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Having been unable – or unwilling – to answer various reporters’ questions with regard the ‘odd’ timing of The Fed’s rate hike yesterday, we thought we would offer just one more chart to question the credibility of the central planners.

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India has acquired a passion for soccer but it remains to be seen if the country can translate that to success on the pitch.

Business confidence from ANZ:
– Prior business confidence was +14.2 in Dec
– Activity outlook 34.4
– Prior activity outlook +32.0 in Dec
– All five sub-sectors, including agriculture, in positive territory
NZD/USD is flat in Asia-Pacific trading at 0.6702.

The company grabs a 55% stake in the Netherlands-based biotech.

“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer wants you to bulk up on this stock into its undeserved weakness.

EU leaders have been bantering in Brussels
– Cameron says had very substantial discussion with EU leaders, there is a pathway to agreement
– It will be hard work to get deal on EU reform
All the grandstanding from Cameron about whether or not he supports the UK in the EU is simply so he can extract a better deal before the referendum and then he will throw his support behind the UK staying in.

“Regrettably, there have been times in recent months where the price of Dubai (crude) was assessed well in excess of the fundamental refining value of other comparable Middle Eastern crudes,” Shell said in a statement. The Dubai benchmark, which is assessed by oil pricing agency Platts, is comprised of the three grades of Middle Eastern crude.