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phil
April 1st, 2014 at 9:32 am
5 seats/StJ – Are all 5 of Musk's kids that small?  Then there would be a question of luggage…
Weekly options/Diamond – Oh boy, that's going to add another layer of crazy.
 
Tuesday's economic calendar
• Auto sales
• 7:45 ICSC Retail Store Sales
• 8:30 Gallop US ECI
• 8:55 Redbook Chain Store Sales
• 9:45 PMI Manufacturing Index
• 10:00 ISM Manufacturing Index
• 10:00 Construction Spending
• 11:00 Global Manufacturing PMI
Redbook Chain Store Sales: +2.3%Y/Y vs. +3.1% last week.
ICSC Retail Store Sales: +3.6% W/W, vs. -1.5% last week.
+0.6% Y/Y vs. +1.7% last week.
Speculative Net Short Position In Ten Year Futures Largest Since 2005
Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office Warns 'A Significant Financial Institution' May Get Charge With A Serious Crime
Japanese Outlook Data Collapses As China's PMI Misses And Beats (And Economy Contracts & Expands). (graph)
Nigel Farage: Europe Has "Blood On Its Hands" Over Ukraine
High Frequency Talking: Santelli Vs Pisani
Obamacare Web site goes down twice amid last-minute rush
• The government's HealthCare.gov received over 4.8M visitors yesterday while the telephone center took 2M calls as people rushed to sign up for Obamacare health coverage ahead of last night's deadline.
• However, the enrollment process was again mired in chaos, as the Web site went down at least twice and was out for several hours.
• Those who started the enrollment process but didn't complete it will be allowed to do so, providing more uncertainty for health insurers.
• With 6M people having bought coverage by last week, the government could reach its target of signing up 7M people by around this point in the process.
• However, an estimated 45M Americans still remain uncovered.
• More on Obamacare
• Health insurers: AET, HNT, HUM, UNH, WLP, MOH
• ETFs: XLV, XHE, VHT, FXH, IHF, IHI, IYH, PTH, RYH, PSCH, RXL, RXD, XHS
Russia tightens squeeze on Ukraine with gas price rise
• Gazprom (OGZPY) raises gas prices for Ukraine by 44% after a discount deal expired, stepping up financial pressure on the country's government in its crisis in relations with Russia.
• Gazprom says the increase complies with its supply contract and is necessary because Ukraine owes more than $1.7B for gas bought since early 2013.
• The move raises fears that state-run Gazprom may threaten to cut supplies to Ukraine, which buys about half its gas from Russia, something that’s happened at least twice since 2006 because of payment disputes.
Caterpillar(CAT) dodged paying $2.4 billion in taxes: Senate report. Heavy equipment giant Caterpillar shifted $8 billion in profits to an offshore Swiss affiliate over the last decade, and avoided paying $2.4 billion in U.S. taxes, according to a new report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Macau gaming revenue up 13% in March
• Casino revenue in Macau grew 13.1% Y/Y to $4.4B in March, according to official figures released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
• Analysts had set their forecasts just a bit higher for the month.
• YTD gaming revenue is up 19.8% in the region.
• Macau-related stocks: MPEL, MGM, WYNN, LVS, GXYEF, SJMHF.
Ebola’s Death Toll Reaches 80 in ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak. The Ebola outbreak in Guinea, where the death toll climbed to 80, is “unprecedented,” international aid organization Doctors Without Borders said. In neighboring Liberia, one of two confirmed cases has died, while a second person who died with a suspected Ebola infection tested negative for the virus, the World Health Organization said in a statement.
Three breakfast reads
• Who the Job Creators Really Are
• Mattel Buys Mega – How Will It Change The Toy Landscape?
• Fault Runs Deep in Ultrafast Trading