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Frontrunning: March 28

  • U.S. stock futures up as investors look beyond failed healthcare bill (Reuters)
  • Ryan's Tax Plan May Get Familiar Foes: GOP's Conservative Caucus (BBG)
  • Congress to Battle Over Spending After Failed Health Bill (WSJ)
  • Trump to End Obama Policies for Paris Climate Accord (BBG)
  • Trump to sign order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies (Reuters)
  • If Stocks Wobble, Will Bonds Be There To Absorb the Blow? (WSJ)
  • Nunes Meeting Prompts Call for Him to Step Aside From Probe (WSJ)
  • As Democratic attorneys general target Trump, Republican AGs target them (Reuters)
  • U.S. Says Gambler Made Clorox Trades After Calls With Icahn (BBG)
  • Despite Trump’s Move on Climate Change, Firms to Still Shift Away From Coal (WSJ)
  • Manhattan Retail Landlords Offer Unprecedented Giveaways (BBG)
  • Ford plans ‘significant’ investments in 3 plants (DN)
  • America's Housing Inventory Problem, Explained in Four Charts (BBG)
  • SoftBank Considers $6 Billion Investment in China’s Didi (WSJ)
  • More Democrats oppose Trump's U.S. Supreme Court pick (Reuters)
  • Rich Venezuelans Are Seeking Haven in Madrid (BBG)
  • Police erect new security barriers around Queen's Windsor castle after London attack (Reuters)
  • Riots in Paris after Chinese man shot dead (Reuters)
  • With Help From France’s Elite, Le Pen Tries to Steer Far-Right Party to Mainstream (WSJ)
  • China's HNA in talks to buy controlling stake in Forbes - sources (Reuters)
  • China able to deploy warplanes on artificial islands any time: U.S. think tank (Reuters)

 

Overnight Media Digest

WSJ

- Uber Technologies Inc is putting its autonomous vehicles back on city streets after an accident involving one of them in Tempe, Arizona, on Friday prompted the company to halt its test program. http://on.wsj.com/2nZdnog

- The European Union's competition watchdog on Monday cleared Dow Chemical Co and DuPont Co's merger and is expected soon to approve ChemChina's takeover of Syngenta AG, decisions that will consolidate the agrochemical market just as Bayer AG and Monsanto Co gear up to notify EU regulators on their deal. http://on.wsj.com/2n9bjp1

- Jim Gianopulos, the long-time head of Twentieth Century Fox, has been tapped to turn around Viacom Inc's troubled movie studio. Gianopulos will become chairman and chief executive of Paramount Pictures beginning April 3, Viacom said Monday. http://on.wsj.com/2ntszsw

- Amazon.com Inc is facing a setback in its efforts to modernize brick-and-mortar retail as technical glitches delay the opening of its first cashierless convenience store. Amazon Go was due to open to the public by the end of this month, after launching in beta mode to employees in December, according to people familiar with the matter. http://on.wsj.com/2n9pUBD

- The founder and chief executive of Tesla Inc and Space Exploration Technologies Corp has launched another company called Neuralink Corp, according to people familiar with the matter. Neuralink is pursuing what Musk calls "neural lace" technology, implanting tiny brain electrodes that may one day upload and download thoughts. http://on.wsj.com/2naUATf

 

FT

- Downing Street exerted pressure on London not bringing out tough regulations on Uber due to close ties between former British Prime Minister David Cameron' administration. Even though Boris Johnson, then London mayor, drew up proposals that could have helped the London's black-cab drivers, three months later he dropped several of the most controversial ideas.

- Avianca filed a counter lawsuit in New York accusing Kingsland Holdings of leaking boardroom secrets in an attempt to obstruct the negotiations with United Airlines. This lawsuit follows a lawsuit filed by Kingsland three weeks ago.

- Deliveroo is being confronted with new legal action from its UK riders who are pushing for employment rights including holiday pay and minimum wage. Contacting employment arbitration service Acas, Twenty couriers for the food delivery service have started the process of bringing a legal claim. If no settlement can be reached between riders and the company within this month, a formal claim is expected.

- Poundland has placed discount chain 99p Stores into administration less than two years after the company bought it. Poundland attributed 99p's failure to the previous management. AlixPartners said they were appointed as 99p's administrators.

 

NYT

- President Trump on Monday named Makan Delrahim, a former government antitrust enforcer and corporate lobbyist, to lead the Justice Department's review of mergers and acquisitions. http://nyti.ms/2nuIg2G

- Carl Icahn, a billionaire investor and an unpaid adviser to President Trump, has been pulled into a high-profile insider trading trial taking place in federal court in Manhattan. http://nyti.ms/2nuIvuC

- Saudi Arabia announced a sharp tax cut for its state oil company Saudi Arabian Oil Co <IPO-ARMO.SE> on Monday, part of an effort to make it more appealing to international investors in preparation for its promised initial public offering. http://nyti.ms/2nGAKCA

- American Airlines is set to become the second big carrier in the United States to buy its way into capturing more of the big and growing business of flying to China. China Southern, the biggest airline in China, said on Tuesday morning in Hong Kong that it had reached a deal to sell a $200 million minority stake to American as the airlines move forward with a strategic cooperation. http://nyti.ms/2nGw27A

 

Canada

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

** Mortgage lender Home Capital Group Inc it had terminated the employment of its CEO and appointed a temporary replacement. Martin Reid, who had been with Home Capital for a decade, will leave immediately and no longer serve on any of boards of directors of the firm or its subsidiaries. https://tgam.ca/2mLTwZN

** Hong Kong-based O-Net Communications announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet had given it the green light to acquire ITF Technologies, a leader in fibre-laser technology. https://tgam.ca/2mLRaKH

** At least two of Canada's largest banks, Bank of Nova Scotia and Toronto-Dominion Bank, audited their own sales practices last year, taking extra measures after a damaging sales scandal engulfed U.S.-based Wells Fargo & Co . https://tgam.ca/2mLQpRR

** Savanna Energy Services Corp's shares fell on Monday after investors holding more than half the company's stock tendered to Total Energy Services Inc's C$225 million ($167.96 million) hostile offer, all but sealing a takeover battle for the oil-field services provider. https://tgam.ca/2mLDbod

NATIONAL POST

** Publicly traded medical marijuana companies got a bounce Monday after news reports provided clarity on the federal government's plan for marijuana, suggesting it will be legal for pot smokers in time to celebrate Canada Day next year. http://bit.ly/2mLAJxD

** With only a few months left at the helm of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, chairman Jean-Pierre Blais lamented the absence of indigenous commissioners at the regulator as it kicked off a public hearing for aboriginal radio stations on Monday. http://bit.ly/2mLDzCP

 

Britain

The Times

* Two of Tesco Plc's biggest shareholders have criticised its proposed 3.7 billion pound ($4.7 billion) takeover of Booker Group Plc, saying that the deal risked destroying value and could damage its "fragile" recovery. http://bit.ly/2nGi9X3

* Claims of fake research are on the rise at leading universities, according to an investigation which revealed that hundreds of allegations of misconduct were made over a five-year period. http://bit.ly/2nG4aQW

The Guardian

* A group of Deliveroo couriers is planning legal action against the food delivery company to claim better employment rights including the minimum wage, sick pay and holiday. http://bit.ly/2mKuTNl

* Hong Kong state-owned metro operator MTR and FirstGroup Plc are to take over the running of South West Trains, one of Britain's biggest commuter networks, in a seven-year deal that trade unions denounced for handing another franchise to a state-controlled foreign operator. http://bit.ly/2o892w3

The Telegraph

* Britain's BT Group Plc faces fresh calls to improve its broadband service after it was hit by a massive fine and a 300 million pound bill for failing to pay compensation for delays. http://bit.ly/2orXiDW

* Bank of England policymakers have flagged the country's exit from the European Union as a key risk to financial stability, warning British banks that any knee-jerk reactions to Brexit will hit UK's economy. http://bit.ly/2nbZi2W

Sky News

* Taxpayers face a 100 million pound bill after the government agreed a payout to two U.S. firms over the botched handling of a nuclear decommissioning contract. http://bit.ly/2noONun

* Transline Group which staffs Sports Direct International Plc's largest warehouse is hunting new financial backers as it faces fresh pressure from members of parliament to overhaul the working practices it imposes across its operations. http://bit.ly/2nudpmT

The Independent

* British Prime Minister Theresa May has admitted she must secure her Brexit deal in just 18 months, the Scottish National Party has said - claiming it clears the way for a second independence referendum within two years. http://ind.pn/2namH4M

 

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