Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Stocks up on U.S. outlook, crisis checks euro (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) ? European stocks rose and the euro stayed under pressure on Tuesday as investors weighed the debt turmoil in the euro zone against an improved U.S. economic picture that looks set to deliver upbeat corporate results.

European shares gained from the start on Tuesday, led by mining stocks after forecast-beating results from U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa (AA.N) improved the outlook for commodities.

"A good start to the earnings season; it shows the demand outlook is not so bad and we could get more positive surprises," Mike Lenhoff, chief strategist and head of research at Brewin Dolphin Securities, said.

The key FTSEurofirst 300 (.FTEU3) index was up 1.3 percent at 1,021.47 points, while the STOXX Europe 600 euro zone banking index (.SX7P) gained around 2.0 percent.

Nervous currency markets remained focused on the outlook for the euro zone economy, upcoming government debt sales and how the region's banks will raise much needed capital to repair their balance sheets.

The euro rose slightly to trade around $1.2792, holding firmly above the 16-month lows of $1.2666 hit on Monday, due mainly to traders buying back the currency to square their positions after recent heavy selling.

The Bank of France focused attention on the ailing euro zone economy by reporting growth had stalled at zero in the fourth quarter of 2011 in the region's second-biggest economy.

But separate data showed French industrial production rose 1.1 percent in November, bucking expectations for no growth as output from refineries rose from weak levels of a year ago during strikes.

"There's short-covering and a bit of risk appetite with positive equity markets overnight," said Niels Christensen, currency strategist at Nordea in Copenhagen.

"But we have the debt auctions, the ECB meeting on Thursday and it's still a weak and vulnerable euro..., with no sign of a quick solution to the debt problems in the euro zone," he said.

The worries about the health of the region's banks saw commercial lenders' overnight deposits held at the European Central Bank hit another record high of 482 billion euros.

The banks are awash with cash after taking an unprecedented 489 billion euros in the ECB's first-ever three-year liquidity operation late last month, but they are still uncertain about what to do with the money in the longer term.

French banks were also likely to be in the spotlight after an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Monday showed Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) is forecasting a sharp drop in investment bank revenue in 2012, weighed by higher funding costs and efforts to slash its balance sheet.

AUSTRIAN EXPOSURE

Earlier, data showed China's exports and imports grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in December. The figures fuelled expectations of more policy action from Beijing to support the world's second biggest economy, and most Asian markets gained on Tuesday.

Wall Street ended slightly higher on Monday in a light-volume session as investors stayed cautious ahead of the earnings season that kicked off with Alcoa.

Tuesday's focus in euro zone debt markets will mainly be on Austria's auction of 1.3 billion euros of 10-year bonds which should give an indication of how worried investors are about the country's exposure to neighboring Hungary, which is locked in a dispute with the IMF over international aid.

Bund futures were slightly lower in midmorning trade.

Elsewhere, British retailers finished 2011 with the best sales growth in months as hefty discounting lured in shoppers, while weak business a year earlier flattered the figures, the British Retail Consortium said on Tuesday.

It added that it expected another tough year.

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The euro zone crisis: http://r.reuters.com/xyt94s

China imports and exports: http://link.reuters.com/ked55s

Euro zone bond yields: http://r.reuters.com/hyb65p

BRC UK retail sales http://link.reuters.com/vyv85s

ECB bank borrowing, deposits http://link.reuters.com/nyd85s

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(Additional reporting by Joanne Frearson and Jessica Mortimer; Editing by John Stonestreet)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120110/bs_nm/us_markets_global

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Strikeforce?s Three Stars: Rockhold, Lawler and Lawal

Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine started with two decisions before getting all kinds of knockout power from the top of the card. Here are Cagewriter's Three Stars; tell us yours in the comments or on Facebook.

No. 1 star -- Luke Rockhold: The Strikeforce middleweight champion was not exactly enthused with his match-up with Jardine, so he took out his anger on Jardine's face. Rockhold swarmed the UFC veteran, laying down punch after punch until (finally) Herb Dean stepped in and stopped the fight.

But his frustration came right back after the fight, as he talked about how he wants to take on the great fighters who are in the UFC while he is in Strikeforce. It's just as frustrating for fans, who want to see how Rockhold stacks up against the best middleweights in the world.

No. 2 star -- Robbie Lawler: We all knew that Robbie Lawler had power in his hands, but did anyone expect a flying knee? Adlan Amagov clearly didn't, as Lawler used the knee to stun him before using several more punches to stop the fight in under two minutes.

No. 3 star -- "King Mo" Lawal: Though Lawal used his elite wrestling to control Larkin, it was his powerful punches that put Larkin out. He had to throw a ton of punches before Kim Winslow (finally) stepped in and stopped the fight. The next thing in Lawal's sights is Strikeforce's vacant light heavyweight belt.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cagewriter/strikeforce-three-stars-rockhold-lawler-lawal-150352863.html

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Motorists salvage fur, food from critters' demise (AP)

CASEYVILLE, Ill. ? In six years of trapping, one thing has become apparent to Cody Champ: His pursuit of animal pelts isn't cheap, costing him $100 a week just for gas. So, it's little wonder the Illinois man welcomed a recent state law that allows him to get a few freebies, even if he needs a shovel and good gloves.

Among the hundreds of Illinois laws that took effect last year, the so-called "roadkill bill" got little attention despite being perhaps the quirkiest of all ? allowing anyone with an Illinois furbearer license to salvage pelts or even food from the unfortunate fauna that prove no match for steel-belted radials.

Republican Rep. Norine Hammond pushed the measure straight-faced at the behest of a retired state conservation officer who thought it was a waste to allow animals' pelts to rot along the roadsides. Hammond said it was an opportunity for some people to make a little money, and could benefit the state by letting citizens carry out the task once relegated to state highway crews.

Despite snickering from some lawmakers, the bill sailed through the General Assembly ? twice, because lawmakers overrode a veto by Gov. Pat Quinn, who worried that motorists might suffer the same fate as the critters. One poke came from Rep. Lou Lang, a Chicago-area Democrat who asked what to do if a critter wasn't quite dead.

"Am I required to perform mouth-to-mouth on that dead skunk?" Lang demanded.

Joking aside, at least 14 states have laws related to roadkill, including those that let motorists' keep animals they hit, though some pertain only to deer or bears, according to an informal survey for The Associated Press by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Idaho soon may join the list, after a three-year push by one legislator to allow roadside salvage of game animals. The state's fish and game agency, which once objected to the idea, is awaiting legislative review of a rule that would allow it "under some circumstances."

"You shouldn't let that stuff go to waste," said Rep. Richard Harwood, an Idaho Republican who said he took up the cause after a game warden threatened a neighbor with a $350 fine if he messed with a run-over bobcat near his home for a hide that could net $200. "To be able not to grab it was kind of stupid. Why let it go to waste?"

Since Illinois' law took effect in October, Champ, a 26-year-old who lives in Dix, about 80 miles east of St. Louis, has skinned a mink and three raccoons he found dead while driving for his job with an electrical supply company.

He hasn't sold them yet, but pelts from certain wild animals are fetching the highest prices in years, due to a strong demand in Russia, China and other countries where they are valued more for their warmth than as a fashion statement. A raccoon skin routinely gets about $9, red fox $14 and muskrat $6.50, with top dollar often twice that amount. In Illinois, furs ? mostly raccoon and muskrat ? brought in $1.2 million in 2010, up 95 percent from the previous year.

Even so, nobody stands to get rich off roadkill, Champ said, because animals favored by trappers ? including coyotes, foxes, squirrels, opossums, raccoons, muskrats, beavers and mink ? can't always be used for pelts when they meet their end on a roadway.

What's more, Champ said, the law simply legalizes what some people have been doing quietly for years.

"Is a game warden really gonna get onto you for getting a few dollars" without a license, Champ said.

The measure broadened the options under a state law that already let people collect deer killed by vehicles. The new law does stipulate that carcasses only may be salvaged if the animal is in season, to prevent people from poaching them the rest of the year and claiming they were roadkill. And people without the proper license are out of luck.

There's no way to know how many have taken advantage of the new law. The state issued 4,202 furbearer licenses during the last season ? which ran from late 2010 through January 2011. That was 389 more than the year before. This year's numbers have not yet been released.

The state has offered some safety tips for those taking advantage of the law, including urging salvagers to wear gloves at all times and don protective glasses to avoid fluids splashing into eyes. Immediately washing hands and any fluid-stained clothing wouldn't be a bad idea, either.

Game meat must be cooked to an internal temperature of 160 degrees to kill any bacteria, but partake of roadkill at your own peril.

"There are some species that are eaten, particularly raccoon," said Bob Bluett, an Illinois Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist. "But it depends on what shape it's in and how long it's been there. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

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Teen's jewelry making skills help raise thousands for cancer research

A 14-year-old Poulsbo girl surprised herself and doctors at the University of Washington when she set a goal to fight cancer with "style."

Greer Gates set out to raise $5,000 - by selling her "Jewels of Hope." But as KOMO News discovered, she not only doubled her goal, she's created hope.

Greer, 14, made thousands of necklaces and bracelets.

When KOMO News first interviewed her in September, she said every penny of sales from her "Jewels of Hope" are for ovarian and breast cancer research. She dreamed of raising $5,000.

But this week she counted her holiday sales - and was shocked to learn, she raised not $5,000 - but $10,000. On Thursday she gave UW cancer researchers a whopping check.

"I just felt like I'm making a big difference, and I should keep doing this because so many more people need their cancer cured, and we need to stop the disease," says Greer.

Judy Granlee-Greer, her mom, says, "When we saw what she sold this year we were speechless - and that she was able to give the hospital that kind of money was just unbelievable."

"She's made an important contribution - it's very impressive," says the UW's Dr. Swisher.

Says Greer: "It's really weird, 'cause I've worked almost half my life on this."

Greer's passion began when she was 7 years old. That's when she learned that a dear family friend, Nancy, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Greer felt so helpless - but realized just because she was a kid, didn't mean she couldn't help.

"That, I think, speaks to Nancy and the type of person she was and how she affects other people," says Greer's mom, who still gets choked up when she talks about her old friend.

Nancy lost her battle with cancer,

But Greer keeps her memory and hope alive. In the past seven years she's raised nearly $40,000 in jewelry sales.

"She would just be so proud," says Greer. "And she would say, 'That's my friend. That's my friend Greer, and I love her to death.'"

Greer says she only surpassed her goal because of the support of family and friends. Her pieces range from $5 to $12.

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Visit Greer's website at www.myjewelsofhope.com.

Source: http://udistrict.komonews.com/news/community-spirit/706655-teens-jewelry-making-skills-help-raise-thousands-cancer-research

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Magnetically levitated flies offer clues to future of life in space

ScienceDaily (Jan. 4, 2012) ? Using powerful magnets to levitate fruit flies can provide vital clues to how biological organisms are affected by weightless conditions in space, researchers at The University of Nottingham say.

The team of scientists has shown that simulating weightlessness in fruit flies here on earth with the use of magnets causes the flies to walk more quickly -- the same effect observed during similar experiments on the International Space Station.

Dr Richard Hill, an EPSRC research fellow in the University's School of Physics and Astronomy, is one of the researchers involved in the study, which is published in the latest edition of the Royal Society journal Interface.

He said: "It is unfeasible to apply this technique to investigating the effects of weightlessness on a human being directly: no magnet exists that can do this. However, by studying the effects on 'model' organisms such as the fruit fly, we can hope to obtain information about the effects of weightlessness on particular biological mechanisms.

"It's also important to remember that, in our future endeavours to explore space, setting up permanent bases on our Moon, or Mars for example, or other planets, it will be crucial to understand the effects of weightlessness on all living organisms: our long-term survival will of course require us to take with us many different biological organisms."

The magnetic materials that we are most familiar with are ferromagnetic materials such as iron, which are strongly attracted to magnetic fields. However, most biological materials are affected by a different type of magnetism called diamagnetism, in which objects are weakly repelled from magnetic fields.

The team of scientists from Nottingham's Schools of Physics and Astronomy and Biology used the university's powerful superconducting magnet to produce a very strong magnetic field of around 16 Tesla -- approximately 350,000 times stronger than the strength of Earth's field.

Inside the superconducting solenoid magnet, the diamagnetic repulsive force on the flies can be large enough to just balance the force of gravity so that they levitate with no support. This effect was first demonstrated by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Andre Geim and colleagues at the University of Nijmegen in 1997 when they used the same technique to levitate a live frog.

Dr Hill added: "Crucially, as far as living organisms are concerned, the levitation force balances the force of gravity right down to the molecular level. This means we can compare the levitation force, which balances the force of gravity in our magnet, with the centrifugal force that balances the force of gravity on an astronaut in orbit around Earth.

"In orbit, aboard the international space station for example, gravity is still present, but because an orbiting body is effectively in 'free-fall', the centrifugal force on the astronauts (because they're going around the planet so quickly), is large enough to balance out the force of gravity. Here, we're using the diamagnetic force to balance gravity instead of centrifugal force."

The scientists need to be careful when using a strong magnetic field as it can have other effects on living organisms. However, they controlled for these effects by examining how the flies behaved in different parts of the magnet: at the centre of their solenoid magnet, there is a strong magnetic field but no diamagnetic force so the flies experienced normal gravity. By comparing how flies in the centre of the magnet behaved with flies outside the magnet, they could isolate the different effects of the strong magnetic field.

Dr Hill said: "What we showed was that the flies in the magnet behaved in the same way that they behave in space. They walk more quickly. Why they do this, we really don't know yet. It may be because the flies just find moving around in weightlessness easier on their joints and muscles, or it could be that it's some kind of response to their confusion about which way is up and down when gravity is absent."

Diamagnetic levitation doesn't balance gravity as perfectly as 'real' weightlessness does in space, but diamagnetic levitation can be used to see which experiments are suitable and interesting to perform in space before spending money on a space launch.

The advantage of doing these experiments on the ground is that it's a lot cheaper and much easier, and scientists do not need to worry about the effects of high g-forces endured when launching the flies into space on a rocket. It's also very easy to do the comparison between flies in weightlessness and flies in ordinary gravity: the scientists set up the same experiment in different positions in the magnet and run the experiments simultaneously. By moving the flies to different positions in the magnetic field, they can simulate gravities between zero-g and 2g (twice Earth's gravity conditions), enabling them to simulate the gravity on the Moon or Mars.

The work was conducted in collaboration with scientists at the Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas in Madrid and took place in The University of Nottingham's superconducting magnet supplied by Oxford Instruments. The project is supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

A video of the magnetically levitated fruit flies can be viewed at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzlev/fruitflies_MPEG4.avi

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Friday, January 6, 2012

Analysis: Investors brace for European hit on U.S. earnings (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Investors are about to find out if the economic woes in Europe are going to deliver a deep wound to U.S. company earnings instead of the mere scratch that many expect.

The fourth-quarter reporting period kicks off next week, and all eyes will be on erosion in sales in Europe, where the debt crisis has propelled the region toward a recession. This could dent positive sentiment just as investors start to focus on strong U.S. growth.

Analysts believe that low U.S. stock market valuations already factor in weakness from Europe for the fourth quarter, but there are concerns that earnings forecasts for 2012 have yet to account for deeper fallout.

"There's some unhealthy optimism that thinks somehow the U.S. can decouple from the rest of the world," said Shawn Hackett, president at Hackett Financial Advisors in Boynton Beach, Florida. "That is highly unlikely."

Companies including tech heavyweights Texas Instruments (TXN.O) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ.N) and others like insurer MetLife (MET.N) have already cited fallout from Europe for reduced expectations. Analyst forecasts for fourth- and even first-quarter earnings have tumbled since the summer despite steady improvement in U.S. economic demand.

While all 10 S&P 500 sectors have seen profit estimates cut,

materials and financials have been the hardest hit. Other sectors that could get dragged down by Europe's problems include the industrial, consumer and technology sectors.

The overall S&P 500 forecast for fourth-quarter earnings growth has already been slashed, down to growth of 7.9 percent from 17.6 percent previously.

EUROPE'S STRUGGLE

Some 14 percent of all Standard & Poor's 500 company sales come from Europe, which would have a sure impact on results, said Standard & Poor's earnings analyst Howard Silverblatt.

"In earnings, when you're talking about pennies beating it or not, 14 percent of the number makes a difference."

The euro zone debt crisis has engulfed much of the continent as major institutions have found themselves exposed to debts in struggling nations such as Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain. The latter two are the third- and fourth-largest economies in the euro zone and are struggling to reduce debt through severe spending cuts and higher taxes.

These problems are affecting economic growth. Italy grew just 0.2 percent in the third quarter from the previous year. Economists in a December Reuters poll forecast the euro zone will contract by 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter, followed by a further 0.2 percent contraction in January-March, before a meager recovery in subsequent quarters.

Global companies with more than 50 percent of their sales in Europe and with a market cap greater than $5 billion underperformed other major averages in 2011, according to Thomson Reuters data.

An index of 161 names meeting that criteria lost 13 percent in 2011, compared with a 5 percent drop for the MSCI World Index. Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), which gets 56 percent of sales from Europe, is the largest U.S. name in this group.

Many other U.S. companies have less exposure to Europe than Cisco, but still generate a substantial portion of their sales - 20 to 30 percent - there. In these cases, it would take a more severe recession to hurt their revenues.

In a report on Thursday examining a number of industrial equipment companies, Morgan Stanley analysts pointed out that many executives were "cautiously optimistic" with expectations for a mild recession in Europe. Companies in that industry are expecting 4 to 6 percent revenue growth in 2012, but Morgan Stanley said "short-term trends" suggest estimates could fall short of that if world growth slows.

Companies including Dover Corp (DOV.N) and Illinois Tool Works (ITW.N) would be hurt, they wrote. Dow component 3M (MMM.N) would also be hit in a "deep recession" in Europe.

"If we're dealing with organic revenue growth, you're going to be seeing earnings declines," said Hackett.

"In some cases, in the more cyclical businesses, it could be very severe, and I do not believe the stock market has priced in what the likely reality is."

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Google's stock (GOOG.O) on Thursday was downgraded by brokerage Benchmark Co, whose analysts expect Google to suffer a decline in European advertising revenue.

PROFITS EYED FOR REBOUND

A drumbeat of negative preannouncements is also raising some concerns.

The ratio of negative to positive preannouncements over the last four weeks is at 3.3, and it hit a 10-year high late in December. The long-term average is 2.3, according to Thomson Reuters data.

"The number of companies issuing negative guidance during the fourth quarter has increased, and this perhaps has flown a little under the radar screen over the last few weeks in our judgment," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a 2012 outlook. The firm expects the S&P 500 to end 2012 at 1,167, which would be an 8.8 percent decline from the current level.

The euro zone's weakness has another detrimental effect. Strength in the dollar against the euro will increase headwinds for earnings, because it makes U.S. goods more expensive in Europe.

"Each 1 percent appreciation in the U.S. dollar corresponds to an expected 0.97 percent decline in aggregate earnings," Morgan Stanley wrote.

Still, many stock strategists are hoping healthy sales from the United States, where the economy is slowly improving, will more than offset the negative impact of Europe.

"Europe is clearly the caboose on the train...(but) I don't think the caboose is as bad as most people think it is," said Ken Fisher, a billionaire investor whose money management firm oversees $40 billion in assets.

"At a time when people have been fearful of a weak Europe, the economy in America has been consistently stronger than people have though it would be," he added.

Several blue-chip companies with heavy exposure to Europe performed well in 2011. McDonald's (MDC.N), for instance, derives 42 percent of its sales from Europe, and it was the Dow's best performer last year, rising 31 percent.

Kraft Foods (KFT.N) generates 32 percent of sales in Europe, and its stock rose 19 percent in 2011. And Apple (AAPL.O) gets 26 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data, and its stock was up 25.6 percent.

Those gains would be in danger if Europe's fundamentals worsen.

Big-cap multinationals have "become a bit of a darling here in the last couple of months...they're probably more vulnerable to disappointments," said James Dailey, portfolio manager of TEAM Asset Strategy Fund in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

(Reporting By Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ed Schultz Discuss Ron Paul's Appeal To Voters

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow asked her panel of pundits to weigh in on Ron Paul's appeal to voters on Tuesday night, during the network's live coverage of the results from the Iowa caucuses.

Maddow wondered, "Ron Paul voters are human beings, why does no body compete for them?" According to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, a candidate would have to "depart from Republican orthodoxy" to go after Paul supporters. He added that President Obama's campaign should be studying the "58 percent of voters under [the age of] 30 who are [voting for] Ron Paul. Those voters are available for the Obama campaign." O'Donnell was referring to an early entrance poll from NBC News that reported that 58 percent of Iowans who voted for Ron Paul were under the age of 30.

MSNBC's Ed Shultz weighed in and described what he believed were the key characteristics of Paul supporters. He said, "Ron Paul has tapped into something that the Republican party hasn't had. Young people, socially liberal, fiscally responsible, and they don't want anything to do with war. It's almost like a movement...Now how big a tent is that with the Republican party? Only time will tell."

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