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While these activist hedge funds have already targeted some major financial companies, such as insurer American International Group Inc and auto loan lender Ally Financial Inc., banks have historically stayed out of their sights. Activists launched 97 campaigns last year aimed at the U.S. financial sector, around triple the amount from 2009, according to Thomson Reuters Activism data.

U.S. employment gains likely slowed in January as the boost to hiring from unseasonably mild weather faded, but an expected rebound in wages and a steady jobless rate will suggest the labor market recovery remains firm. Nonfarm payrolls probably increased by 190,000 jobs last month, according to a Reuters survey of economists. January employment will also lose the lift from the hiring of couriers and messengers, which was buoyed in November and December by strong online holiday sales.

Honda Motor Co on Friday said it was recalling about 443,000 vehicles including its Fit compact cars in Japan over potentially faulty air bags manufactured by Takata Corp, as a global recall continues …

Here’s what the DTCC have listed for today
Don’t forget these are vanilla options so still in play until expiry regardless if breached prior
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The U.S.

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Not a lot of support for UK PM Cameron right now
The BBC ran this story from an EU sources earlier in the Asian market which shows that  leaders are not signing up to a UK deal anytime soon.

Where oil prices go later will largely depend on how U.S.

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