Trade The News | Mar 15, 2013 07:40AM ET
Fed releases CCAR results; Requests JPM and GS to strengthen capital plans, impeding dividends and stock buybacks; shares down 1.9% and 1.7% afterhours respectively; Report followed by barrage from other large financials announcing higher dividends and repurchase authorizations.
Japan House of Councillors (upper house) confirms Kuroda as next BoJ Gov, Iwata and Nakaso as next BoJ Dep Govs; BOJ transition to take place as early as next week; Markets on watch for interim policy easing as speculated earlier this week.
Japan Cabinet Office raising economic assessment for third consecutive month, tracking BOJ; upgrades industrial production and corp profits.
NZD underperforms as RBNZ Dep Gov says considered OCR rate cut in yesterday's policy decision.
SMH op/ed attributing 13-year high in Australia job adds to annual reshuffling in households surveyed; Estimate true jobs increase around 11.6K.
Samsung Electronics unveils Galaxy S4 smartphone upgrade featuring eye-tracking sensor, 13mpx camera, octa-core processor.
Boeing holds media conference on Dreamliner fix; To upgrade battery and charging unit insulation and make other changes; Remains committed to li-ion batteries; Optimistic Dreamliner can start flying again within weeks.
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