News: 2014-01-16

Technology

Winamp lives on after acquisition by Radionomy | The Verge

WP Engine Raises $15M From North Bridge Growth Equity To Invest In Product Development, Accelerate Growth | TechCrunch

Gapps Manager Gets You the Right Google Apps for Your Rooted Phone

Google Adds Optional Data Compression Feature To Chrome For Mobile, Reducing Your Data Usage By Up To 50% | TechCrunch

Marc Andreessen talks about the pros and cons of net neutrality and the need for innovation

Hate Parking Tickets? Fixed Fights Them In Court For You | TechCrunch

Even President Obama Thinks That Facebook Isn’t Cool Anymore | TechCrunch

You can now 3D print directly from Adobe’s Photoshop

BBC News – Yahoo’s chief operating officer in surprise departure

Spotify Drops Free Web Listening Time Limit Everywhere – A Big Scalability Milestone | TechCrunch

Report: Just 15% of T-Mo Postpaid Subscribers Looking to Churn

Apple CEO Signals Company Plans to Broaden Alliance with China Mobile – WSJ.com

Zuckerberg Calls Snapchat A “Privacy Phenomenon” | TechCrunch

Why is everyone disappointed by Google buying Nest? | The Verge

Blackphone Promises To Be a Cellphone to Beat the NSA

 

Europe

Coming ‘oil glut’ may push global economy into deflation – Telegraph

Punch Taverns’ financial engineering has harmed the pub industry | Business | The Guardian

BBC News – Oslo’s rapid growth redefines Nordic identity

Car sales in Europe at lowest level since 1995 – Telegraph

ekathimerini.com | Interest in Greece as investment destination is mounting

Francois Hollande vows ‘supply-side’ assault on French state, doubles down on EMU austerity agenda – Telegraph

Economist’s View: Does Sweden Have a Housing Bubble?

 

North America

US files complaint against Walmart for allegedly violating workers’ rights | Business | theguardian.com

BBC News – Retailers JC Penney and Sears to cut thousands of jobs

Sears Canada to cut more than 1,600 jobs | Toronto Star

More Americans Worse Off Financially Than a Year Ago

In 15 states, deeply underwater foreclosures still reign

Credit standards going easy on jumbo mortgages | 2014-01-14 | HousingWire

For Recent Grads, Good Jobs Really Are Hard to Find – Washington Wire – WSJ

Calculated Risk: NY Fed: Empire State Manufacturing Activity indicates faster expansion in January

Fed Tapering – Shades of 1937? | The Big Picture

Lack of trickle down in West Virginia leaves poorest high and dry | Al Jazeera America

 

Emerging Markets

Argentina Says Consumer Prices Rose 10.9% on Year in December – WSJ.com

Turkish Lira, Rand Sink to Lows Versus Dollar – WSJ.com

 

Asia/Australia

Australian Dollar Hits Over 3-Year Low – WSJ.com

Australian Employment Tumbles in December – WSJ.com

Australia posts its lowest annual jobs growth in 17 years | Business | theguardian.com

Japan machinery orders hit five-year high

BBC News – China cloning on an ‘industrial scale’

 

Finance/Markets

Banking regulation meets law of unintended consequences

BlackRock’s fourth-quarter profit rises 24 percent

Bank of America shares hit three-year high after profits triple – Telegraph

Firms Tripling Junk Returns Lure Most Since ’07: Credit Markets – Bloomberg

 

Elsewhere

Barbie who? Nigeria’s Queens of Africa dolls take on US toymaker Mattel | Global development | theguardian.com

13 Nail-Biting Images Of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge Under Construction

This pile of cash is actually just carved wood

Muhammad Ali with his winnings | Retronaut

Tin Foil Hats Just Got a Major Hardware (and Fashion) Upgrade

What Do People Have Against Eating Steak? – Bloomberg

Why We Love Narcissists – Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic – Harvard Business Review

 

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