viernes, 30 de enero de 2015

JAN 30 SIT EC y POL



JAN 30 SIT EC y POL

GLOBAL RESEARCH

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WASHINGTON BLOG
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PRESSTV
Pakistanis denounce killing of Shias. Protesters in Karachi stage a massive rally to denounce a recent attack on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
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Oil prices up almost $4 a barrel. Oil prices rise by nearly USD 4 a barrel after a sharp fall in the past few months.
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Russia to keep military edge over West. Russia's nuclear arsenal will ensure military superiority over the West, a top Russian general says.
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CIA used British territory for torture. A senior Bush administration official says interrogations of US prisoners took place on the British territory of Diego Garcia. [both continue funding & sending mercenaries to ISIS and to south Ukraine.. they are still partners in genocide & HR abuses]
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'Greece will no longer work with troika'. Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says his government will no longer cooperate with “troika” or seek aid extension.
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Israel not worthy of Iran's war’. A top IRGC commander says Israel is too insignificant for Iran to consider it as a threat.
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US homeownership hits 20-year low. US homeownership fell to a 20-year low in the fourth quarter of 2014, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.
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'If talks fail, attacks will continue'. Pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine vow to continue their attacks on the Ukrainian army positions if ceasefire talks in Minsk fail. [is droning the neo-nazi rats of Kiev the solution? Maybe, one mule of imperialism will be down .. but you have to continue on 2 next mules]
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Turkey slams Israel settlement plan. Turkey slams Israel’s new plan to build more illegal settler units in the occupied West Bank. [settlements only make sense if underground… bunkers.. and even though..]
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'US using ISIL to spread Islamophobia'. The creation of ISIL was part of a “false flag operation” by the US and Israel to spread “Islamophobia."
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‘Senate Iran bill, unwise and untimely’. An analyst says the US Senate bill on Iran sanctions is very “unwise and untimely” and is intended to kill the P5+1 negotiations. [negoc..? .. kill the circus?]
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‘US cannot deny support for ISIL’. US can no longer deny the fact that it is funding, arming and training the terrorist groups.
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US sees journalists as 'enemy of state'. The White House treats journalists that “cross this administration” as “enemies of the state." [entonces no es Dios quien bendice America pero si Don Sata. So, It is not God who bless America but the devil.  F… both of them!]
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'E Ukraine pro-Russians not terrorists'. NATO says it will not label the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine as terrorist organizations [so, are they finally realizing that the real terrorist are the super-millionaires like Poroshenko and bankers who embezzled the Ukraine gold?  If so, Big progress?]
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Virginia man on FBI terrorist list. The FBI has added a US citizen born in Somalia to its list of most-wanted terrorists for recruiting for al-Shabab.
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UN upholds life for massacre convicts. A UN court upholds life sentences for two people involved in 1995 massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica. [the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court should indict Bill Clinton –the mastermind of the attack on Yugoslavia- for war crimes]
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ZERO HEDGE

Meet Loretta Lynch – Obama’s Attorney General Nominee Who Might Be Even Worse than Eric Holder. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015 When Eric Holder announced his resignation, many breathed a sigh of relief thinking it can’t get much worse, but not so fast. The authoritarian streak and rampant cronyism of the Obama administration is a well oiled machine. You didn’t think you’d get off that easily did you? Enter Loretta Lynch.
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One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015 "Reality" is not "perception" [Who lies? check this interesting  Chart from: Bloomberg ] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-30/one-these-things-not-other
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"We Can't Do This Forever," Fed Admits "Market Will Overwhelm Us". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. "It may work out just fine, but there’s a risk to that strategy... we’re in some sense distorting what might be the normal market outcomes at some point, we’re going to have to stop doing it. At some point the pressure is going to be too great. The market forces are going to overwhelm us. We’re not going to be able to hold the line anymore. And then you get that rapid snapback in premiums as the market realizes that central banks can’t do this forever. And that’s going to cause volatility and disruption." - Charles Plosser
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As China's Offshore Yuan Crashes To A 2 Year Low, Beijing Warns Its Citizens: "Don't Buy Dollars". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. We will point out something disturbing. The Offshore Yuan just hit a two-year low, reaching a level not seen since September 2012. [when latinos hear that the dollar or euro is low, we use to say buy dollars & euros with our own currency. Now that is the yuan that is low.. what you would say? Of course..: buy yuans with dollars and saved or visit china. No doubs… China is the most reliable economy and this temporary offer won’t last longer]
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The Fed Is Now Frontrunning Value Investors. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. The Fed has been supporting the market since the late 1980s. But there is an important difference between the actions of the Fed under Yellen versus Greenspan and Bernanke. In 2008, the Fed allowed Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers to fail. Given the massive wipeout that followed, this decision is now viewed as a dangerous mistake. Having learned their lesson, the Fed is now rushing in to support the market in response to even routine 20% drops. In this way, the Fed is acting like a value investor who demands a small margin of safety before investing.... Since 2010, however, the Fed has changed tactics. The Fed is now reacting far more quickly. Small market selloffs are followed by immediate responses. By quickly riding to the rescue, the Fed is effectively front-running value investors.
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"Obama Is Clueless On Inequality," David Stockman Rages "The Problem Is [The Fed]". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. Echoing Elliott's Paul Singer's "greatest irony of politicians railing against inequality," former Reagan OMB Director David Stockman raged that when it comes to inequality, everyone can see the symptom, but "President Obama is clueless as to the cause," blasting that the problem is not capitalism, "the problem is in the Eccles Building and the 12 people sitting there thinking that zero interest rates are some magic elixir that will cause this very toubled economy to revive.! It won't, "these people are dangerous and destructive," Stockman exclaims, and sooner or later the inequality they have created is going to cause a huge political reaction.
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The Death Of The American Dream In 22 Numbers. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. For decades, the rest of the planet has regarded the United States as “the land of opportunity” where almost anyone can be successful if they are willing to work hard. The “American Dream” has been transformed into a very twisted game of musical chairs. With each passing year, more people are falling out of the middle class, and most of the rest are scrambling really hard to keep their own places. Something has gone horribly wrong... We are the generation that gets to witness the end of the American Dream.
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Germany Is (Almost) Japan: Bund Yield Plunges To Record 0.33%. by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. Germany's 10Y Bund closed at a record low today (within 4bps of Japan's 10Y yield). The Japanification of Europe is almost complete.
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Syriza?. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. Rather than be a problem, Syriza may well be a solution, if it plays its cards right, but that still leaves politicians and investors denominating Tsipras et al as a problem, if not a menace. The world’s major banks got rich off the back of the Greek population at large, and when their wagers got so absurd they collapsed, the banks saw to it that their losses were transferred to European -and American – taxpayers. And those taxpayers are now told to vent their anger at 'those cheating, lazy Greeks'. The Troika, the EU, the IMF, and the banks whose sock puppets they have chosen to be, are a predatory force that has come a long way towards wiping Greece off the map. And that’s what Syriza has set out to remediate. And for that, they deserve, and probably will need, our unmitigated support.  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-30/how-do-you-solve-problem-syriza
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"Looks Like I'll Be Able To Retire Comfortably At Age 91". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. You've probably seen articles and adverts discussing how much money you'll need to "retire comfortably." The trick of course is the definition of comfortable. The general idea of comfortable (as I understand it) appears to be an income which enables the retiree to enjoy leisurely vacations on cruise ships, own a well-appointed RV for tooling around the countryside, and spend as much time on the golf links as he/she might want. Needless to say, Social Security isn't going to fund a comfortable retirement, unless the definition is watching TV with an box of kibble to snack on. By this definition of retiring comfortably, I reckon I should be able to retire at age 91--assuming I can work another 30 years and the creek don't rise.
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Brazil's Economy Is On The Verge Of Total Collapse. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. Today's Brazilian economic data follows up quite well to our article from a month ago "Brazil's Economy Just Imploded" and as the earlier article on the crashing Brazilian Real hinted, things for the Brazilian economy how gone from imploding to, well, worse because not only did the twin fiscal and current account deficits rise even more, hitting a whopping 11% of GDP - the worst since August 1999, but its government debt soared to 63.4% in 2014, up from 56.7% a year ago, and the highest since at least 2006. In short - the entire economy is now on the verge of total collapse.
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"First The Deflation - Then The Inflation". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. Again and again through history, first you have the massive deflation and then government is forced to debase the money supply that finally reverses the economy sending it into a inflationary spiral. The second phase is when gold will rise. But you first have the deflation (that we are seeing now) that reduces tax revenues and then you have the inflation set in motion by rising costs (waiting in the background).
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The US Economy In Two Pictures. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015
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It Begins: Energy Giant Chevron Suspends Stock Buyback, Blames "Cash Flow Squeeze" Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015 Moments ago energy giant Chevron admitted that not only does it not see oil doubling any time soon, but that energy prices are almost certain to go far lower from here, and as a result the company decided that after buying back $5 billion of its shares in 2014, i.e., buying high and higher before the stock crashes may not be the best use of dwindling cash flow, and as a result has just suspended its stock buyback program of the rest of 2015. Yes, energy giant Chevron just ended its buyback!
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Greek Bond Yields Surge Above 19% After EU Talks. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. Following finance minister Varoufakis' insistence that Greece will not accept more debt (or what EU calls a "bailout") and talks with the Eurogroup chief end, Greek bond yields have surged (and prices dropped) with 3Y GGBs back over 19% - the highest since the crisis. Greek bank stocks - after yesterday's exuberant penny stock squeeze - are falling once again.
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Charts: Bloomberg
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Greece Slams EU Bailout-ers: "We Don't Want The $7 Billion, We Want To Rethink The Whole Program". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015. UPDATE: "CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS" are over: VAROUFAKIS SAYS WILL NOT ACCEPT SELF-PERPETUATING CRISIS
As Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem (of "template" foot in mouth infamy) heads to Athens for talks today, Bloomberg reports the new Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has a clear message for his European overlords of the past: “We don’t want the 7 billion euros...We want to sit down and rethink the whole program." While this exposes the nation's banking system to further runs, yesterday's revelation that Russia could step in with financing should they need it, leaves Dijsselbloem and Shulz with less and less leverage even as Spain's chief economic advisor warns, if Greece doesn't play along, "there will be problems on all fronts."
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2015 - 07:48
  • Falling Prices Spread Pain Far Across The Oil Patch (WSJ)
  • ISIS Group Claims Responsibility for Attacks That Killed 27 in Egypt (NBC)
  • Russia Unexpectedly Cuts Key Rate as Economy Eclipses Ruble (BBG)
  • Greece’s Feisty Finance Minister Tries a More Moderate Message (NYT)
  • U.S. homeownership hits 20-year low, but new households growing (Reuters)
  • Indian Banks’ Shares Plunge as Bad-Loan Provisions Surge (BBG)
  • Underground Terror Network Said to Benefit Would-Be Jihadists in Europe (WSJ)
  • Russia warns West support for Kiev could lead to 'catastrophe' (Reuters)
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