News: 2014-01-07

Technology

This is what Netflix’s 4K streaming looks like

Samsung shows off its 85-inch curved TV that bends with the touch of a button (video)

Samsung’s Ultra HD TVs will stream 4K video from Amazon, Comcast, DirecTV, Netflix and more

Car Makers at Consumer Electronics Show Tout Ways to Plug Autos Into the Web – WSJ.com

Intel unveils ‘dual OS platform’ that runs Android and Windows on a single device

Intel reveals its own smartwatch prototype

Panasonic and Mozilla join forces to develop Firefox OS-powered Smart TVs | The Verge

Mashable Raises $13M In Its First Outside Funding | TechCrunch

Why T-Mobile wants Verizon’s discarded 4G airwaves — Tech News and Analysis

 

North America

Why the Entire Country Is Frozen Solid

How Divided is the Fed? – Tim Duy’s Fed Watch

Yellen Wins Backing of Senators to Lead Fed – NYTimes.com

U.S. apartment vacancy rate falls, rents rise in 4th quarter | Reuters

Charles L. Hooper, NSA Surveillance: A Cost/Benefit Analysis | Library of Economics and Liberty

U.S. Nonmanufacturing Sector Slowed in December – WSJ.com

JP Morgan set to be fined $2bn for allegedly ignoring Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme – Telegraph

No, Rand Paul, There’s No Reason to Cut Unemployment Benefits – Rand Ghayad – The Atlantic

 

Europe

ekathimerini.com | May could be decisive month this year

Spanish Bonds Could Still Show Tasty Gains – WSJ.com

Billionaire George Soros buys stake in Spanish builder FCC: Source – The Economic Times

Spanish companies are upbeat about economic recovery – FT.com

ekathimerini.com | Cyprus sees deflation in 2013 after 49 years

World-Beating 321% Debt Burden Is No ‘Serious Threat’ to Denmark – Bloomberg

Barclays ‘using shares to get round EU bonus cap’ | Business | The Guardian

Swiss central bank slumps to £6bn loss – Telegraph

 

Economics

mainly macro: Cutting public investment has consequences: house building

This Is Brad DeLong’s Grasping Reality…: The Relative Efficacy of Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound: Where Are the Goalposts, Anyway?: The Honest Broker for the Week of January 5, 2013

 

Markets

U.S. Bank Stocks Regain Their Allure – WSJ.com

Exclusive Interview of Felix & Roman Zulauf

Noahpinion: Of brains and balls: Nassim Taleb’s macro bets

Oil guru says US shale revolution is ‘temporary’ – FT.com

Fracking contamination more common than US states report, says new review | Environment | theguardian.com

 

Emerging Markets

Telecom Deal by China’s ZTE, Huawei in Ethiopia Faces Criticism – WSJ.com

Here’s how bad China’s bad loan problem could get

Strong Asian demand gives gold a boost – FT.com

 

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