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Posted: 2019-07-18 09:47:00	by Northwest Quadrant Wealth Management
Stocks dipped yesterday as investors sift through a slew of 2nd quarter earnings reports.
Amazon's 2019 Prime Day was its biggest sales event yet. The company said it sold more than 175 million items over the course of the event, up from 100 million items last year. Amazon-branded electronics including the Echo Dot, Fire Stick, and other Alexa-enabled devices were among the top-sellers. Meanwhile, third-party sales volume topped $2 billion during this year's Prime Day, up from $1.5 billion last year.
Construction of new houses fell slightly in June and permits sank to the lowest level in two years, suggesting a sluggish U.S. housing market has failed to gain much momentum from lower mortgage rates. Housing starts slipped 0.9% to an annual pace of 1.25 million last month. That's how many homes would be built in 2019 if construction took place at same rate over the entire year as it did in June.
Shares of railroad giant CSX fell sharply after the company reported earnings that missed expectations. The CEO of the company said on the earnings call that the US economy was the most puzzling he has experience in his career.
Shares of United Airlines are higher after the company reported revenue and earnings that topped expectations. The company also increased their stock buyback program to $3 Billion
With Northwest Quadrant Wealth Management, I'm Tyler Simones.
Stocks slipped from record highs yesterday after President Trump said that we have a long way to go on trade talks with China.
Four of the major US Banks JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America all reported earnings results that beat analysts expectations. On the earnings conference calls all of the companies mentioned the trade war and the Fed cutting interest rates as reasons for declining revenues later this year.
Sales at U.S. retailers rose solidly in June for the fourth month in a row, pointing to a strong rebound in consumer spending in the second quarter that suggests the economy is not as fragile as the Federal Reserve apparently believes. Retail sales increased 0.4% last month, the government said Tuesday. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected a 0.1% gain.
Oregon's unemployment rate has been at or near a record low for almost three years. That trend continued in June, according to the latest figures released by the state. The unemployment rate in Oregon for June was 4.1%, according to economists with the Oregon Employment Department. The rate for May was 4.2%. The record low, for data going back to 1976, was 4% in May 2018. For 32 months, or since November 2016, Oregon's unemployment rate has been between 4% and 4.4%.
Back to school time is the second busiest shopping period of the year and is projected to be flat compared to a year-ago. Spending for back-to-school clothing, school supplies and electronics for children in grades K-12 is expected to reach $27.8 billion this year. (Deloitte survey)
Shares of Helen of Troy, owners of Revlon, Vicks and Hydro Flask is raising their forward earnings guidance. The company also beat earnings and revenue expectations in announcing quarterly results. (CNBC)
President Trump is considering firing Commerce Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. (NBC News)
Second quarter earnings season gets rolling this week with nearly 60 S&P 500 Index companies reporting results. Consensus estimates are calling for a slight year-over-year decline in S&P 500 earnings amid the downshift in U.S. and international economic growth, tariffs, and ongoing trade tensions. (FactSet)
More than 1 million children were victims of identity theft or fraud in 2017, according to a report from Javelin Strategy & Research. Two-thirds of those affected were age 7 or younger.
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After more dovish communications from Federal Reserve officials sent U.S. stocks to record highs last week, second-quarter corporate earnings results that start this week will pose the next test for investors.
China's gross domestic product rose 6.2% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace in at least 27 years. The GDP figure comes as the world's second largest economy remains locked in a trade war with the U.S.
Amazon kicked off its fourth annual blockbuster Prime Day sale at midnight, promising "more than one million deals globally" for products from Alexa-enabled devices to goods from many of the company's third-party sellers.
China's trade with the United States plunged last month amid a tariff war. Imports of US goods fell 32% over the same period last year, while exports to the American market fell 8%. China's trade surplus with the US widened by 3%, giving critics ammunition to demand Washington take a hard line with Beijing.
Markets have a July rate cut from the Federal Reserve as the base case following Chair Jerome Powell's two-day testimony to Congress. Two regional Fed governors are pushing back, with Atlanta's Raphael Bostic and Richmond's Thomas Barkin disputing the need for stimulus right now. Each of them cited the Dallas Fed's measure of inflation which has come in close to 2% in recent months. As neither of them are voting on the FOMC this year, their arguments could well get lost as Powell gets on with being the world's central banker. (Bloomberg)
Shares of pharmacy benefit managers and other healthcare players soared on Thursday in reaction to the administration's reversal of its proposed overhaul of rebates collected by the drug middlemen. At this juncture, the administration is moving forward with its plan to tie Medicare reimbursement for drugs to the lowest prices paid elsewhere. The news came days after a federal judge dealt a blow to the White House by striking down a rule that would have forced pharmaceutical companies to disclose the list price of their drugs in TV ads. (SA)
Crude prices are headed for their biggest weekly gain in three as simmering Middle East tensions, shrinking U.S. crude inventories and Tropical Storm Barry in the Gulf of Mexico threaten the supply outlook. Despite the developments and recent rollover of an OPEC-led output cut, the IEA is forecasting another oil glut in 2020. "This surplus adds to the huge stock builds seen in the second half of 2018," the agency declared, adding that "market tightness is not an issue for the time being" but predicting growth of 1.4M barrels per day next year (from 1.2M bpd in 2019). (WSJ)
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France's Senate has approved a tax on the revenues of tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple, defying a warning from President Donald Trump's administration that it "unfairly targets American companies." The administration has launched an investigation into the 3 per cent digital services tax, which is to be imposed on digital businesses with revenues exceeding €750m globally and €25m in France. The unilateral move by Paris could result in tariffs on French wine or cars though both sides would likely seek a negotiated settlement first. The US has lobbied aggressively to block taxes on tech companies' revenues. But France and other EU countries have pursued national-level duties after a pan-Europe effort stalled earlier this year. (FT)
The last Volkswagen Beetle has rolled off the assembly line in Mexico's central Puebla state, serenaded by a mariachi band and surrounded by proud factory workers. It marks the end of the road for an iconic car that began in Germany in the 1940s through the hippie counterculture in the 1960s, but failed to navigate a current swerve in consumer tastes toward SUVs. The Puebla factory, which already produces VW's Tiguan SUV, will make the Tarek SUV in place of the "bug" starting in late 2020. (SA)
U.S. underlying consumer prices increased by the most in nearly 1-1/2 years in June amid solid gains in the costs of a range of goods and services, but will probably not change expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month. The Labor Department said on Thursday its consumer price index excluding the volatile food and energy components rose 0.3% last month. There were also increases in the cost of healthcare and rents. In the 12 months through June, the core CPI climbed 2.1%
Jay Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has cemented the case for the US central bank to cut interest rates based on mounting risks to the US economic outlook, in dovish testimony to Congress that could fuel expectations of a looming monetary easing. Despite a strong jobs report for the month of June and last month's new truce in the trade war between the US and China, Mr Powell said "uncertainties about the outlook have increased in recent months", particularly internationally. (FT)
Something interesting is happening in the media landscape, where Netflix is becoming the incumbent, and the challengers are established firms that have been around for nearly a century. Disney, Warner Media, and NBCUniversal are all launching direct-to-consumer streaming services by the first quarter of 2020, and the race is heating up over content. The latest move has seen Warner Media pull Friends off Netflix in 2020 when it debuts its service, HBO MAX, and comes shortly after Netflix lost The Office to NBC Universal coming 2021. (SA)
After achieving record deliveries in the second quarter, Tesla is getting ready to increase EV production at its factory in Fremont, California. Tesla has said it plans to produce "significantly" more than the 360,000 to 400,000 vehicles expected to be delivered in 2019, easing concerns over demand for the company's electric cars.
Elon Musk's automaker impressed Wall Street with record second quarter sales numbers yet analysts remain cautious, focusing instead on the company's upcoming earnings report. Tesla is expected to report second-quarter earnings on Aug. 7. (CNBC)
Jerome Powell has stepped up to the starting line, with a marathon of speeches over the next three days ranging from comments at the Boston Fed to his semiannual monetary policy testimony to Congress. Today, he's scheduled to give opening remarks at a conference discussing the effectiveness of bank stress tests. While traders have priced in a 100% probability of a Fed rate cut in July, expectations for a more aggressive cut have been tempered by the strong jobs report released Friday. (SA)
Levi Strauss releases earnings figures The 166-year-old jeans maker releases second earnings after the market closes. Shares in the San Francisco-based group have only risen 0.5 per cent since its initial public offering on March 21, compared with a 7 per cent rise for the broader S&P 500. Alongside its first set of earnings as a public company, which were released in April, the company outlined plans to open 100 new stores. (Barron's)
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has announced plans to go public via a New York cash shell led by former senior Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic, which aims to take passengers into space, said this morning that it would merge with a cash shell led by Mr Palihapitiya, which was launched in 2017 and is publicly traded in New York. Virgin Galactic said the company would have an enterprise value of about $1.5bn. The cash shell is an alternative way to bring technology companies to the stock market without the hassle of an initial public offering. (FT)
PepsiCo shares are higher this morning after the company's second-quarter earnings topped estimates, as healthier snacks and sparkling water helped fuel sales growth and offset a drag from foreign exchange. As consumers drink less soda, Pepsi has turned to higher-growth beverage categories instead, releasing energy drinks like Mtn Dew Game Fuel and jumping in on the sparkling water trend with Bubly. (CNBC).
Stocks have stuttered and the dollar is circling a three-week high this morning while investors reassess their expectations for the pace of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. The cautious trading pattern comes with Jay Powell due to offer two days of testimony on monetary policy before Congress, starting on Wednesday. Minutes are also due then from the Fed's last rate-setting meeting, at which policy was left on hold. While a rate cut at this month's policy meeting is expected, hopes for one of 50 basis points looked misplaced after a significantly stronger-than-expected jobs report on Friday. (WSJ)
While Deutsche Bank had once sought to compete with America's big banks on Wall Street, the German lender has been pummeled by scandals, probes and massive fines stemming from the financial crisis and other issues in recent years. The latest overhaul will see Deutsche exit the global equities business and shed 18,000 jobs, booking charges of €7.4B through 2022, while it won't pay a dividend this year or next. The German bank also expects to report a net loss of €2.8B for the second quarter, before it narrows its focus on serving European companies and retail-banking customers. (SA)
In another setback for Boeing, Saudi Arabian budget airline Flyadeal said it will cancel its order for up to 50 737 Max jets, a deal worth $5.9B when it was announced last December. The low-cost carrier will instead buy up to 50 A320neo planes and become an "all-Airbus fleet," marking one of the first tangible signs the 737 Max crisis could shift business to Boeing's European rival. (FT)
The meeting between President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping at the G-20 might have been enough to pause the trade war, but it seems that finding a lasting peace is no easier than it was before the summit. China's pre-condition is a removal of all tariffs placed on its goods, with state media saying talks will "go backward again" without the U.S. agreeing to that step. Trade spats are starting to spread beyond the U.S.-China faceoff, with the long-standing grudge match between Japan and South Korea among those that are beginning to re-emerge. (Bloomberg)
Payroll growth rebounded sharply in June as the U.S. economy added 224,000 jobs amid concerns that both the employment picture and overall growth picture were beginning to weaken. The unemployment rate edged up to 3.7%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected nonfarm payrolls to rise by 165,000 after and the unemployment rate to hold steady at 3.6%. May's initially reported growth of 75,000 had raised doubts about the durability of the record-setting expansion that began a decade ago. (CNBC)
Workers in the Bend-Redmond Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average hourly wage of $23.27 in May 2018, about 7 percent below the nationwide average of $24.98, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. When compared to the nationwide distribution, local employment was more highly concentrated in 8 of the 22 occupational groups, including food preparation and serving related; construction and extraction; and building and grounds cleaning and maintenance.
Stocks were little changed yesterday after the U.S. threatened a new wave of tariffs on European goods, dampening recent optimism surrounding the Washington-Beijing trade truce.
Drivers should pay about a dime less per gallon for gasoline over the Fourth of July holiday than last year, even with a major refinery outage and new taxes in about a dozen states. A record 41.4 million people are expected to travel on the nation's roadways over the long holiday weekend, an increase of 4% from 2018, according to AAA, and even with the shutdown of the largest East Coast refinery, gasoline should be plentiful.
Anheuser Busch Inbev - The brewer's stock jumped 2% after announcing that it is looking to raise as much as $9.8 billion from a Hong Kong listing, in what would be the world's largest initial public offering of the year. The IPO would give Budweiser Asia, which has a portfolio of more than 50 beer brands in the region, a market capitalization of up to $63.7 billion.
According to the Commerce Department outlays for U.S. construction projects fell 0.8% in May at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.3 trillion. That's the biggest drop since November.
With Northwest Quadrant Wealth Management, I'm Tyler Simones
U.S. stocks pared back early gains yesterday, including a new intraday high for the S&P 500, but were still up on the day after Washington and Beijing agreed to refrain from escalating their trade dispute.
As July starts, the current U.S. economic expansion is crossing an invisible line: At 121 months, it's officially the longest period of growth in U.S. history, and records for US GDP growth in the US go back to 1854. One of the things that has made the current expansion the longest on record is its slow, gradual nature. Average annual GDP growth has been lower in this expansion than in the previous three.
U.S. manufacturers grew in June at the slowest pace in more than two years, hurt by trade tensions with China and Mexico and weak exports. The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index slipped to 51.7% in June from 52.1% in the prior month. Readings over 50% indicate more companies are expanding instead of shrinking, but the index has fallen three months in a row and is well off recent highs.
Oregon's minimum wage is set to rise again this month, and much of the impact will be seen in restaurants. In Deschutes County, the minimum wage will rise from $10.75 per hour to $11.25 per hour. In the Portland metro area, the minimum wage will be $12.50 per hour. In rural counties, including Crook and Jefferson, it will be $11 per hour. Few jobs in Central Oregon pay minimum wage, but those that do are concentrated in hospitality, one of the region's largest industries, according to the Oregon Employment Department.
US Stocks finished slightly lower last week but posted their best June return in 80 years with the S&P 500 7% higher. Stocks had a great first half of 2019 with the S&P 500 posting a 17% gain and the tech heavy NASDAQ 21% higher.
President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China managed to get trade talks back on track this past weekend, but an even tougher job lies ahead—appeasing hard-line factions within their own governments demanding they give no quarter. President Xi faces party leaders and executives of state-owned enterprises who believe Washington is out to demolish the government-led economic model that is responsible for China's emergence as a global power. Mr. Trump, for his part, faces skepticism from some Republican and Democratic lawmakers who worry he will give up too much in any deal, as well as wariness among some of his own appointees.
J.P. Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup — Shares surged more than 2% after the Federal Reserve said all major U.S.-based banks passed the central bank's annual stress test. The banks also got approval to hike their quarterly dividends and increase buybacks.
The University of Michigan said the final reading of its consumer sentiment index in June was 98.2, down from the 100 reading in May. Wealthier Americans were rattled over tariffs. Households with incomes in the top third of the distribution were responsible for the decline.
The U.S. lead M&A globally in the second quarter of 2019 as companies seized on strong equity and debt capital markets to agree on mega combinations. Among the top deals were the $121B agreed merger of United Technologies with Raytheon, AbbVie's $63B agreement to acquire Allergan, and Occidental Petroleum's $38B deal to buy Anadarko Petroleum. U.S. M&A totaled $466B in Q2, down just 3% from a year ago, while deal-making in Europe plunged 54% to $152B and Asia M&A dived 49% to $132B. (SA)
All 18 banks – including Deutsche Bank AG which repeatedly failed past exams – passed the Federal Reserve stress tests, with many of the largest lenders in the U.S. announcing increased payouts to shareholders in the wake of the results. The total from dividends and buybacks will hit $173 billion, a record high amount for the group. Shares in Deutsche Bank gained more than 4% in German trading, while JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. all showed pre-market rises of around 2%. (Bloomberg)
Nike reported earnings after the bell yesterday – shares initially fell on the news after-hours, but have now turned higher. The largest company based in Oregon earned 62 cents a share in its fourth quarter ended May 31, slightly missing analyst expectations. Nike said strong sales growth was offset by higher expenses and higher taxes. Nike earned $989 million in the quarter, on total revenue of $10.2 billion, 4 percent higher than the same period last year. It was the first time Nike cracked the $10 billion mark for quarterly sales. (Oregonian)
Ahead of their G20 meeting in Osaka, President Xi plans to present President Trump with a set of terms the U.S. should meet before China is ready to settle their market-rattling trade confrontation, WSJ reports. Among the preconditions, Beijing is insisting that Washington remove its ban on the sale of American technology to Huawei and also wants the U.S. to lift all punitive tariffs. The nation additionally wants the Trump administration to drop efforts to get China to buy even more U.S. exports than Beijing said it would when the two leaders last met in December. (SA)
Wall Street's biggest banks did well when the first round of the Federal Reserve stress test results were released last week. The second round of those tests is due today, including the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), which will set out how much the banks can return to investors in dividends and buybacks. Analysts are predicting a higher payout than last year due to the promising first round results. (Bloomberg)
After getting the green light from U.S. regulatory authorities last month, IBM is expected to win unconditional EU approval today for its largest ever takeover, a $33B bid for open-source provider Red Hat. The deal would expand the firm's subscription-based software offerings to counter slowing software sales and waning demand for mainframe servers. It would also help IBM catch up with Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft in the fast-growing cloud computing business.
Stronger-than-expected earnings from Micron Technologies helped boost investor sentiment overnight as the semiconductor maker stuck to its forecast of a second half rebound in the memory chip market, and resumed shipments to Huawei, sending shares up 10% premarket. Qualcomm and Intel have also started shipping some components to the blacklisted Chinese tech giant. Even when businesses have headquarters in the U.S. they may be able through ownership of overseas subsidiaries and operations to classify their technology as foreign. This one is likely to play out in the courts… (SA)
New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods rose more than expected in May and shipments increased solidly, suggesting some stabilizing in business spending on equipment after it fell early in the year. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, increased 0.4% last month and 2.3% year-on-year amid increases in demand for machinery, and computers and electronic products. (CNBC)
Drive.ai, a self-driving startup that was once valued at $200M – spare change to Tim Cook -- has been scooped up by Apple as well as dozens of its engineers. The deal confirms that Apple hasn't given up its autonomous driving project, called Project Titan, which has gone through its own struggles. Drive.ai talked with multiple possible acquirers, but only Apple was left as a possible suitor.
The US dollar continues to lose ground this morning amid rising expectations of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, boosting other major currencies ahead of speeches by several fed officials this week. Markets are pricing in at least a 40 per cent chance of two rate cuts before the end of this year, according to Fed fund futures. As a result, major currencies have been buoyed despite global central banks beginning to signal the start of a fresh easing cycle. Markets are watching closely as Jerome Powell is set to discuss the US economy at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York today. (FT)
Pharmaceutical maker AbbVie has agreed to buy Allergan, the Irish-domiciled maker of Botox, in a $63bn deal that is the sector's latest blockbuster transaction driven by the need to replenish drug pipelines. AbbVie is betting the acquisition will improve its offering as Humira, the world's best-selling treatment for inflammatory diseases, is set to face competition from generic versions as the drug goes off patent in the US. The deal will see AbbVie pay $188.24 for each share of Allergan, and the offer values Allergan at a 45 per cent premium to its closing price a day earlier. (FT)
President Donald Trump's announcement of sanctions on Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seem to be a tactic aimed at annoying Iranians rather than doing any real damage to the country's already battered economy. If that was the idea, it has been a complete success, with state media saying the move has permanently closed the diplomatic path. Oil, which had risen strongly on tensions in the region, was broadly unchanged this morning as traders do not see much escalation in the latest diplomatic wrangling, while looking for more details on a possible output deal from OPEC. (Bloomberg)
Cutting its profit forecast for the third time in a year, Mercedes parent Daimler has warned investors that Q2 earnings will take a "high three-digit-million" hit due to higher-than-anticipated financial fallout of alleged diesel emissions manipulation. Shares fell the most in over four months on the news, sliding as much as 4% in European trading overnight. The profit warning comes at a highly politically sensitive moment, with the new Daimler CEO meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin this week to discuss the future of the German car industry and the transition to electric vehicles. (SA)
Two senators from opposing sides of the aisle will introduce legislation today to call on tech giants to disclose the value of their users' data, Axios reports. Sens. Mark Warner and Josh Hawley will bring forward the DASHBOARD act (Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight and Regulations on Data), calling on major platforms like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Twitter to disclose to users the types of data collected, how it is used, and to provide an assessment of the value of that data once every 90 days. (SA)
The G20 event, which begins on Friday in Osaka, is expected to include a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on its sidelines. Hopes abound that such a top-level encounter could produce a breakthrough in the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies. The US has threatened to apply tariffs on another $300bn in Chinese goods if a deal is not reached. (FT)
Shares of Slack Technologies soared nearly 50% in their public trading debut on Thursday, valuing the company at more than $23B. The strong performance helped validate the unusual direct listing model the company used to go public, as well as underscoring investor demand for business software makers. Revenues for Slack soared more than 80% to $400M in 2018, but it reported losses from operations of $143.85M. The app has more than 90M users, but so far has only around 100K paid customers. (FT)
Dividend-focused bank investors should be paying attention this afternoon to the first round of the Fed's annual stress tests on 18 of the largest U.S. financial institutions. The quantitative part will show the impact of hypothetical scenarios on banks' capital levels, with a consensus that most lenders will pass the exam. A second round next week will say whether any firm failed because of either insufficient capital or on qualitative grounds. (SA)
Looks like GE could be the surprise winner of the Paris Air Show: Marking its highest close in four months, General Electric closed up 2.8% to $10.63/share on Thursday after emerging as the surprise winner at the Paris Air Show. Its International joint venture with Safran tallied a total of $55B in orders, including more than 1,150 LEAP engines. (WSJ)
As the Fed spreads its dovish wings, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury dropped below 2% overnight for the first time since November 2016. The FOMC left interest rates unchanged at its monetary policy meeting on Wednesday, dropped the word "patient" from its statement and said it would "act as appropriate" to sustain the economy. Free money for everyone. (Bloomberg)
The latest high-profile company to go public in 2019 is Slack Technologies, which will begin trading this morning on the NYSE through a direct listing. The method allows a firm to simply float its existing stock onto a public exchange. Valued at about $15.7B, the NYSE has set a reference price for Slack at $26/share, which will be used by market makers to build an order book to open trading. More firms may follow suit if the direct scheme is successful, with the workplace-messaging app being only the second big tech company after Spotify to bypass the traditional IPO process. (SA)
In earnings news, business software maker Oracle claimed headway in shifting its applications to the cloud as it reported stronger than expected revenues and earnings in its latest quarter. Oracle reported revenue of $11.1bn, up 1 per cent from a year before, despite a three percentage point headwind caused by the rise of the US dollar. (FT)
Episode 4 of FOMC Season 2019 airs this morning 11pm PST and it looks like the Fed is backed into a corner. A failure now to suggest a rate cut later this year - or a pivot back to even a neutral stance - could cause a violent selloff by markets, but if Jerome Powell does flag the plans, he will be accused of caving to President Trump, who has been relentless in excoriating the Fed and demanded that it reverse rate hikes made last year. More drama? Asked by reporters outside the White House yesterday if he wanted to demote Powell, Trump said "let's see what he does." (SA)
Amazon is leasing another 15 737-800 cargo aircraft made by Boeing through a partnership with General Electric Capital Aviation Services. The aircraft will be in addition to the five Boeing 737-800s already leased from GECAS, announced earlier this year. By 2021, Amazon Air will have a portfolio of 70 aircraft flying in their dedicated air network. (WSJ)
Adobe on Tuesday reported upbeat quarterly results driven by strength in its digital media unit, but delivered a soft outlook for the current quarter. The California-based company said revenues rose 25 per cent year-on-year to a record $2.74bn. Revenues in its largest division, digital media, which includes its creative cloud tools and photo-editing app Photoshop, rose 22 per cent from a year ago to $1.89bn. (FT)
Stocks rose slightly on Monday, led by gains in tech, as investors looked ahead to a crucial Federal Reserve meeting this week.
While other economic signs may be weakening, Americans are still confident about their job prospects. A recent New York Federal Reserve consumer expectations survey showed that workers' confidence for finding a new job after losing their current position was at 61.5% in May — an increase from 59.3% in April and the highest since the central bank started keeping track in June 2013.
The nation's homebuilders reported solid confidence in the housing market in June, but levels dropped slightly due to concerns over trade issues, the high costs of construction and the lack of skilled labor. Builder confidence dipped to 64, that's down from 66 in May. Sentiment has remained in the low 60s for the past five months. Anything above 50 is considered positive.
Wall Street analysts are eagerly anticipating Facebook's possible unveil of its long-awaited cryptocurrency payments plan on Tuesday. According to various reports the company is preparing to finally reveal what it calls Project Libra with partners including Visa and Mastercard.
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Wall Street futures suggest modest gains at the open as investors adopt a cautious stance on risk heading into this week's Fed gathering. While market expectations point to an interest rate cut this year, most observers expect rates to stay unchanged at this meeting, although eyes will be on the wording of Jerome Powell's policy statement, as well as the dot plot. Bets on central bank action have underpinned stocks in recent weeks, even as manufacturing data continues to suggest that the U.S.-China trade dispute is having knock-on effects across the globe. (SA)
Shares in online pet supply retailer Chewy jumped about 60 per cent on their trading debut, giving the company a market capitalization of around $15bn as investors show a strong appetite for selected new listings. The pop placed it towards the higher end of first-day performances for companies that have IPO'd this year. Some companies that listed last week, such as Fiverr, Revolve Group and CrowdStrike had first-day gains between 70 per cent and 90 per cent. (FT)
India will impose higher retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. products including almonds, apples and walnuts from Sunday, following Washington's decision to strip the country of preferential access to the American market. New Delhi initially issued an order in June last year to raise import taxes as high as 120% on a slew of U.S. items, incensed by Washington's refusal to exempt it from higher steel and aluminum tariffs, but repeatedly delayed the decision as the two nations engaged in trade talks. U.S.-India bilateral trade reached $142B in 2018, a seven-fold increase since 2001.
U.S. stocks rose yesterday as investors mostly shrugged off a spate of geopolitical concerns. Meanwhile, oil prices reversed steep declines earlier this week amid reports of a suspected attack on tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
The number of people who applied for jobless benefits in early June edged up to a five-week high, but not enough to signal any deterioration in a robust labor market that's fueling the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. Initial jobless claimed rose by 3,000 to 222,000, which is close to a 46-year low.
A pair of lawsuits filed in Washington and California allege Amazon's Alexa keeps voiceprints of children without their parents' consent. These suits which allege that the devices are breaking the law in at least eight states by recording children who use the smart speakers without consent. Shares of Amazon traded lower on the news.
And the punches keep coming for Facebook. Amid ongoing controversy over its use of its user's private information, Facebook has been kicked out of an index tracking companies that abide behind socially responsible practices. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Thursday that the social network no longer will be part of the S&P 500 ESG Index. Shares of Facebook are lower on that news.
US Stocks traded lower yesterday to break a 6-day winning streak as investors digest more signs of growing global economic stimulus.
The index of small-business optimism from the National Federation of Independent Business rose to 105.0 in May. Six of ten survey components increased, three were unchanged, and only one fell in May. Nearly two-thirds, reported hiring or trying to hire, a 5-point increase from April, but 54% reported "few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying to fill".
The wholesale cost of goods and services barely rose in May, reflecting easing inflationary pressures in the U.S. amid slower economic growth and fading gasoline prices. The producer price index edged up 0.1% last month, matching forecast. More notably, the increase in wholesale prices over the past year slowed to 1.8% from 2.2%, and down sharply from a recent high of 3.1% last summer.
NASA has opened the International Space Station to tourists and companies are already buying rides to fly so-called "private astronauts" up to the laboratory in the sky for a visit. For approximately $52 million per person, you can purchase a seat to fly with SpaceX. Bigelow Aerospace, a company that is developing space stations that expand, announced that its subsidiary Bigelow Space Operations has "paid substantial sums as deposits and reservation fees" to SpaceX for four launches to the space station.
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OFFICE POLITICS: BONDING RITUALS AND BUGBEARS FOR WORKERS IN THE NORTH WEST REVEALED Cracking a joke, making a cuppa and lending a pen are the fastest ways that office workers in the North West can form bonds and become popular with colleagues – but taking credit for someone else's work, turning up late and not […]
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Actor and writer, Valerie Bundy from Altrincham, has won a national screenwriting competition with Grazia magazine. Grazia teamed up with BAFTA to find an exciting new talent in screenwriting and after a nationwide search, and hundreds of entries Valerie was picked as the winner. The competition, which sought to find someone with the potential to be the next […]
Cheshire's Jodrell Bank Observatory has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The observatory becomes the 32nd UNESCO World Heritage Site in the UK and joins the prestigious list alongside international sites such as Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal. Jodrell Bank, owned by the University of Manchester, is famous […]
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Construction has begun on The Joshua Tree's new purpose-built support centre in Sandiway following 13 years of fundraising. Due for completion during early 2020, the centre will provide an appropriate and much-needed environment for families, accommodating children of all ages from toddlers through to teenagers. It will feature a multi-functional activity room, counselling suites, soft […]

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BARNUM Jeremy
Chief Financial Officer at JPMorgan Chase
Organization: JPMorgan Chase
Profession: Chief financial officer
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Jeremy Barnum is the Chief Financial Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a member of the firm's Operating Committee. As CFO, Jeremy is responsible for Finance and Business Management, the Chief Investment Office, and the Chief Administrative Office.
Previously, Jeremy served as head of Global Research for J.P. Morgan's Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) and, prior to that, was Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff for the CIB. He was CFO of the CIB from 2013 through the beginning of 2021, leading the traditional finance functions as well as teams that provide leverage to the execution of business priorities and the management of operational risk. As Chief of Staff, Jeremy worked closely with the CEO on the management of the CIB division and the execution of both short and long-term objectives.
Jeremy joined J.P. Morgan in 1994 and has since held a number of roles including Chief Financial Officer for CIB Markets and co-head of North American Credit Trading among other trading roles. Jeremy also spent two years at Blue Mountain Capital Management, a credit-oriented hedge fund, where he was a partner and head of the London office.
Education and personal life
Jeremy graduated from Harvard College with a degree in chemistry. He lives in New York with his wife and two daughters.
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Politik und Weltgeschehen

Europa
 Papst Johannes I. wird von Theoderich nach Konstantinopel entsandt, um Kaiser Justin I. zur Einstellung der Maßnahmen gegen die Arianer in seinem Reich zu veranlassen.
 Eroberung Bernicias durch die Angelsachsen.

 um 525: Boëthius wird nach mehrjähriger Inhaftierung auf Anordnung von Ostgotenkönig Theoderich dem Großen wegen angeblicher Verschwörung in Pavia hingerichtet. Das gleiche Schicksal erleidet Boëthius' Schwiegervater Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, ebenfalls Philosoph und hoher Staatsbeamter.

Asien
 Ella Asbeha, Herrscher von Aksum in Äthiopien, führt eine militärische Expedition nach Südarabien und erobert Himyar. Dessen Herrscher Yusuf Asʾar Yathʾar fällt.

Wissenschaft und Technik
 Der christliche Mönch Dionysius Exiguus schlägt vor, die Zeitrechnung mit der Geburt Christi beginnen zu lassen. Er berechnet, dass diese vor 525 Jahren stattgefunden haben müsse und setzt als die laufende Jahreszahl das Jahr 525 fest.
 Der Architekt Anthemios von Tralleis findet den Brennpunkt der Parabel.

Katastrophen
 Eine Flutkatastrophe des Flusses Daisan zerstört die syrische Stadt Edessa.

Geboren
 um 525: Alexandros von Tralleis, griechischer Arzt († um 605)
 um 525: Justinian, oströmischer Feldherr († 582)

Gestorben
 Yusuf Asʾar Yathʾar, letzter bedeutender König der jemenitischen Himyariten
 525 oder 526: Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, Philosoph und Politiker, hingerichtet
 um 525: Boëthius, römischer Philosoph (* 480/485)

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SamCart is a checkout platform that Features conversion-optimized checkout templates along with upsell, order subscription bump and payment plan capacities which are designed to optimize profits.
If you are a person that wants to set up a shopping cart SamCart is right for you. You are able to wake up and running in under thirty minutes. I put up all of my things in about twenty five minutes, but that's probably because I watched a few YouTube videos about it ahead.
The largest reason that SamCart has been able to Because they offer so many features that help online retailers make more cash, grow quickly is. Whether you're running an e-commerce shop or selling information products, these features will help you make more money and have SamCart pay for itself quickly.
SamCart allows you to create your own personal army of affiliates that will sell your products for you with the Affiliate Center. SamCart automatically creates an Affiliate Signup page for you – .
You're going to get a URL to this page, so that you can send it out to potential affiliates, post it on your site, or send it from your own email list. I encourage them to become affiliates whenever my readers go without anything from me. Hey, if they aren't buying something, it is still a way for me to profit from them.
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SamCart's default affiliate commission is 50 percent. But this payout to anything you desire can be customized by you. You can pay your affiliates a flat rate commission (a set dollar amount per sale) or a percentage. I've had a great deal of success by raising the affiliate payout for affiliates to provide a bonus to sell more to them.
One of the coolest things about SamCart is that they have 18 professionally designed templates that are proven to convert. I don't think all the templates are that good, but I do love most of them. My favorite is the traditional template.
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I do a good deal of advertising on Google AdWords, in which most of my traffic comes from cellular. I found that at a higher speed, which meant I flushed my ad spend down the bathroom, people abandoned with my previous shopping cart. SamCart helped my boost my conversions from cellular.
Plusthey have a trendy"sandbox" mode, which allows you make certain everything is working before going live with your product. With my shopping cart that is previous, I really had to print everything and then test it. I hated doing this. With SamCart, I will test payments without going live and without charging your credit card (and messing up your stats).
When I told my friends that I was composing a SamCart review, they told me that I should stress how awesome their one click upsells are, and I agree.
If you are selling on the internet and you aren't offering upsells, you're leaving a lot of money on the table. In fact, back in 2006, Amazon reported that 35% of its revenues were from its efforts that were upselling. Do not you think that it warrants your consideration, if Amazon is making that much money from it?
An upsell is a strategy that helps you increase your average order value. You do not even know it and probably upsells all of the time. You don't HAVE to get the elongated warranty for your vehicle, but it's there as an upsell for those who don't wish to be concerned about maintenance. You do not need to have dessert after dinner, but restaurants like to provide it.
Continuing with the dessert case, those little $8 cakes aren't a massive amount of money, but if you are the restaurant selling dozens of these every night, the money adds up.
This attribute is unique because it provides you the ability to include several different payment options onto a single checkout page. For my 997 online course, Teachable is used by me, and they don't provide this feature. I must have checkout pages when a customer wants the payment program. I WISH I could use SamCart because of that.
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SamCart allows you to seamlessly sync with a bunch of tools, including email, marketing automation, registration, and payment processing. It was super easy for me to integrate my entire system together with SamCart and I imagine it would be the same for the majority of individuals out there.
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When a professor at a Texas university begins researching ways to improve animal husbandry and boost global food supplies, her results catch the eye of inquisitive engineer Keith Austin Avery, whose interests have nothing to do with solving world hunger.
Now it;s up to the members of the R-Group to find the terrorists and their captives, using all the data and analytics at their disposal to leverage each and every piece of information.
The fast-paced third installment of the Enigma Series has R-Group's Jacob working closely with a powerful and talented team, with results that incorporate a satisfying balance of technology, surprisingly sensitive romance, and the blurred lines that surround the age-old conflict between good and evil.
I'd love to work for The R Group. This time it's nano bio technology that nations are racing to develop. The woman closest to getting it right wants it for good. Once others discover her lead, they are after her to implant in the human body. For good or for bad?
Jacob and the R Group will use their skills and their amazing technology to recover the woman and defeat those who have her.
The technology is fascinating in this series, and keeps me coming back for more. Likable characters, including several new ones, grow on you until you will want to know what they will do next.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review. I'm so glad I could. You can find my full review at Mystery Suspense Reviews.
The Enigma Ignite is an invigorating listen. I could NOT put this audiobook down and found it extremely aggravating when I had no choice!
The authors put an interesting spin on nanobots that is unusual, unique and fascinating! Petra and Jacob are together again but play a smaller role in this story letting others take center stage. Professor Su Lin in her quiet life to improve animal husbandry and with her assistants' help makes a discovery that everyone wants at any cost! Otto and his crew of experts combined with new characters strive to keep the deadly work from the wrong hands while also thwarting the evil terrorist hell-bent on wreaking havoc on the US. Su Lin puts Jacob and others in a major tailspin as they race against the clock to save her.
The authors Charles Breakfield and Roxanne Burkey are amazing authors! They know their audience and know the genre inside and out! They have built a cohesive and captivating group of people that their readers are invested in. Their dialogs are realistic as are their characters. I cannot wait to see where Breakfield and Burkey take us next with the earth-shattering endings and beginnings that are going to take place in the next book!
Derek Shoales did a great job of narrating the story. His voice fluctuated appropriately, he spoke clearly and with some of the characters spoke them with conviction (i.e. the terrorist). I enjoyed his voice and tone throughout the book.
Anyone who loves thrillers and mysteries with an amazing TWIST – this is the book for you!!!
Shoales continues his amazing narration work with this next book in the series. I enjoy his voice as it helps me get into the story easier knowing which character is speaking based on the little distinctions he does for each of them. I really love his accents as well! No production errors from what I can tell. Shoales is a perfect narrator for the series and I'm glad he has continued with the series if only for consistency 🙂 I give it a 5/5 stars.
The story itself of this third book is interesting. We get some more plot twists and weird technology introduced. From a reality perspective I get a little lost with how plausible the technology is/how it works. I think some more description on that would be beneficial since it is a scifi book. I also still question the romance a little haha. I'm more used to it, but I just don't know if it's super necessary to the series as a whole. But overall Breakfield and Burkey have done much better with the romantic parts and since it's clearly something they want in here I am happy for the improvement. So I give the story itself a 4/5 stars.
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by MK Marketing. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
Another Great Read from Breakfield and Burkey!
Every time I read a new book in this series I think it the best yet. I just love the way the authors walk you through the technology explanations and the narrator has such a wide vocal range. The story involves a multi-national cast and it helps that the narrator has great vocal talent.
This book was really hard to put down. The story is riveting. Jacob and Petra are once again in the story, and many characters from previous stories have been given bigger parts. The team is put under a time line pressure that keeps you on the edge of your seat until the end.
I really hope this is made into a movie at some point. I think it would do well on a theater screen.
I received this as a gifted audiobook, but the review is honest and my own opinion.
Yes, you read correctly- smart drug and money laundering! Although they come off as dopey...they are actually pretty smart. Throughout the book characters trade witty jokes and put- downs that left me laughing days later. That being said, at times it can get a little slow...same old same old again- but all in all a great read about smugglers trying to get a leg up and hardly wiping the prize. Great narration no complaints there.
This is my honest review- worth the money and a good long book!
This one was a bit better, in my opinion, than the first two books in the series. The author still includes too many technology buzzwords, but I've either grown used to it, or it's not so blatant. Anyway, Derek Shoales continues to give a stellar performance and is what keeps me coming back to this series.
The ridiculous descriptions of technology throughout this story are becoming tedious. And the plot isn't particularly believable either. The characters are very colorful although a bit flat and stereotypical. The romance is predictable and obligatory.
Derek Shoales performance is very good. He gives distinctive and consistent voices to the characters, although his accents aren't especially accurate.
All in all, there isn't enough realism in this story to capture and hold my attention. It's just too far over the top.
The Enigma series just keeps getting better.
This is not a fast paced, action thriller. Just the opposite. It moves slowly, densely filling the pages with conversations, stories, anecdotes and explanations of aspects of computer workings But don't be fooled - the tension is palpable. Once underway the story is gripping, the characters steadily gaining real personally and presence, over and above what has been received from the earlier books, and the compulsion to find our what will happen to each one is almost as powerful as pondering the futures of real life acquaintances.
Narrator Derek Shoales is back again to breath further life into each of the protagonists on both sides of the conflict, his voicing for each now being distinctive and strangely appropriate (even if the accents are occasionally suspect), making the dialogue feel natural in context. His reading is clear with good intonation and adherence to the pace of the book. And his warm voice is a pleasure to hear.
This is a thoughtful thriller featuring a white tiger, code cracking and compiling, counterfeit currencies, "computer generated Russian roulette", a (literal) kill switch which just keeps on morphing, conspiracies and kidnapping and murder. All good, exciting reading. But it is the characters themselves who take center stage. I received a freely given complimentary copy of Ignite at my request, from the rights holder, via Audiobook Boom. Thank you so much. I enjoyed it immensely. Recommended to all who enjoy tech based and character led thrillers.
Another great book in a brilliant series!
I love the detail in these books. Specifically in relation to the technology. It's great to listen to someone talk about something they know and understand but not in an overly scientific or boring way. That really comes out in these books. It's interesting and good and adds depth.
That's not to say that we are short in character depth and inter-character twists turns and interests. We have some great characters that the narrator does a brilliant job in bringing to life.
It's an espionage thriller that's got great pace and has technology as an enabler to the espionage elements.
I like the shadowy R-Group as well in terms of what they bring to the story.
All in all another great read.
I really enjoyed this installment in the Enigma series. I did enjoy the characters more than the plot, which I struggled to believe somewhat. I did struggle a bit with the technology parts, which kind of just went over my head at parts. But, I enjoyed seeing Jacob and Petra again, and I really liked the character of the story, Professor Su Lin.


* Hillary Clinton won US Rep. Jan Schakowsky's district by 45 points. Tammy Duckworth won it by 30. Susana Mendoza won it by 18. Schakowsky won by 33.
But, today, Schakowsky's Republican opponent John Elleson booked $10,885.60 of cable TV ads that are scheduled to run from April 16 through September 2nd. I kid you not. Click here to see the buy yourself.
There's so much more. Go read it.
* The Question: Your suggested campaign slogans for what appears to be the first Illinois candidate to buy general election cable TV ads?
My father (a tea party Republican who lives downstate) often complains that if Republicans just ran in Chicago they would win because their message of creating jobs would help a city that needs them. He is blind to political reality and Elleson probably feels the same way.
Slogan idea: But vote for us anyways.
Bringing religion back into government!
no serious Republican entered that race. Welcome the political competition, but yes, waste of money.
Along with the Nazi running against Lipinski, Mike Madigan must be embarrassed that the people he handpicks as opponents are practically qualified.
John Elleson: He's Not the Nazi Running for Congress.
Jan has spent tons of time already working against Roskam. When Quigley puts up ads for a primary election, you know that others are thinking the same way. defend. you can bet that getting Jan to even think about what's going on in her district election takes away a teeny bit from what she can do elsewhere. Roskam is a why. this is the same tactic legislatively. run against Martwick so less can be focused against McAuliffe.
I hope that's truly their "tactic", because what a comical waste of money.
He's running on a platform to separate church from hate.
I'm wasting money. Please waste your vote.
About as silly as Rauner wasting money.
The state GOP fell down on the job allowing this character and the Neo-Nazi against Lipinski to win Republican primaries in two congressional districts.


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Delectable. To put the magnitude of this tie into perspective: the city of Manchester has put in place an 'alcohol exclusion zone'. Yes, you read that correctly; a veritable oxymoron in Northern England. Greater Manchester Police issued this statement, "Anyone caught with alcohol on the streets within the alcohol exclusion zone, stretching from the city centre to the stadium, will have it confiscated. In addition, anyone arriving at the stadium under the influence of excess alcohol will be refused entry." With a 1245pm start in England, no doubt many will be employing the liquid breakfast of champions I suspect. But the implications of this tie are far reaching: not only can United's chances be significantly improved or hampered with the right result, City would like nothing more than to a) beat their local rivals and b) potentially dash the Premiership title chances of their rivals for the entire season. Oh, families will be divided on this one; blood is thicker than water, except in football. To the game: Rooney is set to start, which can only be a good thing for Fergie and his boys, in his absence they have failed to win recently. If they fail again tomorrow it would be their worse run of form since August 2007. City will be well up for this; they are at home, a victory would confirm their best run of form under Mancini and they need to solidify fourth spot and scalping United would send alarm bells ringing for the other hungry contenders. Wayne Bridge may be back, as may Stephen Ireland which will bolster city and on a personal note, Carlos Tevez will want to show Sir Alex exactly what he missed out on and undervalued. There will be goals; both sides know how to score, some are predicting a draw, I on the other hand am predicting the outlandish notion that City will win. Go big or go home.
With Arsenal losing on Wednesday and Manchester drawing with Blackburn last weekend, Chelsea are looking like the top dogs at the moment. But they shouldn't become too complacent, especially with this fixture looming. London bragging rights are up for grabs and Spurs would love to extinguish Chelsea's title chances (they do still have to play Utd). After dispatching with the Gunners in emphatic fashion during the week, they will look to carve out another decisive win against Chelsea. The Blues, however can taste the title and have won their last five matches. Ancelotti will want to stamp Chelsea's authority all over this game, but I think with have problems with a buoyant and confident Spurs side. Like Chelsea, their destiny is in their hands and Redknapp will want them to cease it with gusto. Defoe has been quiet of late and he needs to play a role for them to win. It will be an energetic and hard affair, with tackles flying in left and right; Chelsea with go into the match already knowing the result of the Manchester derby; and this could play a part. Tottenham at the Lane could throw a spanner in the works for Chelsea, it's a long shot but they just might do it!!
The wind has been knocked out of Fulham's league matches of late, confirming that Europe is their real priority and with the first leg of their semi-final against Hamburg happening next week, they won't want to risk much here. Having said that they haven't been too shabby at home this season either, beating Utd and Liverpool at Craven Cottage, so it wont be easy for Mick McCarthy's Wolves. Wolves are looking to secure Premier League status for next season and points are paramount. They will be playing for and out and out win, but I think they lack the ability to get it against Hodgson's Fulham.
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Wigans season has soured and they have only won two of their last fourteen Premier League games but they still can rally and maintain their topflight status, they need points and their last outing against Portsmouth only provided them with one. Arsenal's season is shot in terms of silverware, oh what a different picture it may have been in Van Persie had be fit. I am sure Wenger will want his team to play and win in a true professional manner, but the heads of some may have already dropped; a perfect opportunity for Roberto Martinez' Wigan. Tough one to call: it may be the Van Persie show and they could blaze through Wigan with ease, or it could be a lack luster performance from The Gunners and Wigan take advantage. I will go for the latter.
What to do with that increasing change jar that you are accumulating? That eternal question: well, one answer is to buy Liverpool Football Club, that today went up for sale. A few former owners and lots of potential with a rich history of success, it may not be a bad investment prospect??? Liverpool have their Europa League semi-final to consider this week and this could lead Rafa to leave Torres on the bench with his troublesome knee. However, The Reds have to win all their remaining games if they stand a chance to clinching that all important fourth spot, they are unbeaten in their last nine home games as well. Zola and the Hammers have shown a resilient turn of fortune in April that has seen them crane their necks above the dreaded relegation zone. Safety and Premiership survival is his and the clubs main concern. A trip to Anfield will not help matters though.


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Led Zeppelin, O2 Arena, London 10th December 2007 (A Group/Personal Project)
concert hall led zeppelin reunion
julesmctrainspotter
Led Zeppelin, O2 Arena, London 10th December 2007
I contacted the people behind all the Group/Personal Projects for Led Zeppelin recordings, who do a fantastic job by the way, and asked them to work their magic on my O2 Arena reunion concert. This is the result, I hope that those people who missed it the first time can now enjoy it, to replace the butchered version officially released.
http://grid.filefactory.com/wf/clic...xdNuSr6Q-2BAfQ7wz1byZwxtz0pL3PF10evDaHA-3D-3D
Led Zeppelin - "For Trainspotters Only"
December, 10th, 2007, London, England, The O2 Arena, Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Reunion Concert And Benefit
Remastered Audience Recording, (A Group/Personal Project)
Lineage: Sony D7 DAT recorder and Sony ECM-717 microphone (Maxell 180 minute DAT tape) > playback on a Fostex D5 DAT recorder via AES/EBU pro coaxial digital lead into a Fostex CR200 > recorded onto TDK CDRs > PC > wave (using Adobe Audition 3) > Megaupload > Download > HD > Remaster > Flac (Level.8, Align On SBE'S)
Label: N/A
Original Taper: Jules McTrainspotter
This is A Group/Personal Project by "Those Guys That Pull Up In The Spot Looking Extra Fly", Jules McTrainspotter, Paul, The 7th Son, Joel, Mike, Grendel, And Acapulco Gold.
We hope that who ever picks this up will enjoy this, and will pass it along and share it with others, or just pass.
This is not meant to be a "Definitive" edition.
Cheers and thanks go out to:
- The taper "Jules McTrainspotter" for taping and sharing his recording with everyone in the community, and for allowing us to work on his recording, and for working on it with us. It was a pleasure working with you mate.
- Phil for putting together the artwork for this release, very nice of you to do so.
Requested and Dedicated to my mate Jules McTrainspotter.
1) Introduction
2) Good Times, Bad Times
3) Ramble On
4) Black Dog
5) In My Time Of Dying (Includes: "Honey Bee")
6) For Your Life
7) Trampled Underfoot
8) Nobody's Fault But Mine
9) No Quarter
10) Since I've Been Loving You
1) Dazed And Confused
2) Stairway To Heaven
3) The Song Remains The Same
4) Misty Mountain Hop (Includes: "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Tease) )
5) Kashmir
6) Whole Lotta Love (Includes: "Boogie Chillen")
7) Rock And Roll
Please Do Not Convert To Lossy Formats
Please Do Not Sell
Please Share With Others
I'd like to start off the notes for this project with notes I received from my mate Jules McTrainspotter about his concert experience and the history of this recording:
I received a ticket for the Led Zeppelin reunion concert at the O2 Arena through the courtesy of my friend John, who had flown down from Glasgow that morning.
I met up with him at Piccadilly Circus in the West End of London the afternoon of the concert.
He did a deal and got the ticket for me, and paid £400 (about $700). The ticket was a wristband and so we went downstairs into the Underground station and a nice shoe repair man got it onto my wrist.
When we were waiting to get into the Arena (standing downstairs) there was only a cursory look at the wristband, and a very halfhearted security check of bags.
The allocation of tickets was a farce, as every fan in the World knows.
When Harvey Goldsmith came on stage ,my friend, in his best Glaswegian accent shouted "f*!k off yer bastard!" which I think summed things up rather well!
Having never been to the O2 Arena I had no idea about where to be, so it was more luck than good planning that we were standing dead centre, in front of the mixing desk and about 30 yards or so from the stage.
As the start of the concert drew closer, I started to get more nervous, hoping that my DAT recorder would fire up, and the tape would run OK.
Now I know why everyone uses hard drive recorders today, but I am old fashioned! As it happened, I was and still am extremely pleased with how it turned out.
At the end of the concert I tried to get out as quickly as I could, to get the Underground to Waterloo mainline station, as I had left my car at a different railway line station, as my line stops running before Midnight.
I had to wait until I got home from work the next day to transfer the DAT master onto CDRs.
It was of course a magical and extremely special night, and extremely unlikely to be repeated. There were problems with the sound, and a number of feedback problems, I have seen better sound crews at my local pub on a live band night. And of course, as any taper will tell you, it is difficult to really concentrate and enjoy the concert, as one is constantly fretting over your recording, and the people around you, hoping to avoid the talkers, whistlers, clappers and whoopers. But having said that, all I can say is: "thank you John for buying me a ticket and getting me into this wonderful concert!".
Review about the performance from Argenteumastrum.com:
This show is hot! Simply the best of all four documented reunion concerts they played!
From the opening bars of Good Times Bad Times it's obvious the band rehearsed so long that caused of a near perfect playing through the whole show.
Jason sounds really fantastic and his playing is very similar to his great late dad, John. Jimmy is in a peak form - his solos are tight, full of energy and he didn't miss anything tonight! Just listen to In My Time Of Dying - a pure genius.
For Your Life is played live before large audience for the first time in its entirety here as well as Ramble On.
Dazed And Confused and No Quarter are playing in a more compact, shortened versions but it doesn't means lack of magic.
Kashmir is bombastic and two heavy encores closing this spiritual event.
What we've done to make this project:
- We've reduced some of the "hotness" in the recording, bringing the volume to a more reasonable level.
- We've tried to balance the instruments as best we could.
- We've tried to bring out things that we're buried in the raw recording (cheers, comments, clapping, etc)
- We've tried to recreate a better sense of ambiance and a feel of the acoustics of the venue as best we can, especially for a venue as large as the O2.
In regards to the title:
The title is a play on the classic "For Badgeholders Only" bootleg, and is an homage to the taper Jules McTrainspotter.
Hope everyone here will enjoy this.
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tommie01
Thank you very much for all the effort and the background. Always love a good audience recording.
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rakrimes
I'm unable to download says file not found.
If You Need Something Zeppelin I Most Likely Have It
I must apologize my dumb pc wouldn't download it but from my phone it downloaded just fine.
The link is still valid.
Yea sorry about that you're right the link is valid for some reason firefox kept failing to load the page and when I hit the link on my phone the download started immediately sounds great by the way.
acidfrank
why is this allowed here but other audience recordings of official sbd releases are not?
Ok the link is no longer valid could someone please re upload this.
rakrimes Jan 19, 2016


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