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Prime Minister David Cameron and Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, said they failed to reach a deal on how to overhaul the U.K.’s relationship with the European Union in crunch talks on Sunday but agreed to discuss the issue further.
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 CoreLogic RP Data Australian house prices for January
– Dwelling values across Australia’s capital cities were 0.9% higher in January
– Melbourne annual growth in dwelling values: 11.0% rise y/y, Sydney +10.5%
Capital city dwelling values remaining 0.6% lower over the past three months

Submitted by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,

The conservative movement is starting to look a lot like Syria.

Baited, taunted, mocked by Fox News, Donald Trump told Roger Ailes what he could do with his Iowa debate, and marched off to host a Thursday night rally for veterans at the same time in Des Moines.

Message: I speak for the silent majority, Roger, not you, not Megyn Kelly, not Fox News. Diss me, and I will do fine without Fox.

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Moody’s latest on Australian banks
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The unwinding of the global commodities cycle is heightening the macroeconomic risks faced by Australian banks
– Regions and sectors most exposed to mining are starting to see some signs of stress
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A preview of Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, at the European Parliament on Monday.
I thought his speech would be something like “On being upstaged by Kuroda” … but no, Draghi is presenting the ECB 2015 annual report. 

It’s been nearly a year since a grinning Doug McMillon recorded a video message to the world in which he explained that WalMart was set to raise the minimum wage for its lowest paid employees.

After all, McMillon said, “it’s our people that make the difference.”

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AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index
AiG’s ‘key points’:
– The 7th consecutive month above 50 … longest unbroken run of expansion since 2010. Eight of the past nine months above
Of the seven activity sub-indexes in January