{"id":22259,"date":"2013-01-21T13:38:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T12:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/zerohedge\/feed\/~3\/jDZKuE-Clrw\/story01.htm"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:38:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T12:38:23","slug":"frontrunning-january-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/frontrunning-january-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontrunning: January 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>With array of challenges, Obama kicks off second term at public inauguration (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2Fus-usa-inauguration-idUSBRE90I04I20130121\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Uneasy in the Political Climate, Mickelson Talks Like Someone Ready to Step Away (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2Fsports%2Fgolf%2Fmickelson-citing-taxes-hints-at-stepping-away.html%3F_r%3D0\">NYT<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>BOJ Should Slow Easing If Yen Weakens Too Much, Hamada Says (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2013-01-20%2Fboj-will-face-challenge-if-yen-weakens-too-far-abe-adviser-says.html\">BBG<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Spain Recession Scars Exposed as Jobless Seen at 6 Mln (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2013-01-20%2Fspain-recession-scars-exposed-as-jobless-seen-reaching-6-million.html\">BBG<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Davos Doom Loses to Merkel-Draghi as Euro Defies Roubini (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2013-01-21%2Fdavos-doom-loses-to-merkel-draghi-as-euro-defies-roubini.html\">BBG<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Algeria finds dead Canadian militants as siege toll rises (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2Fus-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130121\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Beijing tries to clean up its act (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F01%2F20%2Fbusiness%2Fchina-new-pollution-rules%2F\">FT<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Investigators probe Boeing 787 battery maker (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2Fus-boeing-dreamliner-japan-investigation-idUSBRE90K01J20130121\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Netanyahu Gets Landslide in Markets Masking No Peace Process (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2013-01-20%2Fnetanyahu-gets-landslide-in-markets-obscuring-no-peace-process.html\">BBG<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Google aims to replace passwords with ID ring (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Ftechnology%2Finternet-security%2F9811715%2FGoogle-aims-to-replace-passwords-with-ID-ring.html\">Telegraph<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Kim Dotcom launches new upload site (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fintl%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fbc3bd7c0-6373-11e2-a832-00144feab49a.html%23axzz2Ic2igDMg\">FT<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Dell Said to Hire Evercore to Seek Higher Bids After Buyout (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2013-01-21%2Fdell-said-to-hire-evercore-to-seek-higher-bids-after-buyout.html\">BBG<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Hostess Bakers Union Hires Investment Bank Gordian in Asset Sale (<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2013-01-21%2Fhostess-bakers-union-hires-investment-bank-gordian-in-asset-sale.html\">BBG<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Overnight Media Digest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"c7\">WSJ<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>* President Barack Obama took the oath of office Sunday in a private ceremony at the White House, opening a second term in which he faces a divided government and myriad challenges overseas.<\/p>\n<p>* Fears rose of a growing international death toll from the four-day terrorist attack on a remote Sahara desert natural-gas facility in Algeria, as more details emerged of the siege that has fueled new concerns about the threat posed by North Africa-based terror groups.<\/p>\n<p>* The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said that the battery that caught fire on a parked Japan Airlines Co 787 jet earlier this month &#8220;did not exceed its designed voltage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Kim Dotcom, the larger-than-life personality accused by the U.S. of operating a website used to pirate half a billion dollars in entertainment, introduced a new version of his controversial Megaupload file-storage service on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>* ZTE Corp warned it expects to report a loss for 2012, but the Chinese telecom-equipment maker said it expects a profit for the first quarter of 2013, thanks to its strategic realignment.<\/p>\n<p>* U.S. Federal Reserve officials in 2007 appeared to underestimate the sickly condition of U.S. financial markets before shifting to a state of growing alarm, according to 1,566 pages of newly released transcripts from the central bank&#8217;s meetings that year.<\/p>\n<p>* House prices rose across the UK in January, while the number of new sellers also increased as market sentiment improved.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"c7\">FT<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>WEST FACES &#8216;DECADES&#8217; OF CONFLICT IN N AFRICA David Cameron has raised the spectre of Britain being sucked into the fight against terrorists in north Africa for &#8220;decades&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>OBAMA SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM Barack Obama was sworn in on Sunday as the 44th president of the United States, ushering in a second term expected to be marked by partisan battles over debt, gun control and immigration.<\/p>\n<p>NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS SEEKS TO RAISE 700 MLN EUROS Nokia Siemens Networks is set to issue a high-yield bond that will help gauge broader investor interest in the telecoms equipment maker.<\/p>\n<p>TAX CRACKDOWN TO TARGET MIDDLE CLASSES Professionals are to be targeted in a crackdown on tax evasion, the director of public prosecutions, said.<\/p>\n<p>ALLIANZGI TO LAUNCH UK BUILDING FUND Allianz Global Investors is to launch an infrastructure debt fund in the UK to help build schools, hospitals and roads.<\/p>\n<p>EQT SHELVES PLAN TO SELL SPRINGER SCIENCE EQT has shelved a plan to sell German academic publisher Springer Science for up to 4 billion euros.<\/p>\n<p>BATTERY FINDING MAY DELAY DREAMLINER The resumption of Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights could be further delayed after a top US investigator ruled out excessive voltage as the cause of a battery fire that led to the grounding of the aircraft around the world.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"c7\">NYT<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>* With only his family beside him, President Barack Obama was sworn into office for a second term on Sunday in advance of Monday&#8217;s public pomp, facing a bitterly divided government at home and persistent threats abroad that inhibit his effort to redefine America&#8217;s use of power.<\/p>\n<p>* If the issues with smoldering batteries that have grounded Boeing Co&#8217;s 787 Dreamliner prove more complicated, they could threaten Boeing&#8217;s plans to expand production of the planes, and the jobs that go with them.<\/p>\n<p>* Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom opened his new file-storage Web site to the public on Sunday, a year after the police raided the mansion he rents in New Zealand. The raid was part of a coordinated operation with the F.B.I. that also shut down Megaupload, the file-sharing business he had founded.<\/p>\n<p>* On Monday, Time Warner Cable &#8212; the second-largest cable provider in the United States behind Comcast &#8212; will begin a campaign aimed at former subscribers who might be having second thoughts about their current video service, spending at least $50 million on broadcast, print, online and direct mail ads.<\/p>\n<p>* As Comcast&#8217;s Internet Essentials program to bring affordable broadband to low-income homes gains popularity, the company has been accused of overreaching in its interactions with local communities.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"c7\">China<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>CHINA SECURITIES JOURNAL<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Chinese banks need to work to prevent risks in the &#8220;shadow banking&#8221; sector from infecting the banking system, said Cai Esheng, vice chairman with the China Banking Regulatory Commission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Several analysts said they expected China&#8217;s economy to continue to recover this year and that the property market could gradually rebound, but they did not expect a sharp rise in property prices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Fiscal revenue growth could fall to single digits for the first time, said Li Yang, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>SHANGHAI SECURITIES NEWS<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; The Shanghai Stock Exchange said it encourages seven types of companies to buy back their shares, especially companies whose stock prices are lower than their net asset value.<\/p>\n<p>PEOPLE&#8217;S DAILY<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Total annual turnover at Chinese stated-owned or state-controlled enterprises rose 11 percent to 42.4 trillion yuan ($6.82 trillion) from a year earlier in 2012. 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