Global/Macro/Markets
- Zynga adoption pushes Bitcoin back over $1,000 – ABC
- Monetary versus Fiscal: an odd debate – Mainly Macro
- Why everyone is so optimistic about the global economy. – @gavyndavies
Australia & New Zealand
- Media Super Limited latest to pay penalty under ASIC misleading ad crackdown – Property Observer
- ‘Private’ Royal Children’s Hospital redevelopment project used taxpayer cash – Business Day
- Super fund members forced to rejig pensions – AFR
- States ‘win from asset sales’, says Infrastructure Australia report – The Oz
- TPG circles in $3b Shell asset sale – Business Day
- Chinese buyer ahead in race to buy Sydney’s Bishopscourt – AFR
- ACCC has concerns over Murray Goulburn’s takeover of WCB – Business Day
- Economists dismiss China output data concerns – AFR
- Wages, costs hold back road and rail projects, says business – The Oz
- Let’s set Qantas free, say Coalition MPs – The Oz
Europe
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- Euro area annual inflation down to 0.8% – Europa
- Euro-Zone Inflation Rate Falls in December, even further below ECB’s target -WSJ
- Gambling for resurrection in Iceland – Vox
- Europe’s Prospects Looked Better in 1930s – Bloomberg
- Did austerity cause a humanitarian crisis in Greece? – Aljazeera
- Crisis Management: Europe Eyes Anglo-Saxon Model with Envy – Der Spiegel
- French workers at Goodyear tyre plant take bosses captive – Guardian
- George Osborne limits cuts options with pensions promise – FT
Asia
- China-South Korea Reject Japan Talks as Abe Pursues Dialog – Bloomberg
- Samsung Electronics sparks dividend debate after big worker bonus – Reuters
- Royal Bank of Scotland Japan Unit Sentenced in Libor Probe – Bloomberg
- China draws up new rules to curb shadow banking risks – FT
- Blame gold: India Savings Deposit Scam Collapse Leaves Thousands Penniless – Bloomberg
- Vietnam Raises Foreign Bank Ownership Caps to Aid System – Bloomberg
Americas
- House G.O.P. Trims Agenda, Looking to Avert Election-Year Trouble – NYT
- How Divided is the Fed? – Tim Duy
- Inside the $400-million political network backed by the Kochs – WaPo
- Brazil saw itself as an up-and-coming oil power. So what happened? – WaPo
- Why the U.S. Oil Boom may go off the Rails – OilPrice
- The Clock Is Ticking On Another Debt Ceiling Fight – BI
- ISM Indexes and BLS Employment Report – Calculated Risk
- Leading indicators and the case for decelerating growth in 2014. – Bonddad Blog
- Rail traffic is at a 2.5 year high. – Prag Cap
- Yellen’s Record-Low Senate Support Reflects Fed’s Politicization – Bloomberg
- Cold weather turns lethal across the US – SMH
Other/Interesting
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