Early Bird Headlines 26 February 2015
Econintersect: Here are some of the headlines we found to help you start your day. For more headlines see our afternoon feature for GEI members, What We Read Today, which has many more headlines and a number of article discussions to keep you abreast of what we have found interesting.
U.S.
- U.S. Military No Longer Able to Fight Two Wars at Same Time (The Washington Examiner)
UK
- HSBC, the bank that ran aground while overseas (Financial Times) We are now seeing banking as a criminal conspiracy in a whole new light.
- Unregulated expansion of higher education costing millions (The Conversation) Alternative providers (both non-profit charities and for-profit companies) are wasting millions.
Greece
- Imagine a country losing all of its college grads (CNBC)
- Greece sees problems repaying IMF, ECB; Germans air mistrust (Reuters)
- This is the real reason Greece has a massive tax-evasion problem (Business Insider)
Germany
- German MPs urged to take tough line on Greece (Financial Times) German business group lobbying for anti-Greek vote in the Bundestag on Friday.
- Germany Sells Five-Year Debt at Negative Yield (The New York Times) Another country starts charging “storage fees” for holding money.
China
- China farming boom has left ecosystems in danger of total collapse (The Conversation)
- China Said to Prepare Steps to Counter Housing Market Slump (Bloomberg Business)
Australia
- Iron ore the victim in Beijing’s smog crackdown (China Spectator) China’s cutbacks in steel production will hit Australia hard.
- Surge in Chinese housebuying spurs global backlash (Financial Times) Australian house prices especially driven up by Chinese buyers.
Nicaragua
- Who’s behind the ‘Nicaragua Grand Canal’—and why? (CNBC) There is a lot of controversy over this project.
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