Headline – Feb. 2/17

  • Wall St lower as Fed uncertainty weighs on banks. Read story
  • US jobless claims fall; productivity slows in 4th quarter. Read story
  • Major upgrade for UK economy. Read story
  • Why ‘Grexit’ worries are back on the market’s radar. Read story
  • Trump calls US-Australia refugee agreement ‘dumb deal.’ Read story
  • As Brazil’s unemployment rate hits record high, Rio’s murder rate soars. Read story
  • Apple misses deadline for €13 billion tax payment to Ireland. Read story
  • Defiant Iran slams Trump: Will not yield to “useless: threats.  Read story
  • German stock exchange boss investigated. Read story
  • US student debt problem far worse than believed. Read story
  • Charted: US president Trump’s recent flurry of phone calls with world leaders. Read story
  • India opens coal mining market for first time in four decades. Read story
  • Geologists have discovered a lost continent beneath Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Read story
  • You might need $350,000 in retirement to cover health-care costs. Read story
  • What you’re doing wrong to prepare for natural disasters. Read story
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