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  • 3:33 PM Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) becomes the lastest bank to consider selling mortgage servicing rights, reportedly interviewing banks to manage the sale of more than $70B in MSRs. The business is lucrative once a certain scale is reached, but new rules force banks to hold more capital against MSRs, so lenders from BofA on down have been sellers. Specialty servicers like OCN, NSM, WAC, and NRZ aren't bound by such rules and have been happy buyers. Comment! [Financials]
  • 3:33 PM Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO +0.7%) secures an agreement with Statoil (STO) to provide a floating storage and offtake unit for work in the North Sea. TOO says it will spend $220M to purchase the one-third of the shuttle tanker Randgrid it doesn't already own for conversion into the FSO; completion is scheduled for Q1 2017. Comment! [Energy]
  • 3:27 PM Terex (TEX -2.3%) gives back all the love plus more from an earlier Barclays upgrade to Overweight. The bank says that despite the stock recent 20% runup this month, it sees more upside from its consistent execution, leverage to an improving crane cycle and still-positive trends in the aerial-work-platform space. Comment! [On the Move, Commodities]
  • 3:23 PM Treasury yields continue to climb following the hawkish interpretation of Bernanke and FOMC minutes, the 10-year up 9 bps to 2.02% and within 6 bps of the YTD high of 2.08%. Yields will fluctuate at the long end, but the middle is moving as well, the 5-year up 7 bps to 0.89% - quite a spike for an instrument yielding so little. The IEI - which owns 3-7 year Treasury paper slides 0.3% to just about a 52-week low. The long-term TLT falls 1.4%. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
  • 3:19 PM The little-known operator of a pipeline linking Montreal and Maine is studying how to make the line the first route to get Canadian oil sands crude to an Atlantic deepwater port, but the plan relies on supplies that may not be available for years. A plan to reverse the 236-mile line already has riled green groups, but its fate may rest more on the availability of oil sands crude from points west than it does on local support. 1 Comment [Energy]
  • 3:17 PM An FDA panel has voted 12-4 in favor of Merck's (MRK -1.2%) insomnia drug Suvorexant, saying it helps people stay asleep. Comment! [Healthcare]
  • 3:15 PM C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI) declares $0.29/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.37%. For shareholders of record June 14. Payable July 1. Ex-div date June 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
  • 3:10 PM Growth in Macau isn't showing any signs of slowing down after shooting to $38B last year (6X more than Las Vegas) as a double-digit growth pace has become the norm in 2013. After a lot of consternation over a drop in VIP revenue, casinos in the region have proven adept at diversifying their customer base. New transportation infrastructure and the growing number of Macau hotel rooms are two more revenue drivers for gaming firms Melco Crown (MPEL -0.9%), Las Vegas Sands (LVS -1.2%), Wynn Resorts (WYNN -0.2%), Galaxy Entertainment (GXYEF.PK), and MGM Resorts (MGM -2.6%). Comment! [Consumer]
  • 3:04 PM Don't look for immediate changes to JPMorgan's (JPM +1.6%) board, according to bank sources, following lead director Lee Raymond's hint to "stay tuned" at yesterday's annual meeting. Three of the bank's 4 risk committee members squeaked by with less than 60% of the vote. The stock hits a 52-week high today as investors applaud shareholders backing away from the ledge by not coming anywhere near separating the Chairman and CEO roles. Comment! [Financials]
  • 3:01 PM Window, door and siding maker Ply Gem Holdings (PGEM) is set to price its 15.8M share IPO today for between $18 to $20 each, valuing the deal at around $300M. If history is any guide, the stock could be poised to have a strong debut. Already this year, three homebuilders have floated initial shares, the first in the industry since 2004. The stocks have all traded higher since, with seasoned homebuilder stocks also posting big gains this year as well. Comment! [Consumer]
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