Keith McCullough – CEO
Live, From Congress, It's "Delivering Beta" With Ben Bernanke (via Zero Hedge)
China Won’t Have Large Stimulus This Year, Finance Minister Says (via Bloomberg … KM note: Hedgeye's call, precisely)
Barclays, Traders Fined $487.9 Million by U.S. Regulator (via Bloomberg … KM note: What's 1/2 a billion, amongst #OldWall friends?)
Seized N Korean ship: Cuban weapons on board (via BBC)
Olbermann Will Return To ESPN (via New York Times)
Christian Drake – Macro
Bernanke: Bond-Buying Plans Not 'A Preset Course' (via WSJ)
Todd Jordan – Gaming
Bally Sees Winning Hand In $1.3 Bil SHFL Buyout (via IBD)
Tom Tobin – Healthcare
Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50% (via New York Times)
Man battles health insurer for drug that could save his life (via Today Show)
Howard Penney – Restaurants
Janney Montgomery Scott Slashes Rating, Target on McDonald’s (via Dividend.com)
McDonald’s and Visa Conjure Fantasy Budget for Low-Wage Employees (via Daily Beast)
Teenager Wears Dirty Trousers as Late British Open Qualifier (via Bloomberg)
Kevin Kaiser – Energy
Linn Energy (LINE) and LinnCo (LNCO) upgraded to Buy at Goldman Sachs (via Business Insider … KK note: We reiterate Sell.)
Josh Steiner – Financials
BofA Beats Estimates as Profit Rises 63% on Expense Controls (via Bloomberg)
Housing starts fall to ten-month low (via Reuters)
Matt Hedrick – Macro
'Romanian gypsy ghettos. Schools filled with children who do not speak our language. A surge in crime. Social benefits abused': Now GERMANY admits mass immigration threatens 'social peace' (via Daily Mail)
