Early Bird Headlines 03 March 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.
EU
- Greece bailout: EU ‘mediating’ Greek row with Spain and Portugal (BBC News) Spain and Portugal are incensed that Greece prime minister Alexis Tsipiras has accused them of trying to prevent a Greek deal to strengthen their conservative governments’ political positions at home.
UK
- FTSE 100 to burst through 7,000? Not before election day (The Conversation)
Greece
- To beat austerity, Greece must break free from the euro (The Guardian)
- Opinion: ECB will need more creative accounting to deal with Greece (MarketWatch) Politicians want Greece to remain in eurozone, so the central bank must bend a little.
Italy
- ISIS’s Next Crusade: Italy (Newsweek)
Germany
Iraq
Ukraine
Russia
- Russia building ‘huge wall’: Ex-Ukraine President (CNBC) Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says Russia is building a “huge wall” across Europe through aggressive expansion.
India
- Budget allocates $1.3 billion for state banks in FY16 (The Economic Times) India will inject 79.4 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) into state-owned banks in the next fiscal year to bolster their capital reserves, a smaller-than-expected sum.
China
- Under the Dome: The climate film taking China by storm (BBC News) Being called the most important environmental production since Rachael Carson’s “Silent Spring” in 1962. GEI News has the complete film.
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