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r pressure as H1 profit & margins miss estimates (COLR BB trading -2.3%) • Lufthansa aims to cut long-haul unit costs by 10% by 2015 & 20% by 2025 (Bloomberg) • Bahrain Telecom (Batelco) to buy Cable & Wireless Monaco business for $680 million • French car registrations for November weaker at -22.9% (R

SLHN VX MS downgrades KNIN VX & upgrades PWTN SW, Santander downgrades EOAN GR, BofA downgrades Key Research: TLW LN Santander upgrades ENEL IM, Swedbank downgrades YAR NO, DB upgrades FP FP, HSBC upgrades EFTA00400427 Key Research: RBC upgrades ERICB SS, DB upgrades ETI FP, Berenberg initiates JAZ

ty & Unit Labor Costs / Jobless Claims @ 8:30am, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort @ 9:45am, Factory Orders / Durab

KESBV FH & upgrades NDX SS ••• HSBC downgrades SPR GY & DRW3 GY and upgrades HNR1 GY, Investec initiates GBG LN (buy), SocGen upgrades LWB PW ••• Swedbank downgrades NOVOB DC & ICA SS and upgrades HPOLB SS, GS upgrades ADS GY, KBC upgrades COMB BB EFTA00329453 • Handelsbanken upgrades BRG NO, SEB do

7% at 1992 congress, -16% following week Source: Bloomberg Secondaries (announced/priced): GNC. LGCY. MTZ,

ades ROSE, HSBC downgrade CSGN VX, CBK cuts LXS GY DNB downgrade SCH NO, UBS remove FR FP most preferred, Bern upgrade LLOY LN HSBC upgrade MKS LN, Swedbank downgrade GN DC, ABN initiate KPN NA (hold) UBS upgrade IMG LN, HSBC upgrade FNTN GY, DB downgrade MEL SM BofA downgrade RRS LN, UBS upgrade VIE FP

plans to give the ESM a banking license to give it access to unlimited ECB funding are gaining support (although Germany still opposes). Headline on Bloomberg saying Merkel adviser Bofinger advocates ECB buying of government bonds getting some attention but note this is not a new opinion from Bofinger. So

ch: Jeff downgrades PMCS & initiates CMCSA/DTV/TWC (buy's) and CHTR/CVC/DISH Wedbush downgrades LNN, Wunderlich downgrades PMCS, CS downgrades CBI Swedbank downgrades ESV, Axiom initiates X (seil), Citi removes CVC from Top DB upgrades AF FP & downgrades STL NO/ITV LN, Barcap upgrades DAI GR Nomura upg

rdian • How Much Stock Trading Should There Be? Bloomberg Key Events This Week Thursday: Philadelphia Fed,

hold) and TCS IN (buy), Bofa reinstates IRAO RU (buy) • Mainfirst initiates PTC PL/TIT IM (op) and TEF SM (up), MS cuts TRN IM & upgrades FIVE LN • Swedbank cuts AXFO SS, Natixis cuts WHA NA, Kepler upgrades CGCBV FH (buy) • SEB Enskilda downgrades MEO1V FH and OTE1V FH (sell) SocGen initiates SOLB BB (

o $780mn, faces major sanctions as a result (trading +1.0%) • Monte Paschi may disclose as early as today the size of losses masked by derivatives (Bloomberg) • Ireland and Portugal are looking to tap ECB's OMT bond-buying program according to Die Welt (MNI) • Former popular party treasurer Barcenas to

G downgrade IM NA, RBS downgrade UBSN VX, Jeff downgrade LAF SJ, upgrade TCY LN • Medio upgrade AGL IM, Nordea upgrade AFB SS, downgrade NOD NO ••• Swedbank downgrade BILIA SS, upgrade TEL2B SS, Cana upgrade HG/ LN • Shore downgrade IPF LN, Vontobel upgrade WMN SW, ABN upgrade MHG NO Reporting Pre-Open:

ntial vote to next week from February in a risky move to save his coalition (first round of voting now on Dec 17 with further polls on Dec 23 & 29). Bloomberg notes that 'failure to install a candidate after three attempts [need 180 votes) would prompt the collapse of Samaras' coalition and the dissolutio

UR PW, JPM downgrades EUR PW ▪ KBC upgrades EURN BB (buy), Mediobanca resumes CASS IM, Oddo upgrades RMS FP (buy), Oriel initiates DIA LN (buy) • Swedbank upgrades SNI NO (buy) & downgrades HPOL.B SS, Numis downgrades RWS LN, HSBC upgrades ERF FP • Raja downgrades SGO FP, UBS downgrades JMT PL Reporti

revs beat but profit fell (declared 18c dividend) (trading up small) • Burger King issues $2.25B of debt to fund Tim Hortons (THI CN) acquisition (Bloomberg) • MI Q3 ebit margin light, September sales so far +7.0% (mkt at +14.4% for month) (trading -3.5%) • Telecom Italia: Sol Trujillo said to seek $9.

iates DJI LN (h) ••• Carnegie downgrades STL NO & TGS NO, Handelsbanken upgrades NOBI SS, KBC upgrades COLR BB ••• Macquarie initiates COP LN (op), Swedbank upgrades DNO NO Reporting Pre-Open: OMN, SCHL Reporting Post-Close: MU, NKE, ADES, KOOL, PRGS, THO, THST Economic Data: Jobless Claims / Durable &