News: 2014-02-07
Investing
Green Mountain roasts Einhorn’s Greenlight
BBC News – Google to own 6% stake in Chinese PC maker Lenovo
S&P warns of higher risk in bank bail-in bonds – FT.com
SAC Capital’s Martoma found guilty of insider trading | Reuters
JPMorgan’s Masters joins regulator advisory committee | Reuters
Apple repurchases $14B of own stock over two weeks after 8% decline
GM quarterly profit misses estimate, shares drop | Reuters
Sober Look: What’s behind the latest natural gas rally?
Technology
Inflatable Bike Helmet Offers New Look at Safety – WSJ.com
Steve Wozniak: Apple Should Make an Android Phone | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
News Corp results hit by falling ad revenue – Telegraph
LinkedIn’s outlook misses Wall Street estimates | Reuters
Cryptography Breakthrough Could Make Software Unhackable – Wired Science
Emerging Markets
SocGen bear growls: deflation shock-wave from Asia to trigger global recession – Telegraph Blogs
Original sin in emerging markets: it’s back | beyondbrics
fastFT: EM equity fund outflows already outpace 2013
“Investors have now sold $18.6bn worth of EM equities this year, versus a $15.3bn outflow in 2013.”
Why Do India’s Official GDP Figures Keep Shifting? – Real Time Economics – WSJ
Europe
ECB holds rates at record low, puts focus on March | Reuters
German judges refer ECB’s bond-buying to European Court | Reuters
ECB Bond Sterilization Fails Again – Real Time Economics – WSJ
BBC News – Fall in eurozone inflation rate fuels deflation concerns
Bruegel | The ECB should be more aggressive on monetary policy
Unleash German shale to halt gas output decline, industry pleads | Reuters
ekathimerini.com | Greece to privatize power grid operator to help island tourism
Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged at 0.5% | Business | theguardian.com
House prices: the chart that hints at leap in values – Telegraph
Average house price reaches £175,546 – Telegraph
North America
NY regulator opens currency probe – FT.com
U.S. Payroll to Population Rate Falls to 42.0% in January
Jobs data improves, but weak exports may hurt growth | Reuters
As Minimum Wages Rise, Businesses Grapple With Consequences – NYTimes.com
COLUMN-Don’t blame frackers for U.S. water shortages: Kemp | Reuters
Economics
Should Free Traders Support Free Trade Agreements? | Cato @ Liberty
Elsewhere
A ‘smoking gun’ on Ice Age megafauna extinctions — ScienceDaily
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