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Investors in BATS Global Markets Inc. are considering raising about $200 million by selling shares in a private placement, as the stock-exchange operator prepares to go public early next year, according to people familiar with the matter.

Investigators are probing whether shooter Syed Rizwan Farook planned, then abandoned a plot years ago when unrelated counterterrorism arrests were made in the area, said people familiar with the matter.
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The buybacks have continued, but companies doing them have trailed the S&P 500 stock index as investors anticipate higher interest rates. Headed into 2016, with the Federal Reserve beginning what many expect will be a prolonged, if slow, cycle of interest rate increases, analysts say the quality of a company’s balance sheet could matter as much as whether it is reducing the number of shares on issue. The Fed is expected to raise interest rates at the end of its Dec. 15-16 meeting for the first time in nearly a decade.

A U.S. safety group said Japanese and German automakers dominated the list of the safest vehicles on American roads, in part by adding advanced technology to prevent frontal collisions. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an industry funded group that prods automakers into building safer cars by awarding influential ratings, said Thursday that Toyota Motor Corp. topped the list of 48 Top Safety Pick+ of 2016 with 9 winners, which included the Camry, the best-selling U.S. car.

Squawk Box Live in Europe is watching global markets after a volatile trading day on Wall Street, and deeper spending cuts announced by Glencore.

Ok good people of ForexLive land it’s time for our regular community hug
Lots going on out there right now so what’s your take on it all ?
BOE and SNB on the horizon.

Softer tones following on from Asian market weakness
– DAX futures -0.8%
– CAC40 -0.7%
– FTSE -0.7%
Bund futures up 29 at 158.55
Euro may pick up some support if we see further equity falls