News: 2014-01-27
I have a big backlog of links to go through but this is what I have right now.
Emerging markets/currency wars
Emerging markets: It’s like 1997 all over again | The Economist
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis: Start of a Global Currency Crisis?
‘The Power of Currencies and Currencies of Power’, edited by Alan Wheatley – FT.com
Emerging-Market VIX Surges Most in Two Years on Selloff – Bloomberg
Global safe haven for property ‘creating ghost towns in London’ – Telegraph
Drawn-out Thai crisis unsettles investors, may deter new money
Emerging market pain not about to faze U.S.-focused Fed
Ringgit Falls to Lowest Since 2010 on Emerging-Market Aversion
Emerging-Market Currencies Fall Again – WSJ.com
South African Minister Manuel Says Unions Damaging Labor Market
Argentina relaxes controls on the peso – FT.com
Mexico lures $6 billion in fresh foreign investment at Davos | Reuters
Rand at 11: how long before S Africa raises rates? | beyondbrics
Chile and Argentina: economic worlds apart | beyondbrics
Argentina’s black market shows continued pressure on peso | beyondbrics
Markets
Hours and friction prompted El-Erian exit
Asia
Japan’s 2013 LNG imports hit record high on nuclear woes | Reuters
BBC News – Japan reports record annual trade deficit
Li Na’s Win Good for Tennis’s Asia Swing – China Real Time Report – WSJ
Japan-China war of words goes ballistic in Davos – Telegraph Blogs
Technology
Moody’s cuts Sony bond rating to Junk – WSJ.com
Steve Jobs Unveils Mac at Boston Computer Society, Unseen Since 1984 | TIME.com
Google, Big Brother and your thermostat: Olive | Toronto Star
Using Your iPhone for Work? Bringing Your Own Device Might Mean Losing Your Data Later – WSJ.com
Football-mad schoolboy who fooled the Twitterati – FT.com
Starbucks is getting ready to let you order coffee before you get to the store – Quartz
Qualcomm Buys Massive Palm, iPaq And Bitfone Patent Portfolio From HP | TechCrunch
Edward Snowden responds to phone spying investigation, lays out hopes for reforms | The Verge
Facebook Hilariously Debunks Princeton Study Saying It Will Lose 80% Of Users | TechCrunch
Falling in love with the Macintosh 128K back in 1984 | 9to5Mac
2003’s Soul-Crushing Office of Tomorrow Tracked Your Every Move
Elsewhere
Forget the Gym: This Service Charges Less the More You Workout
Europe
Santander: ‘You can’t afford our cheaper mortgages’ – Telegraph
Geo-Graphics » “The Euro Crisis is Dead! Long Live the Euro Crisis!”
North America
Inflated worries, part 2 — a different look at the labour-market slack conundrum | FT Alphaville
RNC slams ‘unconstitutional’ NSA spying – James Hohmann – POLITICO.com
U.S. Republicans consider their list of demands on debt limit | Reuters
Rachel Maddow, the Scandal Whisperer
Canada’s inflation rises in December, led by higher gas prices | Toronto Star
Economics
UBS at Davos: ‘We’ve swapped global imbalances for domestic disequilibrium’ | FT Alphaville
We Can’t Afford to Leave Inequality to the Economists – Justin Fox – Harvard Business Review
Noahpinion: Robert Barro’s famous polemic against New Keynesians
Osborne-Summers fist-fight over austerity is a draw on points – Telegraph Blogs
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