Daily News Links

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

General

• Greece hires Lazard to advise on debt ahead of talks
  Reuters
• Ukraine peace talks collapse, Kiev and separatists trade blame
  Reuters
• Ukraine Fighting Continues as Talks Stall
  NYT
• Podemos Seeks to Restructure Public Sector Debt
  Bloomberg
• Germany, ECB play hard ball with Greece
  Reuters
• ECB’s Constancio Signals Greek Waiver Could End
  Bloomberg
• Greece Will Repay ECB, IMF, Reach Deal With EU, Tsipras Says
  Bloomberg
• Greek Markets Dive as Syriza Digs In to Fight Austerity
  Bloomberg
• Greece economy: Merkel rules out more debt relief
  BBC
• ECB's Liikanen: No lending to Greek banks if no deal by end of February
  Reuters
• Merkel rejects debt writedown for Greece - Die Welt
  Reuters
• Merkel's Unintended Creation: Could Tsipras' Win Upset Balance of Power in Europe?
  Spiegel
• Greece seeks EU allies but Germany holds firm
  AFP
• Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, 15 soldiers killed
  Reuters
• Understanding Putin’s plans
  The Economist
• Italy elects senior judge Sergio Mattarella as president
  Reuters
• Spanish Radical Left Party Gets Boost With Huge Madrid Rally
  AP

Friday, January 30, 2015

General

• Greece Sets Up Cash Crunch for March Telling EU It’s Over
  Bloomberg
• Greece says will not cooperate with troika or seek aid extension
  Reuters
• Bullard Warns of Asset Bubble Risk If Fed Keeps Rates Too Low
  Bloomberg
• Greece really might leave the euro
  Washington Post
• Brazil’s Real Leads Major Currency Drops as Petrobras Downgraded
  Bloomberg
• Petrobras Bonds Sink After Rating Cut to Lowest Investment Grade
  Bloomberg
• Ruble Breaches 70 Per Dollar After Russia’s Surprise Rate Cut
  Bloomberg
• Germany Warns Greece Heading Wrong Way as Tsipras Shunned
  Bloomberg
• Bonds Extend Global Rally as S&P 500 Futures, Ruble Slide
  Bloomberg
• Indian Banks’ Shares Plunge as Bad-Loan Provisions Surge
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Stocks Head for Steepest Weekly Decline in Seven Weeks
  Bloomberg
• Brazil’s Budget Deficit in December Twice as Wide as Forecast
  Bloomberg
• China Stocks Have Biggest Weekly Loss in Year on Margin Risk
  Bloomberg
• Asian Currencies Fall a Fifth Month in Longest Streak Since 1998
  Bloomberg
• Pimco Says Greek Bonds Illiquid and Volatile Until Accord
  Bloomberg
• Russia Unexpectedly Cuts Key Rate as Economy Eclipses Ruble
  Bloomberg
• Greece Shuns EU Bailout Cash Before Dijsselbloem Visit
  Bloomberg
• EU Prepares Tougher Russian Penalties as Peace Talks Planned
  Bloomberg
• New sanctions on Russia are 'economic war'
  CNBC
• Euro-Area Prices Extend Slide as ECB Fights Deflation
  Bloomberg
• Draghi’s Asset-Backed Debt Revival Nowhere to Be Seen in January
  Bloomberg
• Falling Prices Spread Pain Far Across The Oil Patch
  WSJ
• Cheap Oil Burns $390 Billion Hole in Investors' Pockets
  Bloomberg
• China Trusts Fuel Stocks With 28% Jump in Investment
  Bloomberg
• China Fiscal Revenue Slowdown Puts Liquidity Onus on PBOC
  Bloomberg
• Podemos Dries Young Spaniards’ Tears Targeting Syriza-Style Win
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Fund Profits Declined 30% Last Year, Citigroup Says
  Bloomberg
• Meet Asia’s Hottest Young Hedge Funds, Whose Assets Soared
  Bloomberg
• South Korea Stares Into the Deflationary Abyss
  Bloomberg
• Oil Cash Waning, Venezuelan Shelves Lie Bare
  NYT

Evening

• Wall St. closes sharply lower, down for January
  Reuters
• American CEOs Most Bearish on Earnings Since 2008 Crisis
  Bloomberg
• Russia Rate Cut Among Most Abrupt U-Turns Since Black Wednesday
  Bloomberg
• Oil surges 8 percent as U.S. rig count plunges, shorts scramble
  Reuters

Thursday, January 29, 2015

General

• Russia says hopes Washington understands futility of sanctions
  Reuters
• EU Spars Over Russia Sanctions as Greece Won’t Show Its Hand
  Bloomberg
• Denmark Cuts Deposit Rate for Third Time in 10 Days to Defend Currency Peg
  Bloomberg
• War in Ukraine: No Exit
  The Economist
• Greek Banks Are Ticking Time Bombs
  Bloomberg View, Gilbert
• Hamptons Home Prices Hit Seven-Year High in Luxury Surge
  Bloomberg
• Greek Bond Drop Sends Yield to 16-Month High on Debt Wrangling
  Bloomberg
• China Stocks Fall for Third Day as CSRC Starts New Margin Probe
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Stocks Drop Amid China Margin Probe as Ruble Weakens
  Bloomberg
• Turkish Lira Drops to Record as Rates Meeting Irks Investors
  Bloomberg
• Belarus Rattles Bondholders as Restructuring Talk Sparks Selloff
  Bloomberg
• Commodity Shipping Rate Falls to 28-Year Low on China Demand
  Bloomberg
• Ford Fourth-Quarter Profit Slumps 98%
  Bloomberg
• Alibaba Profit Misses Estimates as Jack Ma Boosts App Spending
  Bloomberg
• Greek bailout in focus as EU parliament head visits Athens
  AP
• Germans in shock as new Greek leader starts with a bang
  Reuters
• Germany's Gabriel says Greek politics mustn't burden rest of EU
  Reuters
• German Inflation Rate Turns Negative for First Time Since 2009
  Bloomberg
• Italian presidential vote to test Renzi government's stability
  Reuters
• Ukraine appoints Lazard as restructuring adviser - sources
  Reuters
• China Said to Summon Banks to Stress Safe Technology Push
  Bloomberg
• A Mysterious Death and an Embattled President: Argentina Credit
  Bloomberg
• Shell Cuts $15 Billion of Spending as Profit Misses Expectations
  Bloomberg
• Conoco has quarterly loss, cuts capex again on oil slide
  Reuters
• Draghi's Dangerous Bet: The Perils of a Weak Euro
  Der Spiegel
• SNB Faces Costly Choice for Reserves Hoard as Dust Settles
  Bloomberg
• Russians, Argentines, Cows Are Squeezing U.S. Wheat Price
  Bloomberg
• Nearly a quarter of euro zone government bonds offer negative yields -Tradeweb
  Reuters
• Homeowners in Poland Borrowed in Swiss Francs, and Now Pay Dearly
  NYT
• U.S. would welcome Japan air patrols in South China Sea
  Reuters

Evening

• Asian shares sluggish as growth concerns trump Wall Street
  Reuters
• Italy fails to elect president in first round of voting
  Reuters
• Russia would consider aid to Greece if asked - Siluanov
  Reuters
• China: Overborrowed and overbuilt
  FT
• In China, U.S. tech firms turn to domestic rivals for survival
  Reuters
• China Clamps Down Still Harder on Internet Access
  NYT

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

General

• Emerging-Market Stocks Fall as Petrobras Leads Decline in Brazil
  Bloomberg
• Treasuries Rally as Fed Notes International Risks to Economy
  Bloomberg
• Oil Falls to Lowest Since April 2009 on Rising U.S. Crude Supply
  Bloomberg
• Germany's top institutes push 'Grexit' plans as showdown escalates
  UK Telegraph
• Greek Bank Deposit Flight Said to Accelerate to Record
  Bloomberg
• Petrobras Stock Plummets Today After Releasing Unaudited Third-Quarter Financial Results
  TheStreet.com
• Greece Credit Swaps Surge to Signal 70% Probability of Default
  Bloomberg
• Greek Bonds,Stocks Decline as New Government Takes Charge
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: EU draft would extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine escalation
  Reuters
• Italy’s Bonds Drop With Spain’s as Greek Notes Extend Selloff
  Bloomberg
• Greek PM Tsipras pushes on with radical change, markets tumble
  Reuters
• Raiffeisen Bond Rout Deepens as Swaps Signal 70% Default Chance
  Bloomberg
• Singapore Pushes Currency Down to Join a Wave of Easing by Central Banks
  Bloomberg
• Greek PM Tsipras says has mandate for radical change
  Reuters
• Fed Decision Day Guide: From Rate Patience to Too-Low Inflation
  Bloomberg
• Putin Goes All In as Ukraine Fights for Funding
  Bloomberg
• Greek elections: Five things Syriza wants to change
  BBC
• Exclusive: China plans to set 2015 growth target at 'around 7 percent' - sources
  Reuters
• Shadow Bank Crackdown Seen Needed to Tame Chinese Stocks
  Bloomberg
• China to launch new probe into margin trading, bank lending for stock speculation - sources
  Reuters
• Debt That Once Boosted Its Cities Now Burdens China
  WSJ
• Petrobras Fails to Agree on Writedowns Before Posting Earnings
  Bloomberg
• Investors Rethink Taking a Leap Into Junk Bin
  WSJ
• Subprime Bonds Are Back With Different Name Seven Years After U.S. Crisis
  Bloomberg
• Hezbollah claims responsibility for attack on Israeli convoy
  AP
• U.S. multinationals hit hard by strong dollar, to bleed further into 2015
  Reuters
• U.S. Strengths Buoy Consumers but Hurt Corporations With Business Abroad
  NYT
• Russian government outlines $35 billion anti-crisis plan
  Reuters
• How Ukraine's outgunned 'cyborgs' lost Donetsk airport
  LA Times
• Kazakhstan bans rallies, fearing Ukraine-style turmoil: U.N. report
  Reuters

Evening

• PBOC’s Capital Flow Concern Turned on its Head by Yuan Weakness
  Bloomberg
• Japan’s Retail Sales Unexpectedly Slump in Challenge to Abe
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Stocks Decline as Energy Slump, Fed Overshadow Apple Rally
  Bloomberg
• California Oil County Declares Fiscal Emergency as Crude Tumbles
  Bloomberg
• Greek Bank Deposit Flight Said to Accelerate to Record
  Bloomberg
• Russia Links Loom Larger as Greece Seeks Debt Relief
  WSJ
• Alarm bells ring over Syriza’s Russian links
  FT
• Greek PM Tsipras freezes privatisations, markets tumble
  Reuters
• New Rules in China Upset Western Tech Companies
  NYT
• Brazil's Biggest City May Cut Water Service to Two Days a Week
  AP

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

General

• Greek Bonds, Stocks Drop as Leaders to Spar on Writedown
  Bloomberg
• Tsipras Names Cabinet Heading for Clash Over Bailout and Russia
  Bloomberg
• Raiffeisen Debt Signaling Distress as Currency Woes Mount
  Bloomberg
• Raiffeisen Bank denies talk of Russia exit, capital increase
  Reuters
• Greek Government Questions EU Bid for Russia Sanctions
  Businessweek
• Stronger Dollar Punishes U.S. Earnings From P&G to DuPont
  Bloomberg
• Orders for U.S. Capital Goods Drop for Fourth Straight Month
  Bloomberg
• Europe Stocks Fall From Seven-Year High; Greek Bonds Drop
  Bloomberg
• Euro Climbs as SNB Says It’s Ready to Intervene; Yen Advances
  Bloomberg
• Russia Junk Rating Sends Bonds Lower as Ruble Rises From Record
  Bloomberg
• Bloomberg] U.S. 30-Year Yield Near Record Low With Fed Seen Holding Rates
• Buyout Lenders Balk as Apollo Delays Junk Bonds: Credit Markets
  Bloomberg
• EU Renews Push for Russian Sanctions; Putin Blames Ukraine
  Bloomberg
• Bloomberg] China Industrial Profits Fall Most Since 2011 Amid Slowdown
• China Private Bond Faces Stress as LGFV Says No Pledge
  Bloomberg
• Shanghai Regulator Said to Order Widest Stress Test on Property
  Bloomberg
• What Clampdown? China Margin Traders Boost Debt to Record
  Bloomberg
• Petrobras may book $20 billion asset write-down: Veja magazine blog
  Reuters
• Petrobras Readies Results to Avert Debt Breach
  Bloomberg
• Turkey’s Basci Signals Emergency Meeting to Cut Rates Next Week
  Bloomberg
• Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed in 'tense' eastern conflict: Kiev military
  Reuters
• This alleged Russian spy ring was interested in some very dangerous things
  Washington Post
• How Draghi got divided ECB to say 'yes' to money-printing
  Reuters
• Investment Riches Built on Subprime Auto Loans to Poor
  NYT
• Doubts grow about mid-year rate hike, but Fed won’t express any
  MarketWatch

Evening

• China’s Stocks Fall for Second Day on Developers, Coal Miners
  Bloomberg
• Get Ready for the Return of Risky-Mortgage Bonds: Credit Markets
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Stocks Drop as Microsoft to P&G Results Disappoint
  Bloomberg
• Currency Trading Climbs to Records as Central Banks Diverge
  Bloomberg
• Greek PM Tsipras names anti-austerity cabinet, port sale halted
  Reuters
• Puerto Rico Lawmakers Seek Alternatives to $2 Billion Bond Sale
  Bloomberg
• Turmoil in Yemen could have global implications
  CNBC

Monday, January 26, 2015

General

• Ruble Slides Most in Three Weeks After S&P Cuts Russia to Junk
  Bloomberg
• The lesson from Greece: A 1930s-style depression creates 1930s-style politics
  Washington Post
• Greek Bank Bonds Slump After Syriza Victory Raises Funding Risk
  Bloomberg
• Ruble Sinks Most in 2 Weeks as Stocks Slide on Ukraine Fighting
  Bloomberg
• Russia Leads Emerging-Stock Drop on Ukraine Clashes; Ruble Sinks
  Bloomberg
• Tsipras Forges Anti-Austerity Coalition in EU Challenge
  Bloomberg
• Tsipras to form anti-bailout Greek government after big victory
  Reuters
• Tsipras Election Win Draws French Congratulations, German Threat
  Bloomberg
• Spain’s Podemos inspired by Syriza’s victory in Greek elections
  UK Guardian
• IMF's Lagarde rules out special treatment for Greece
  Reuters
• Samaras’s Undoing Came Fast After Praise From Merkel
  Bloomberg
• China Switches to Supporting Yuan as Outflows Mount: Currencies
  Bloomberg
• Property cash crunch worsens as trusts pull funds: China Credit
  Business Times/Bloomberg
• Yuan Posts Biggest Two-Day Loss Since 2008, Nears Band Limit
  Bloomberg
• Death Threats and Dawn Raids: Welcome to China's Anti-Graft Drive
  Bloomberg
• Oil Slides to Near 6-Year Low; Saudi Arabia Holds Firm Despite Supply Glut
  Bloomberg
• Owners of Negative-Yield Sovereign Debt Say They’re No Fools
  Bloomberg
• Russia defiant after threats from West over Ukraine
  AP
• Shiite rebels violently disperse demonstrators in Yemen
  AP
• For Saudis, Falling Demand for Oil Is the Biggest Concern
  Bloomberg
• Draghi Plays Chess in Economy Class After Journey to QE
  Bloomberg
• Traders Are Hedging Against "One of the Main Threats on the Tech Sector": The Surging Dollar
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Greece’s Odd-Couple Coalition Only Agrees About Ending Austerity
  Bloomberg
• Mongolia’s Bonds Slump With Copper as Spat With Rio Stalls Mine
  Bloomberg
• Russian leaders lash out at West for inciting ‘anti-Russian hysteria’
  Washington Post
• Greek coalition braces for debt showdown as Germany rattles sabre
  UK Telegraph, Evans-Pritchard
• Ukraine rebels move to encircle government troops in new advance
  Reuters
• EU Renews Push for Sanctions on Russia as Putin Blames Ukraine
  Bloomberg

Sunday, January 25, 2015

General

• Ukraine Clashes Widen as Obama Vows More Pressure on Russia
  Bloomberg
• Greece's Syriza set to sweep election in anti-austerity triumph
  Reuters
• China Bull Market Masks Momentum Breakdown as Stock Volumes Sink
  Bloomberg
• Venezuela's currency woes an increasing threat to U.S. corporate profits
  Reuters
• EU's Tusk slams 'appeasement' of Russia as bloc talks new sanctions
  Reuters
• Greek leftists Syriza aim for landmark election win
  Reuters
• Yemen risks disintegration as south rejects Shi'ite group's takeover
  Reuters
• All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka
  Reuters
• Greece Votes as Europe Looks On: A Guide to the Process
  Bloomberg
• Ukraine Fighting Spreads to Key Port City as Rebels Attack
  Bloomberg
• Bundesbank's Weidmann casts doubt on effectiveness of ECB's QE
  Reuters

Evening

• Kuroda Remarks Open Possibilities for Shift in BOJ Stimulus
  Bloomberg
• Oil Slides to Near 6-Year Low; U.S. Supply Worsens Glut
  Bloomberg
• U.S. 30-Year Yield Extends Record Low as Greece Spurs Safety Bid
  Bloomberg
• Asian Stocks Fall as Yen Strengthens Against Euro on Greece Vote
  Bloomberg
• Euro, S&P 500 Futures Sink With Syriza Set for Greek Win
  Bloomberg
• Euro Sinks as Anti-Austerity Syriza Set for Vote Victory
  Bloomberg
• Syriza Rides Anti-Austerity Wave to Decisive Victory in Greece
  Bloomberg
• Syriza could win outright majority as Greece rejects austerity
  Reuters
• Greece election: Radical Syriza party set for big poll victory
  BBC
• What Syriza's Sweep Means for Greece and Europe
  Bloomberg, El-Erian
• Rebels press Ukraine offensive, Obama promises steps against Russian-backed 'aggression'
  Reuters
• Russia Faces Mounting Pressure Over Escalating Ukraine Violence
  Bloomberg