Early Bird Headlines 11 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.
Solar
- Apple Clinches $850 Million Deal With First Solar for Renewable Energy (Bloomberg Business) The utility scale solar boom is just starting.
Tax Evasion
- HSBC’s Swiss tax scandal is part of a global pattern of avoidance (The Conversation)
Greece
- Greece to push for revision of bailout by EU partners (BBC News)
- Germany rejects Greece’s demands for $11 billion of Second World War reparations (The Independent)
- Greek government wins confidence vote – as it happened (The Guardian)
- Senior European official: ‘The Greeks are digging their own graves’ (Business Insider)
- Greece to Proceed With Piraeus Port Privatization (The Wall Street Journal) Backtracking on previous statements about stopping the process.
- Greece ‘may go elsewhere for new deal on debt’ (BBC News) Greece could turn to the US, Russia or China if it fails to reach a new debt agreement with the eurozone.
- Greek banks solvent at the moment: ECB’s Jazbec (Reuters)
- Getting Rich Greeks to Pay Taxes Is Tsipras Biggest Test at Home (Bloomberg Business)
- New Face of Greece via Twitter:
Norway
- Why Norway is not panicking about the oil price collapse (The Conversation)
Spain
- Madrid Ready to Party as Spain’s Recovery Bolsters Spending Mood (Bloomberg Business)
Ebola
- The search for an Ebola cure is gearing up — but there may be too few patients. (The Washington Post)
Yemen
- Britain withdraws embassy staff from Yemen over security concerns (Reuters) Follows move by the U.S. yesterday.
Ukaine
- Ukraine: Everything you need to know about how we got here (CNN) Hat tip to Alun Hill.
- Russia stands firm in Ukraine as Minsk truce talks begin (BBC News) As leaders head to Belarus capital, the question remains – is Russia interested in changing tack in Ukraine?
China
- Chinese economy more sustainable now: China central bank (Reuters)
- CICC Said to Prepare $1 Billion IPO for Second Half (Bloomberg Business) The first Sino-foreign investment bank seeks investors wanting to get in on China’s foreign investment boom.
India
- Trick or treat? India’s strong GDP figures mask economic reality (Reuters) The revised growth numbers are at odds with evidence on the ground.
Australia
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