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els of the after-hours strength in the US following earnings beats from the likes of AAPL, FB, CTXS, TXN, etc. On the M&A front, Alstom +13% on the Bloomberg story that GE is interested in buying them for $13B although Alstom says they are unaware of any potential bid. Other than that it is the heaviest e

wngrades SCCO, Raja upgrades OKSB, Macquarie downgrades SUSS ••• Susquehanna initiates XRX (pos), UBS upgrades CIEN (buy), CLSA upgrades AAPL (buy) Europe Key Research: ••• Bofa initiates GMS LN (buy), Exane BNP downgrades ML FP/CA FP/CO FP ••• ING downgrades ARCAD NA, JPM upgrades TKAAV/NCSP LN & downgrades AFLT

FNC, WHG Economic Data: Jobless Claims @ 8:30am, Bloomberg Economic Expectations & Consumer Comfort @ 9:45am

reduce), Citi downgrades MDP, PacCrest upgrades NFLX • Jefferies cuts NGLS/EPD, Baird upgrades SCTY, Stifel cuts R, Sterne Agee upgrades BOFI (buy) Europe Key Research: :••• Bofa downgrades SDRL NO/BAW SJ/ARTC DB & upgrades HTO GA (buy), Investec cuts DIA LN • Berenberg downgrades SZU GR (sell) & upgrades RSL LN,

in Second Quarter HITC • India's Fear of Growth Bloomberg • Why Is U.S. Economic Mobility Worse in the Sou

Wells upgrades STJ, JPM upgrades CSCO, Raja downgrades LEAP RBC initiates VNTV (op) & downgrades MPW & upgrades RGLD, SunTrust initiates THO (buy) Europe Key Research: ••• UBS upgrades HGG LN & SDA1V FH, GS downgrades SPT LN & CORA NA, UBS downgrades LRE LN • Commerzbank upgrades WCH GY, JPM upgrades ADP FP & dow

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

, Stifel initiates FGEN (buy) and COG/APC/NFX/NBL (hold) • Wedbush initiates CSCO (op) and JNPR (neut), Lonbow downgrades LPX & upgrades LECO (buy) Europe Key Research: EFTA00357140 • Bofa downgrades BAYN GR/SHP LN/GSK LN/PGHN SW, Barcap downgrades ALV GRIHNR1 GR/MUV2 GR/PHNX LN & upgrades UNI IM • Berenberg in

SS, FAF, SWY, ENTR, TANT Equity/Mixed Shelfs: N/A EFTA00390387 Other Newspaper Articles & Stories • Watchdog probes 1m US swap contracts FT • Bloomberg users' messages leaked online FT • Petrobras bond sale sets record FT • France set to tax smartphones to protect culture in digital age FT • Ca

(mp's) ••• Evercore initiates RJF (ow), Jeff downgrades CI & upgrades WLP (buy) ••• Bofa removes CMCSA from U.S. 1 List, adds NWSA EFTA00390386 Europe Key Research: ••• JPM downgrade TT! LN, CS upgrade SLM SJ, MS upgrade DPW GY, Barc downgrade RIO LN, VED LN ••• BofAML downgrade BVS LN, BDEV LN, SAND SS, upgra