News: 2014-02-04

Markets

Market Rout Continues, Proving Abject Failure of Fed's Forecasts and Policies | naked capitalism

Markets Tumble. How Will the Fed React? – Tim Duy’s Fed Watch

Barron’s Roundtable, Part 1 — The Good Bad and Ugly: A Guide to 2014 – Barrons.com

Barron’s Roundtable, Part 2 — Shaking Things Up – Barrons.com

Barron’s 2014 Roundtable, Part 3 — Better Get a Grip – Barrons.com

Gundlach Shows Why Betting Against Treasuries Is a Fool’s Game – Bloomberg

Copper Records Longest Losing Streak Since 1995 – WSJ.com

 

Technology

Chromecast now open for developers – more app support to come! | Google Chrome: News, Reviews, Forum & Beyond

The Techtopus: How Silicon Valley’s most celebrated CEOs conspired to drive down 100,000 tech engineers’ wages | PandoDaily

Silicon Valley billionaires believe in the free market, as long as they benefit | Dean Baker | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Spying Fears Abroad Hurt U.S. Tech Firms – WSJ.com

Autonomy’s UK profits ‘overstated by 80%’, Hewlett-Packard finds | Business | The Guardian

HP Restates Autonomy’s 2010 Revenue as 54% Less Than Reported – Bloomberg

 

North America

What We Know About Income Mobility Depends on How We Define It – Jonathan Hopkin – Harvard Business Review

The Fruits Of Free Trade: How NAFTA Revamped The American Diet : The Salt : NPR

Shocking US factory orders and Chinese bank woes trigger global flight to safety – Telegraph

White House Won’t Say If NFL Should Pay Taxes | TIME.com

Mississippi Most Religious State, Vermont Least Religious

Homeowners Acquire a Taste for Remodeling – WSJ.com

Calculated Risk: U.S. Light Vehicle Sales decrease to 15.1 million annual rate in January

U.S. ISM Factory Index Declines More Than Forecast – Bloomberg

The Obama Administration Took The Platinum Coin Option More Seriously Than It Let On

Treasury’s Lew warns that U.S. default could happen quickly | Reuters

Kerry Tells Senators That Obama Syria Policy Is Collapsing – Bloomberg

Ottawa to buy Detroit land for cross-border bridge project, official says – The Globe and Mail

What the Super Bowl Looks Like to a Foreigner

 

Emerging Markets

Emerging markets fall back to earth | Nouriel Roubini | Business | theguardian.com

Emerging markets risk repeating eurozone blunder of synchronised tightening – Telegraph Blogs

EM central bankers: guiders, reactors and mavericks | beyondbrics

Central banks must co-ordinate policy – FT.com

Emerging market sell-off as a weak dollar/strong renminbi crisis /Euromoney magazine

EM haven hunt turns up few bargains – FT.com

Capital controls or cooperation?

Analysis: Emerging markets outlook not rosy, but valuations tempt | Reuters

Iran gets first tranche of assets under sanctions relief | Reuters

Petrobras Shares Plummet 5.8% to Close at Eight-Year Low – WSJ.com

 

Europe

German resurgence: It wasn’t the Hartz reforms | vox

French and Spanish car sales add to European recovery signs | Reuters

U.K. Manufacturing Sector Growth Misses Expectations – WSJ.com

Danish Premier Rebuilds Cabinet After Goldman Deal Dispute – Bloomberg

Euro May Be Resurfacing as a Safe Haven – WSJ.com

 

Asia

Japan’s top three banks poised to benefit from spurt in domestic loan growth | Reuters

Japan’s ‘Hollowing-Out’ Means Weaker Yen Not Helping Much – Real Time Economics – WSJ

China Demand Still Buoys Global Producers – WSJ.com

 

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