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

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Friday December 11, 2015

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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