Early Global News: DuPont-Dow Deal, Anti-Taser Documentary, California Regulators Eyeing Marketplace Lenders

End of Crude Oil Export Ban Is Possible  (Congress appears to be on the verge of removing the crude oil export ban as part of a huge year-end spending and tax deal.)   [NY Times]

Putin: ‘Immediately destroy’ any threat in Syria    [PressTV]

Missing Fosun billionaire ‘allowed calls’, as company prepares announcement on disappearance of ‘China’s Warren Buffett’   [SCMP]

DD   DOW      DuPont, Dow Enter $130B Merger Agreement   [Press Release]

ABB   Investigators of fake goods in China alleged to have participated in large-scale fraud    [Japan Times]

LC   ONDK    California Regulator Launches Inquiry Into Marketplace Lenders   (Questions  delivered to 14 companies for information about their lending practices.)  [WSJ]

SYF    JPM  BAC   ALLY  DFS    US banks prepare for assault from online rivals  [Financial Times]

BABA   BiDU ($15 billion)  TCEHY  ($15 billion)     Alibaba could spend up to $38B in investments and acquisitions in 2016   BNP Paribas SA via [Venturebeat]

UPS Struggles to Keep Up With Surge in Web Orders   [WSJ]

MSFT GOOG TCEHY QCOM   Microsoft beats Google, Intel, Tencent, and Qualcomm in image recognition competition   [VentureBeat]

TASR    Taser Employees Appear to Troll Anti-Taser Documentary With Fake Reviews  [Gizmodo]

SWHC   RGR  CAB  (not mentioned)  The Supreme Court leaves politicians room to reform gun laws   [Washington Post]

SWHC   RGR  CAB  (not mentioned)  The Supreme Court leaves politicians room to reform gun laws   [Washington Post]

 

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