News: 2014-01-29

North America

George Magnus interview pt 3: Ben Bernanke, printing money in the US and Greenspan’s legacy

Consumer Confidence in U.S. Climbs to a Five-Month High – Bloomberg

Full Text Of Obama’s 2014 State of the Union

The Real State of the Union | naked capitalism

Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Rise Most Since February 2006 – Bloomberg

Calculated Risk: Comment on House Prices: Real Prices, Price-to-Rent Ratio, Cities

A Look at Case-Shiller by Metro Area – Real Time Economics – WSJ

Luxury house sales hit new records across Canada | Toronto Star

Negotiation Doesn’t Help African Americans and Latinos on Dealer-Financed Car Loans

Do White Buyers Get Better Loan Deals From Car Dealers? – Real Time Economics – WSJ

Exclusive: U.S. banking regulator, fearing loan bubble, warns funds

Ford has historic year with $7.2bn in profits boosted by 2013 US sales | Business | theguardian.com

Tax Analysts — The Obama Administration’s Backdoor Bailout of Puerto Rico

 

Europe

German Consumer Sentiment Reaches Six-Year High – WSJ.com

Rising risk that German court will block Bundesbank rescue for Southern Europe – Telegraph

Fiat cuts 2014 profit forecast, hit by Latin America | Reuters

Homes heated at least 4C warmer than in 1970, study finds – Telegraph

Man caught in absurd 16-year row over laptop loan, supreme court hears | Law | The Guardian

 

Emerging Markets

Corporate Debt in Emerging World Shines – WSJ.com

EM stocks tumble into bear territory – FT.com

Implications of Turkey’s aggressive interest rate rise – FT.com

Turkey raises rates to halt lira’s slide – FT.com

Macro and Other Market Musings: When Monetary Superpowers Flex, Emerging Market Investors Flee

Argentina Devaluation Gambit Backfires in Worst Bond Rout – Bloomberg

Argentina Warns of Speculative Attack on Emerging Market Currencies – WSJ.com

Russian president says will honour loan to Ukraine | Reuters

 

Technology

Qualcomm faces prospect of record antitrust fines in China | Reuters

How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username — Medium

PayPal and GoDaddy may have cost one man his ‘$50,000’ Twitter account | The Verge

U.S. Skeptical on Sprint’s Possible T-Mobile Deal – WSJ.com

Porsche’s first car, in 1898, was electric

Twitter founder Ev Williams raises $25 million for his blogging startup, Medium | The Verge

Yahoo Q4 2013 Earnings Slide 6% To $1.27B On EPS Of $0.46, Beating Street, Display Ads Down 6% | TechCrunch

Investor Icahn says buys another $500 million in Apple stock | Reuters

Apple Q1 Earnings – Business Insider

 

Bitcoin

A Swipe at Traditional Banking at a Forum Illuminating Bitcoin – NYTimes.com

Bitcoin Backer Winklevoss Warns of Overregulation – WSJ.com

New York takes first step to regulating Bitcoin – Telegraph

 

Economics

The minimum wage and the state of microeconomics: No, micro is not the “good” economics | The Economist

The Myth of the “Self Made Man” | PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM

 

finance news