EUROPEAN EQUITY OPENING HEADLINES INCLUDING: Anglo American hit by wildcat strike at its Thembelani mine in South Africa

The Daily European Equity Opening News report is compiled by analysing hundreds of sources to get to you all the relevant market moving information ahead of the European equity open.

STOCKS TO WATCH?

ThyssenKrupp - Co. faces possible write-downs on its Steel Americas subsidiary because of a protracted sales process for the Rio de Janeiro steel mill according to sources. (Focus)?

Lloyds ? Singapore?s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, has made a preliminary approach to the UK government about buying a GBP 4.5bln stake in Lloyds and is willing to buy about 10% of the bank?s shares. (Sunday Times) In reaction to this article a Temasek spokesman said the co. doesn't comment on market speculation; however, industry sources later said no such approach had been made. (newswires)?

Deutsche Bank - Co. CFO said the bank will reduce liquidity and shrink its derivatives business and change its business model to comply with regulatory requirements. (Newswires)

Asia

Asia equity markets fell overnight, weighed on by concern over the credit squeeze in China following news that Chinese Ministry of Finance has issued a circular ordering China's central government agencies to cut their general expenditures in 2013 by 5%. This consequently saw under-performance in Chinese markets with the Hang Seng trading over 2% lower at one point. The Nikkei 225 (-1.40%) index reversed earlier gains after opening 1% higher. In individual stocks, Asiana Airlines shares tumbled over 6% after a Boeing 777 operated by the Co. crashed, killing two passengers. HTC shares continued to see weakness falling to a seven year low following the Co.?s poor earnings report on Friday.?

Best Performing Sectors in the Nikkei 225: Health Care (-0.80%), Consumer Services (-0.81%), Oil and Gas (-1.05%)

Best Performing Stocks in the Nikkei 225: Tokyo Electric Power (+4.32%), Sumitomo Heavy (+3.22%), Sumitomo Electric (+2.85%)?

Worst Performing Sectors in the Nikkei 225: Telecommunications (-2.90%), Financials (-2.40%), Basic Materials (-1.65%)?

Worst Performing Stocks in the Nikkei 225: Daiwa House (-9.41%), Mitsubishi Estate (-4.56%), Kajima (-4.55%)?

FTSE

Lloyds ? Singapore?s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, has made a preliminary approach to the UK government about buying a GBP 4.5bln stake in Lloyds and is willing to buy about 10% of the bank?s shares. (Sunday Times) In reaction to this article a Temasek spokesman said the co. doesn't comment on market speculation; however, industry sources later said no such approach had been made. (newswires)?

? Co. has sealed a deal to lower its pension liabilities, reaching an agreement with its two major retirement funds (Independent)

RBS - Co.'s ratings may be cut by Moody's.(Newswires)

UK Banks ? UK chancellor George Osborne will today announce the biggest ever attempt to raise standards in the City, when he promises to implement sweeping cultural reforms proposed by a cross-party banking commission. The proposals to be approved by Osborne include criminal penalties for ?reckless? bankers and tighter control of pay and bonuses. (FT-more)

- Co. said that it had restarted its Sena coal transport rail line in Mozambique. (Newswires) Elsewhere Co. shares are undervalued on range metrics according to . (Newswires) In other news, the Mongolian government has said that the co. will begin exporting copper from its Oyu Tolgoi mine on Tuesday, but it was not clear if the co. will be able to repatriate sales revenue from the mine. (Newswires)?

? Co. hit by wildcat strike at its Thembelani mine in South Africa. (SABC Radio)?

Gulf Keystone ? Co. says it expects to publish its recommendation to shareholders on M&G board candidates shortly. Co. says it is disingenuous for M&G to refer to proposed appointment of Jeremy Asher as an independent non-executive director. (Newswires) ?

OTHER UK COMPANIES?

- Co. is among six companies bidding for Northern Irish gas distributor Phoenix Group according to reports. (Sunday Telegraph)

Nationwide ? Britain?s biggest building society is planning to issue special bonds worth up to GBP 1 bln to help it to comply with new rules being enforced by the BoE. However, sources suggest it could be forced to pay interest of 10% or more on the bonds, costing GBP 100 mln annually, or half its profits last year. (Sunday Times)

? The former Thai PM Thaksin is in talks to buy the 23.8% stake owned by the Bakrie family, who co-founded , although it is unclear how much Thaksin would pay. (Sunday Times)?

? Co. says a court hearing with union NUM has been set for 10th July, and that it hopes the issue of union status at its operations will be resolved peacefully, and as quickly as possible. (Newswires) ?

Companies paying dividend: WPP (GBP 0.1971)

DAX

Deutsche Bank - Co. CFO said the bank will reduce liquidity and shrink its derivatives business and change its business model to comply with regulatory requirements. (Newswires)

ThyssenKrupp - Co. faces possible write-downs on its Steel Americas subsidiary because of a protracted sales process for the Rio de Janeiro steel mill according to sources. (Focus)

Siemens - Co. and Stadler Rail Group are considering a joint venture that would combine their local and long-distance transportation businesses according to sources. (WirtschaftsWoche)

Deutsche Telekom ? Co. has short-listed at least five bidders for stake in its Scout24 Holding digital classifieds business. (FT-more)?

Daimler ? German authorities decide to waive measures against the co., even though the automaker used non-compliant air conditioning refrigerants in approximately 47,000 vehicles. (Automobilwoche)?

OTHER GERMAN COMPANIES

German Utilities ? German electricity costs may rise more than expected. (Focus)?

Deutsche Postbank - Co. aims to increase operating profit to as much as EUR 3.6bln by 2015 'even though this has become more difficult in the current economic environment' according to the co. CEO. (Welt am Sonntag)

ProSiebenSat.1 ? Financial investors in the TV broadcaster see little opportunity to sell it. (Spiegel)?

CAC

Vivendi - Co. is exploring how to extract cash from its Activision Blizzard subsidiary after discussions with the games maker to sell part of its holding in the business have fallen apart. (FT-more)

Renault ? CEO Ghosn predicted the European car market will probably shrink further in 2014 and 2015 as rising unemployment continues to sap consumer demand. (Newswires)?

OTHER FRENCH COMPANIES

Air France-KLM - KLM CEO Eurlings rules out co. sale of Dutch airline as the two companies are independent. (De Telegraaf) Meanwhile co. plans to start talks in September with unions to increase savings starting from 2014, according to the co. CEO. (Newswires) ?

Soitec ? CEO sees sales rising more than 10%. (Newswires)?

Companies paying dividend: EDF (EUR 0.68), Rubis (EUR 1.84)

Pan-European

Caixabank - Moody's affirmed Co's ratings at Baa3/Prime-3. (Newswires)?

Piraeus Bank/Hellenic Postbank - Piraeus Bank will make offer to buy Hellenic Postbank according to sources. (Real News)

Companies paying dividend: OPAP (EUR 0.57)

Companies going ex-dividend: Voestalpine (EUR 0.90)

SMI

- ?Co. says all primary and secondary endpoints met in head-to-head phase 3 ?psoriasis study and secukinumab demonstrated superiority to Enbrel. (Newswires)?

Swatch - H1 is much more difficult than a year ago according to the co. CEO. (NZZ)

Companies going ex-dividend: Bankinter (EUR 0.02)

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US

US equities finished in positive territory after rebounding from the lows as strong non-farm payrolls data gave credence to near term fed tapering fears and drove equities lower. As Thursday was the Independence Day holiday the US participants had their first opportunity to respond to dovish statements from both the BoE and ECB, this meant a continuation of the USD strength seen which weighed on equities pre NFP. The session then slowed down and equities managed to pull away from the lows as market participants questioned if 195K was enough to justify tapering in the near term.

Best Performing Sectors in the S&P 500: Financials (+1.76%), Industrials (+1.47%), Health Care (+1.32%)

Worst Performing Sectors in the S&P 500: Utilities (-0.41%), Consumer Goods (+0.32%), Telecommunications (+0.48%)?

Boeing - A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines crash-landed at San Francisco international airport, killing two passengers. The plane was carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew members. (Newswires)

Sprint - Softbank plans USD 16bln CAPEX at the Co.over the next 2 years. (Nikkei)

United Health ? Co.?s stock could rise as much as 40% over the next two years as revamps to the US health care system implemented by the Obama administration take place, according to business weekly Barron?s. (Newswires)?

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Three dead after Canada train crash

Police sifting through the site of a horrific cargo train crash in Quebec say they have discovered two more bodies, and anticipate 'many more' fatalities.

The crash of an oil-laden train and subsequent explosions that shook the village of Lac-Megantic on Saturday have so far claimed three lives, said police spokesman Michel Brunet, who added at a press conference that 'we know that there will be many more' deaths.

Fires are preventing rescuers from reaching part of the 73-car train, and billowing black smoke could still be seen long after it derailed.

The eruptions early on Saturday morning sent residents of Lac-Megantic scrambling through the streets under the intense heat of towering fireballs and a red glow that illuminated the night sky.

A fire chief likened the charred scene to a war zone.

The multiple blasts came over a span of several hours in the town of 6000, which is about 250 kilometres east of Montreal and about 16km west of the US border.

About 30 buildings were destroyed after tanker cars laden with oil caught fire.

The derailment caused several tanker rail cars to explode in the downtown district, a popular area packed with bars that often bustles on northern summer weekend nights.

Police said the first explosion tore through the town shortly after 1am local time.

The fire then spread to several homes.

Brunet said he couldn't say where the bodies were found exactly because the families have not been notified.

Source: http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2013/07/08/Three_dead_after_Canada_train_crash_885995.html

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Unfamiliar faces join Djokovic, Williams in Week 2

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after beating Jeremy Chardy of France in their Men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after beating Jeremy Chardy of France in their Men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Jerzy Janowicz of Poland reacts after defeating Nicolas Almagro of Spain in their Men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Karin Knapp of Italy reacts as she plays Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal during their Women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Sabine Lisicki of Germany celebrates after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia during their Women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

LONDON (AP) ? There they were on the practice courts during Wimbledon's traditional off day, all preparing for whatever Week 2 might have in store.

Not unusual to see Novak Djokovic, a six-time Grand Slam champion, getting ready for the fourth round, but not far away was Jerzy Janowicz, winner of a grand total of six matches at major tournaments before this one.

No surprise that 2011 French Open champion and two-time Slam runner-up Li Na was still around, but so was 19-year-old Laura Robson, the first British woman to get this far at the All England Club since Sam Smith in 1998.

With early exits by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and Maria Sharapova long gone, too, after a chaotic first week, the Wimbledon draws were dotted with unfamiliar names after Sunday's traditional mid-tournament break, names such as Kenny de Schepper and Adrian Mannarino, Karin Knapp and Monica Puig.

Five of the remaining 16 men were set to make their fourth-round Wimbledon debuts Monday. Six never have reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal: de Schepper, Ivan Dodig, Janowicz, Lukasz Kubot, Mannarino, and Andreas Seppi. Perhaps not coincidentally, each of those relatively unknown half-dozen players benefited from at least one of the record-tying 13 walkovers or mid-match retirements from injury or illness so far.

Four of the 16 women left also were hoping to reach a major quarterfinal for the first time: Robson, Knapp, 19-year-old Puig of Puerto Rico, and 20th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.

Djokovic, for one, liked the idea of some players getting a chance to introduce themselves to a wider audience.

"It's interesting ... to see new faces ? for the crowd, for (the) tennis world, in general," said Djokovic, who might not feel quite the same way if he were among the 11 men and women seeded in the top 10 who no longer are playing.

Truth is, there hasn't been much variety of late in the men's draws at Grand Slam tournaments, especially at the very end: Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have won 31 of the past 33 titles.

"It's good (to have) change, in a way, because it's always expected, obviously, from top players to reach the final stages of major events. When it doesn't happen, it's a big surprise," said the top-seeded Djokovic, the only past Wimbledon champion left among the men. "It's a bit (of a) strange feeling not to have Federer or Nadal at the second week of a major. In the last 10 years, it was always one of them."

In recent years, it's also always been Djokovic, who is scheduled to face 35-year-old Tommy Haas on Monday. Djokovic has played in 16 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals ? the longest active streak now that Federer's 36-major run is done. At the past 10 Slams, he's also reached at least the semifinals, picking up five trophies and three runner-up finishes.

Second-seeded Andy Murray, meanwhile, has been a finalist at the last three major tournaments he entered and won the U.S. Open in September, only increasing the expectation among locals that he can be Britain's first male champion at Wimbledon in 77 years.

Nothing is guaranteed right now, though.

"Second week of a Grand Slam is a new start, especially here, where you have (time) off," said 15th-seeded Marion Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up who faces the 104th-ranked Knapp, an Italian making her first appearance in a major's fourth round. "It's really a new tournament starting."

All 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches were on Monday's slate ? no other Grand Slam tournament sets things up this way ? so fans will get the chance to discover some folks they might not recognize immediately.

They also could simply watch No. 1-ranked Serena Williams, an overwhelming favorite to win the title, take on 23rd-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany.

Williams is a five-time Wimbledon champion, including last year. She owns 16 Grand Slam titles all told, while the other 15 women in the tournament own two among them: Li's at Roland Garros, and Petra Kvitova's at Wimbledon in 2011.

This season, Williams is 46-2 with 34 victories in a row, the longest winning streak for a woman since older sister Venus' 35-match run in 2000.

Consider this, too: Williams has won six titles in 2013, the same total as the other 15 remaining women combined.

While Lisicki is a mediocre 17-15 at other Grand Slam tournaments, she is 16-4 at Wimbledon, where her powerful serve is nearly as much of a threat as Williams' is on grass.

Of the women in action Monday, Lisicki leads the way by having won 93 percent of her service games in the tournament (Williams is next at 91 percent). Lisicki's 202 aces this season rank second on tour only to Williams' 292.

Lisicki reached at least the quarterfinals the previous three times she appeared at the All England Club, including a semifinal run in 2011 that featured victories over Li and Bartoli. A year ago, Lisicki beat 2004 champion and No. 1-ranked Sharapova in the fourth round.

When it was pointed out that everyone is pretty much ready to hand Williams the trophy, Lisicki smiled and recalled: "I was in that situation last year, when everybody was saying that Sharapova was the favorite. I'm probably going into that match being the underdog, but I like that."

"Probably" the underdog against Williams?

"Well, you have to play your best to beat her, that's for sure," Lisicki said. "But, you know, everybody's (a) human being."

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Skype for Android gets redesigned as app hits 100 million installs

Skype's starting off July with the release of a brand new version of its Android app. The overhauled 4.0 update borrows a good deal from the Microsoft-owned VoIP company's Windows 8 app, bringing conversations to the top. Log in, and you'll see recent chats -- from there, you can give one a tap to replay. You can also start a fresh one with a swipe and a tap on a contact name. Skype's promising a faster and more reliable app this time out, released as the Android version passes 100 million installs. Check out a celebratory video after the break.

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