>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down

In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: LITB -19.8%, NOAH -9.1%, CPB -5.5%, BBY -5.2%, ACPW -4.1% (light volume), URBN -3.5%, VISN -3%, CRM -0.9% (also Salesforce.com and HP (HPQ) Announce Strategic Cloud Partnership).

Select financial related names showing weakness: CS -1%, BBVA -0.4%, C -0.3%, BCS -0.3%.

Other news: OILT -4.6% (announces public offering of 2.6 mln common units), CATM -4.5% ( announces private offering of $250 mln of convertible senior notes due 2020), MEMP -4.1% ( announces secondary public offering of 7,061,294 common units representing limited partner interests owned by its sponsor, Memorial Resource Development), RAI -3% / MO -0.6% (reports out indicate NY may ban for tobacco use under 21), TSLA -2.9% ( The US has opened a probe into TSLA Model S fires, according to reports), TLLP -1.9% (announces public offering of 6.3 mln common units), GRPN -1.9% (still checking), YOKU -1.8% (still checking, may be follow-through related to yesterday's downgrade at HSBC Securities), DWRE -1.7% (announces proposed public offering of ~3.31 mln shares of common stock; 2.5 mln shares offered by Demandware, remaining offered by selling stockholders), SFM -1.5% (announces commencement of public offering by selling stockholders), SPSC -1.4% (announces public offering of 750k shares of common stock), NCT -1.3% (announces public offering of 50 mln shares of common stock), NEE -1.2% ( announces 11.1 mln share common stock offering ), AEGR -1% (continued weakness; presents data from Phase 3 extension study of JUXTAPID), NDLS -0.7% (has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in connection with the proposed primary and secondary public offering of its Class A common stock), HPQ -0.4% (may be down with CRM; the cos announced Strategic Cloud Partnership).

Analyst comments: ALTR -0.7% (removed from Conviction Buy list at Goldman), WHR -0.6% (light volume, downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James)

(BFW) EON Says Can Reclaim EU2.2b Fuel-Rod Tax After Court Ruling

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EON Says Can Reclaim EU2.2b Fuel-Rod Tax After Court Ruling 2013-11-19 12:18:32.401 GMT

By Tino Andresen and Nicholas Brautlecht Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- EON welcomes decision by Hamburg court, will try to avoid further payment of tax, spokesman Markus Nitschke says by phone. * RWE to wait for written Hamburg court statement before making decision on next steps, spokesman Lothar Lambertz says * RWE has paid average EU300m/yr in tax since 2011: Lambertz * EON, RWE spokesmen comment on nuclear-fuel tax suit to be sent to EU Court

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To contact the reporters on this story: Tino Andresen in Dusseldorf at +49-69-92041-395 or tandresen1@bloomberg.net; Nicholas Brautlecht in Hamburg at +49-40-31112-260 or nbrautlecht@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Will Kennedy at +44-20-7073-3603 or wkennedy3@bloomberg.net

>>> Best Buy reaffirms headwind guidance; "core business performance has stabili

Best Buy reaffirms headwind guidance; "core business performance has stabilized and our product mix and non-Renew Blue cost containment initiatives have been stronger than expected"

"you will recall from our Q2 FY14 earnings release that we had already identified other P&L drivers that we expected to negatively impact our fourth quarter operating income rate, which we quantified at a negative 40 to 70 basis point impact to last year's fourth quarter (Q4 FY13) non-GAAP operating income rate of 5.7%. This 40 to 70 basis point impact reflects the following... As it relates to these P&L drivers for FY15, the projections we laid out in our Q2 FY14 earnings release have not changed and are reiterated as follows: (1) negative 60 to 90 basis points in Q1 FY15; (2) negative 70 to 100 basis points in Q2 FY15; and (3) negative 30 to 60 basis points in Q3 FY15."

>>> US Early premarket gappers

Early premarket gappers

Gapping up: IPCI +66.7%, TSL +9.9%, OXGN +8.5%, AMRN +6.5%, BRCD +5.3%, EQU +5%, SMTC +4.4%, HD +2.6%, DDD +1.2%, ALU +1.2%, BSX +1.1%, ISIS +1%, HPQ +0.8%, TEVA +0.8%, ACXM +0.7%, GOLD +0.7%, YONG +0.6%, SNE +0.5%

Gapping down: NOAH -9.1%, CPB -6.7%, NCT -4.8%, OILT -4.6%, CATM -4.5%, ACPW -4.1%, VISN -3%, TSLA -2.9%, URBN -2.9%, ICLD -2.7%, MEMP -2.2%, TLLP -1.9%, DWRE -1.7%, SFM -1.5%, SPSC -1.4%, NEE -1.2%, AEGR -1%, CRM -0.9%, NDLS -0.7%, RIO -0.5%

>>> OECD Nov Economic Outlook

OECD Nov Economic Outlook - Maintains 2014 GDP outlook for members at 2.3% from May forecasts - Lowers 2014 global GDP growth outlook to 3.6% from 4.0% May forecasts

Comments: - US needs strategy to ensure fiscal sustainability; should scrap debt ceiling for credible long-term budget plan

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Real GDP May f'casts 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 Australia 2.5 2.6 3.1 2.6 3.2 Austria 0.4 1.7 2.2 0.5 1.7 Belgium 0.1 1.1 1.5 0.0 1.1 Canada 1.7 2.3 2.6 *2.0 2.3 Chile 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.9 5.3 Czech Rep. -1.5 1.1 2.3 -1.0 1.3 Denmark 0.3 1.6 1.9 0.4 1.7 Estonia 1.0 2.4 4.0 1.5 3.6 Finland -1.0 1.3 1.9 0.0 1.7 France 0.2 1.0 1.6 *0.3 0.8 Germany 0.5 1.7 2.0 *0.7 1.9 Greece -3.5 -0.4 1.8 -4.8 -1.2 Hungary 1.2 2.0 1.7 0.5 1.3 Iceland 1.8 2.7 2.8 1.9 2.6 Ireland 0.1 1.9 2.2 1.0 1.9 Israel 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.9 3.4 Italy -1.9 0.6 1.4 *-1.8 0.4 Japan 1.8 1.5 1.0 *1.6 1.4 Korea 2.7 3.8 4.0 2.6 4.0 Luxembourg 1.8 2.3 2.3 0.8 1.7 Mexico 1.2 3.8 4.2 3.4 3.7 Netherlands -1.1 -0.1 0.9 -0.9 0.7 New Zealand 2.3 3.3 2.9 2.6 3.1 Norway 1.2 2.8 3.1 1.3 3.0 Poland 1.4 2.7 3.3 0.9 2.2 Portugal -1.7 0.4 1.1 -2.7 0.2 Slovakia 0.8 1.9 2.9 0.8 2.0 Slovenia -2.3 -0.9 0.6 -2.3 0.1 Spain -1.3 0.5 1.0 -1.7 0.4 Sweden 0.7 2.3 3.0 1.3 2.5 Switzerland 1.9 2.2 2.7 1.4 2.0 Turkey 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.1 4.6 United Kingdom 1.4 2.4 2.5 *1.5 1.5 United States 1.7 2.9 3.4 *1.7 2.8 Euro -0.4 1.0 1.6 -0.6 1.1 Total OECD 1.2 2.3 2.7 1.2 2.3 World 2.7 3.6 3.9 3.1 4.0

Brazil 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.5 China 7.7 8.2 7.5 *7.4 8.4 India 3.0 4.7 5.7 5.3 6.4 Indonesia 5.2 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.2 Russia 1.5 2.3 2.9 2.3 3.6 South Africa 2.1 3.0 3.7 2.8 4.3

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