News: 2014-05-21

Russia’s Putin says to invest $55 billion in exploration, pipeline construction to China | Reuters

Lenovo overtakes Apple in US personal computer market – Telegraph

Russia, China Sign $400 Billion Gas Deal After Decade of Talks – Bloomberg

Kazakhs battle to stave off chill blowing in from Russian steppe – FT.com

ekathimerini.com | Peripheral eurozone bond yields rise further as EU elections loom

Moody’s revises outlook for China property sector to negative

ekathimerini.com | Greek property prices fall 7.5 pct in Q1

Debt Rises in Leveraged Buyouts Despite Warnings – WSJ.com

Chinese Company Says Four Workers Died in Vietnam Riots – WSJ.com

Bankrupt Housing Policy – NYTimes.com

Italy, the euro zone’s pouting mistress, threatens financial havoc – The Globe and Mail

Why Jill Abramson Was Fired: Part Three : The New Yorker

There Was No Surface Mini Because Microsoft Already Lost on Tablets

Sheila Bair: Why I recommend Tim Geithner’s book – The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blogTerm Sheet

Yield-starved investors seek dividend income as share rally falters | Reuters

What’s Wrong With Mac OS X? ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community

China bans use of Microsoft’s Windows 8 on government computers | Reuters

Long-Bond Frenzy Gains Strength as Sales Surge: Credit Markets – Bloomberg

Why you should hate the AT&T-DirecTV merger | VentureBeat | Media | by Tom Cheredar

Deutsche Bank’s Latest Capital Raising Won’t End Its Problems – Forbes

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