latest chapter in a series of scandals which have rocked the bank in recent years.
Wells Fargo has admitted that employees opened more than 3 million fake accounts in order to meet sales quotas. It ended up paying $185 million to regulators and settled a class-action suit for $142 million.
It also has admitted it signed up hundreds of thousands of auto loan customers for auto insurance they did not need. Some of those customers had their cars repossessed because they could not afford both the auto loan and insurance payments.
And Wells Fargo also offered refunds to customers last year after acknowledging that its mortgage bankers unfairly charged them fees to lock in interest rates on mortgages.
The Fed's action came on a 3-0 vote. Randal Quarles, who is the Fed's vice chairman for supervision, has recused himself from participating in matters involving Wells Fargo.
With Yellen's departure, Fed officials said that the central bank will still be able to deal with Wells Fargo issues with the two remaining board members — Jerome Powell, who has been a member of the Fed's board since 2012 and is taking over for Yellen as chairman on Monday, and board member Lael Brainard.
Marvin Goodfriend, an economics professor from Carnegie Mellon University, has been nominated by President Donald Trump for one of the vacancies on the seven-member board but the Senate has not yet acted on nomination. Trump has not yet nominated people to fill the other vacancies.
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Skidmore Sell reported from Portland, Oregon.

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China's central bank said in its latest monetary-policy report that it would include negotiable certificates of deposits in its macroprudential assessment, in a bid to curb rising leverage in the financial sector.
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The price of the digital currency bitcoin crossed over the $4,000 mark for the first time in its nine-year history, despite a widespread selloff in other major digital currencies.
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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy's fourth-largest bank by assets, swung to a EUR3.1 billion loss in the second quarter due to large write-downs of bad loans.
CFTC Chairman Readies Revamp of Swaps Rules
President Donald Trump's new head of the U.S. derivatives regulator, J. Christopher Giancarlo, plans to remove restrictions on where swaps can be traded, revising a rule from the Dodd-Frank financial law critics say has diminished market liquidity.
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August 14, 2017 07:15 ET (11:15 GMT)


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Question: Polanco suspension hits Twins hard; Escobar next up at SS

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FORT MYERS, Fla. — About a month ago, Minnesota Twins shortstop Jorge Polanco learned he had tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
The news of his 80-game suspension, including ineligibility for post-season play, hit the Twins hard on Sunday after their exhibition game.
“We don’t want it in our game. We want a clean game. It sometimes is disappointing in seeing guys still trying to use performance-enhancing drugs,” second baseman Brian Dozier said on Monday as the Twins started their final full week of spring training. “But at the same time, when it comes to a guy on my team, that’s my brother. He needs love right now. That’s the only thing I’m really worried about.”
Now the Twins must concern themselves with Polanco’s place in the lineup. He had a breakout second half of his first full season as the regular shortstop in 2017, batting .316 with 10 home runs and 42 RBIs over his last 55 games from Aug. 1 on while taking over the No. 3 spot in the batting order and helping the Twins reach the AL wild-card game.
Twins chief baseball officer Derek Falvey said shortstop is one of the positions he felt the team entered the spring with depth at, including Eduardo Escobar, Ehire Adrianza and non-roster invitee Erick Aybar. The versatile Escobar, who played five different positions for the Twins last season including one inning at catcher, is likely to be the primary option. Nobody has played more shortstop for the Twins since 2014 than Escobar, who hit 21 homers with 73 RBIs in 457 at-bats, all career highs.
“What Escobar did stepping up for us last season and we’re going to ask him again, which is to step up and be a big part of this,” Falvey said. “He’s worn that jersey and been fine with that before. I think Adrianza is somebody we really liked last year when we got him and was somebody who could continue to progress and grow. So, between those two guys internally who are on the roster, we feel like those guys are in a great spot to step up for us.”
Aybar, who has begun his 12th major league season, was signed to a minor league contract last month, before the Twins knew about Polanco’s pending suspension. There’s also some uncertainty about the availability of third baseman Miguel Sano, though to a much lesser degree than the half-season Polanco will be absent for. Sano is being investigated by Major League Baseball for alleged harassment of a freelance photographer after an autograph signing in 2015, and he’s also recovering from surgery on his shin.
Then there’s Nick Gordon, the fifth overall pick in the 2014 amateur draft who was at Double-A Chattanooga last season. He spent plenty of time at second base during spring training before being reassigned to minor league camp on Sunday shortly before news broke of Polanco’s suspension, and Falvey said Gordon would continue to work out shortstop, his original position.
As for Polanco, he decided to drop his appeal of the punishment on Sunday out of respect for the team so he’d begin serving it as soon as possible. Polanco met with reporters briefly on Monday before he’d had an opportunity to address his teammates. He’ll continue to work out at the team’s facility in Fort Myers when the team breaks camp and can play in extended spring training games with the minor leaguers.
“I know how everything happened,” Polanco said. “I know the details, but today’s not a day to discuss those things. Today’s a day for me to be here in front of all of you guys and the Twins organization and my fans and just apologize.”
In a statement distributed by the players’ union on Sunday, Polanco said he didn’t realize he’d consumed the banned substance Stanozolol, which came from a combination of vitamin B12 and an iron supplement supplied by his athletic trainer in his native Dominican Republic.
“My hope is that through this extremely disappointing situation other players will learn from my mistake,” Polanco said in the statement.
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By Brendan Kuty and Randy Miller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Here are the Yankees and Twins lineups for Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
Manager Aaron Boone put Neil Walker in at first base. Tyler Austin had been swinging a hot bat at the position while waiting to learn the fate of the appeal of his five-game suspension. We'll have more on whether Austin was finally suspended later.


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Question: Climber dies in fall from cliff into Bristol's Avon Gorge

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A climber who fell from a cliff face and plunged into the Avon Gorge died at the scene, police have confirmed.
Emergency services were called around 11.48am today (Friday, February 2) after reports a climber had fallen in the Avon Gorge in Bristol.
The man in his 40s is believed to have fallen off a stretch of cliff face that is a recognised climbing route, with climbing holds fixed to the rock.
At the time of the incident a spokesman for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust said a man in his 40s fell from a cliff face near The Portway.
A huge rescue operation was launched involving police, ambulance crews, firefighters, the air ambulance and the coastguard helicopter. Emergency services said the climber had suffered head injuries and his condition was not clear.
Avon and Somerset police have now confirmed the man died, and a spokesman said: "Sadly, the climber was pronounced dead at the scene. We are taking steps to identify and notify next of kin.
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The Portway was closed following the incident and emergency services were seen attending on the cliffs and at the bottom of the Avon Gorge.
"The Circular road remains closed. The Portway has now been reopened," the police spokesman said.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service also assisted in the rescue operation, its spokeswoman said: "We were called to the Circular Road, Clifton to assist with an incident involving a climber who had fallen and is located half way down the cliff face.
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"They are thought to have head injuries and crews from Temple, Southmead and Bedminster are currently working with the coastguard air support to rescue the climber."

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No dogs or humans were reported harmed or injured after a whirlwind sent rafts and picnic tables flying along the shores of Washington's Sammamish Lake.


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Question: Bruce Cassidy's Bruins: Three reasons why Boston is playing with rekindled fire

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You can say a lot of things about Bruce Cassidy.
But you cannot say that he's a loser.
We're talking, of course, in terms of the veteran's record as the Boston Bruins' interim coach, a position he has held since Feb. 7. That record now sits at 3-0 as Cassidy and Co. enjoy their bye week. And while a trio of games bears only so much weight, there is no denying that Boston, now 29-23-6 and within arm's reach of the Montreal Canadiens in the Atlantic Division, has been rejuvenated under Bruce's watch.
The issues that led to the Bruins' dismissal of Claude Julien, the latest in a long line of coaches ousted during the season in recent NHL history, stretched far beyond the two-game losing streak that preceded Cassidy's takeover. And yet, in a short span of time, the newly guided Bruins appear as well oiled as could be considering the circumstances.
Why? How? In the end, the answers to those questions may not lift the Bruins to playoff status, let alone keep Cassidy's brief win streak from snapping. But they are certainly keeping this particular Atlantic contender afloat.
Here are three reasons Cassidy's Bruins are playing with a new identity:
The Bruins have been playing inspired hockey, topping the Canadiens 4-0 to win their third straight. USATSI
1. All bets are off with players' roles
It'd be one thing if the Cassidy-led Bruins simply upped their game in the wake of Julien's departure. But what's driven Boston's three-game surge more than, say, elite production is a sudden prioritization of depth. It's not like the team's roster was dumped and replaced when Cassidy took over, but the shuffling of roles has had a ripple effect of success.
We're talking about Cassidy's unflinching willingness to adjust lineups, which has spawned some questions regarding seemingly unusual veteran pairings but also has Boston on a promising three-game tear. A recent shutout from goalie Tuukka Rask certainly helped. But what's really fueled the momentum has been Cassidy's deep dive into and dependence on the bench, where even third-line players have been standing out, according to FanSided's Andrew Thompson.
2. A victorious track record is not lacking
No, a 3-0 record does not warrant Cassidy eternal acclaim as an NHL head coach. (Although a phenomenal finish to the season wouldn't hurt his chances of getting to that point.)
The interim, however, does boast a rock-solid resume in the Bruins organization. At least to some degree, then, it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that a Cassidy-led team is starting hot.
In nearly a decade of service to Boston's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, Cassidy strung together three consecutive seasons with at least 40 victories to go along with playoff appearances, and had his club atop the league standings with a 50-21-5 mark in 2012-13. Even setting aside his time with seven other teams in varying positions, the one-time Blackhawks player knows the ins and outs of leading an organization and leading it to victory.
That's not to say he's anything substantially more than an interim coach riding the short-lived passions of his players, but it does mean that Cassidy already had quite a few marks in the "W" column under his belt.
3. The passion of a fresh voice is seeping through
This one is sure to be less a factor as the season goes on, but a quick peek at what the Bruins are doing -- how they are actually playing and flying across the ice -- should tell you that something or someone has rekindled a fire for this team. Why would we hesitate to think that someone is Cassidy, a former NHL defenseman who just so happens to be the guy who led Boston to its first home win over Montreal -- and a big 4-0 one, at that -- since 2012?
As with many in-season coaching changes across professional sports, the raw emotion of a locker room headlined by Cassidy's fresh voice has to be factored in. Take another gander at the Bruins' last three games, in which the club has racked up 14 goals, and try not to be convinced that a renewed hunger has surfaced under Cassidy's watch.

Each Monday during the NHL season, Rob Mixer takes a look at the biggest storylines from the hockey week that was.
Last week, we talked at length about the Eastern Conference playoff picture and how it’s shaping up to be a three-horse derby down the stretch. That’s still the case, but the Panthers have hit a bit of a snag and are quickly running out of time.
This week, we’re going to take closer look at what’s going on in the Western Conference. Spoiler alert: it’s every bit as crazy as the East and with far more leap-frogging going on on a nightly basis. Just last night, the Ducks picked up a crucial third straight win, beating New Jersey 4-2 to climb over Los Angeles into third place in the Pacific Division.
MORE: NHL playoff odds, predictions for 2018 Stanley Cup
And while it could only be temporary, the Ducks’ win kind of encapsulates just how wild the West has been over the last month or so. The Blues dropped out with a six-game skid, traded Paul Stastny and looked to be waving the flag, but are now just one point back of eighth place.
There are five teams within three points of each other entering Monday, and we’re now at the stage where all five teams have 10 or fewer regular season games remaining.
The pressure’s on. So who’s in the mix?
MORE: Predicting the Eastern Conference wild-card race
Anaheim Ducks
It’s hard to bet against the Ducks.
They have too many good players, guys who have been through the rigors of deep playoff runs and also those who are emerging as legit stars in the league. The health of John Gibson is always going to be a question mark, but Anaheim’s forward depth and defensive treasure chest are two big reasons to bet on the Ducks in the playoffs.
Sure, it’s not a given that they get in, but if they can’t beat out the Blues, Kings or Avalanche, maybe it wasn’t meant to be anyway.
In my mind, the Ducks are as close to a lock as a team can get.
MORE: Taylor Hall and the NHL's great MVP debate
Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon’s MVP season has catapulted the Avalanche from the NHL’s worst team into the playoff picture. It’s hard to wrap the mind around how bad Colorado was last season — and to be fair to them, a lot of stuff went wrong — and then also consider where they are right now. It’s one of the under-the-radar stories in the league in a season where there have been plenty of surprises.
They have a slim two-point cushion on the playoff bar, but a somewhat friendly schedule on the horizon. The Avalanche play four of their next six games at Pepsi Center (where they’re 25-9-2 this season) and they’ll play the Blackhawks twice in the next 10 days.
If Colorado can win five or six of its remaining 10 games, the Avs are probably in the playoffs a season after finishing dead last.
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Los Angeles Kings
A simple refresh breathed new life into the Kings, who have sputtered a long the last couple of seasons. Anze Kopitar is a Hart Trophy candidate, Jonathan Quick is playing better, and the Kings are a more balanced team in 2017-18. They didn’t look so good over the weekend in a shutout loss to the Devils, but they have points in seven of their last 10 games (6-3-1) and have been really good away from Staples Center.
Should they get in? Probably. Will they? It’ll be difficult, especially when you consider that the teams around them are starting to heat up at the right time. The Kings’ margin for error is razor-thin with Dallas and St. Louis breathing down their neck.
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Dallas Stars
This is a team that just baffles me.
A lot of coaches would drool over the possibilities with this lineup. They have a couple of legitimate superstars, a strong cast of secondary options that includes talented young players, and one of the NHL’s top defensemen. Their goaltending has always been suspect, but it’s improved with Ben Bishop (though he’s fought injury lately), which was thought to give them a serious chance at the Central Division.
As it turned out, the Central become an absolute bloodbath. The Stars are a really good team, but in this brutal division, they’re fourth- or fifth-best team and fighting to get into the playoffs. I like their chances, even if they’re currently on the outside looking in. They’re too good to not get in, right?
MORE: Tracking each team's NHL Draft lottery odds
St. Louis Blues
Wait, where did these guys come from?
We all chalked this up to a lost season for the Blues when GM Doug Armstrong traded Stastny to Winnipeg at the deadline. They had bottomed out, losing six straight and falling below the playoff bar at the worst possible time. The Blues, at one point, led the Central Division and looked to be a sure-fire contender in the West.
But guess what? They’re back.
The Blues have won four of their last five after an overtime thriller in Chicago on Sunday. Alex Pietrangelo tied it late and Patrik Berglund scored the winner in overtime, pulling St. Louis one point back of the Kings. They’re probably the longest shot of this collection of teams, but if they continue this run, anything can happen. And that’s the approach they’re taking.
“We know we're fighting for our lives right now and every point's crucial,” goaltender Jake Allen said. “It was a resilient comeback by everyone."


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Question: Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say

By Devlin Barrett, Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Sari Horwitz
The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.
The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump’s conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates, officials said.
Trump had received private assurances from then-FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation. Officials say that changed shortly after Comey’s firing.
Five people briefed on the requests, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Daniel Coats, the current director of national intelligence, Mike Rogers, head of the National Security Agency, and Rogers’s recently departed deputy, Richard Ledgett, agreed to be interviewed by Mueller’s investigators as early as this week. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy, and it is unclear how many others have been questioned by the FBI.
The NSA said in statement that it will “fully cooperate with the special counsel” and declined to comment further. The office of the director of national intelligence and Ledgett declined to comment.
The White House now refers all questions about the Russia investigation to Trump’s personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz. “The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal,” said Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Kasowitz.
The officials said Coats, Rogers and Ledgett would appear voluntarily, though it remains unclear whether they will describe in full their conversations with Trump and other top officials or will be directed by the White House to invoke executive privilege. It is doubtful the White House could ultimately use executive privilege to try to block them from speaking to Mueller’s investigators. Experts point out that the Supreme Court ruled during the Watergate scandal that officials cannot use privilege to withhold evidence in criminal prosecutions.
The obstruction-of-justice investigation of the president began days after Comey was fired on May 9, according to people familiar with the matter. Mueller’s office has now taken up that work, and the preliminary interviews scheduled with intelligence officials indicate his team is actively pursuing potential witnesses inside and outside the government.
The interviews suggest Mueller sees the question of attempted obstruction of justice as more than just a “he said, he said” dispute between the president and the fired FBI director, an official said.
Probing Trump for possible crimes is a complicated affair, even if convincing evidence of a crime were found. The Justice Department has long held that it would not be appropriate to indict a sitting president. Instead, experts say, the onus would be on Congress to review any findings of criminal misconduct and then decide whether to initiate impeachment proceedings.
Comey confirmed publicly in congressional testimony on March 20 that the bureau was investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
Comey’s statement before the House Intelligence Committee upset Trump, who has repeatedly denied that any coordination with the Russians took place. Trump had wanted Comey to disclose publicly that he was not personally under investigation, but the FBI director refused to do so.
Soon after, Trump spoke to Coats and Rogers about the Russia investigation.
Officials said one of the exchanges of potential interest to Mueller took place on March 22, less than a week after Coats was confirmed by the Senate to serve as the nation’s top intelligence official.
Coats was attending a briefing at the White House with officials from several other government agencies. When the briefing ended, as The Washington Post previously reported, Trump asked everyone to leave the room except for Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Coats told associates that Trump had asked him whether Coats could intervene with Comey to get the bureau to back off its focus on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in its Russia probe, according to officials. Coats later told lawmakers that he never felt pressured to intervene.
A day or two after the March 22 meeting, Trump telephoned Coats and Rogers to separately ask them to issue public statements denying the existence of any evidence of coordination between his campaign and the Russian government.
Coats and Rogers refused to comply with the president’s requests, officials said.
It is unclear whether Ledgett had direct contact with Trump or other top officials about the Russia probe, but he wrote an internal NSA memo documenting the president’s phone call with Rogers, according to officials.
As part of the probe, the special counsel has also gathered Comey’s written accounts of his conversations with Trump. The president has accused Comey of lying about those encounters.
Mueller is overseeing a host of investigations involving people who are or were in Trump’s orbit, people familiar with the probe said. The investigation is examining possible contacts with Russian operatives as well as any suspicious financial activity related to those individuals.
Last week, Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he had informed Trump that there was no investigation of the president’s personal conduct, at least while he was leading the FBI.
Comey’s carefully worded comments, and those of Andrew McCabe, who took over as acting FBI director, suggested to some officials that a probe of Trump for attempted obstruction may have been launched after Comey’s departure, particularly in light of Trump’s alleged statements regarding Flynn.
“I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that’s a conclusion I’m sure the special counsel will work towards, to try and understand what the intention was there, and whether that’s an offense,” Comey testified last week.
Mueller has not publicly discussed his work, and a spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.
Accounts by Comey and other officials of their conversations with the president could become central pieces of evidence if Mueller decides to pursue an obstruction case.
Investigators will also look for any statements the president may have made publicly and privately to people outside the government about his reasons for firing Comey and his concerns about the Russia probe and other related investigations, people familiar with the matter said.
Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week that he was certain his firing was due to the president’s concerns about the Russia probe, rather than over his handling of a now-closed FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, as the White House had initially asserted. “It’s my judgment that I was fired because of the Russia investigation,” Comey said. “I was fired, in some way, to change — or the endeavor was to change the way the Russia investigation was being conducted.”
The fired FBI director said ultimately it was up to Mueller to make a determination whether the president crossed a legal line.
In addition to describing his interactions with the president, Comey told the Intelligence Committee that while he was FBI director he told Trump on three occasions that he was not under investigation as part of a counterintelligence probe looking at Russian meddling in the election.
Republican lawmakers seized on Comey’s testimony to point out that Trump was not in the FBI’s crosshairs when Comey led the bureau.
After Comey’s testimony, in which he acknowledged telling Trump that he was not under investigation, Trump tweeted that he felt “total and complete vindication.” It is unclear whether McCabe, Comey’s successor, has informed Trump of the change in the scope of the probe.
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Robert Mueller’s focus is not on what happened during the campaign but on Trump’s obstruction of justice after the election, according to a new report from Axios:
“The top two topics that Mueller has expressed interest in so far: the firings of FBI director James Comey and national security adviser Michael Flynn,” reports Mike Allen.
Allen adds: “That suggests a focus on obstruction of justice while in office, rather than collusion with Russia during the campaign. But both sagas are interwoven with Russia: Trump himself has linked Comey’s firing to Russia, and Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador during the transition.”
Allen also spoke about his findings in a new MSNBC segment (above) on Monday morning.