What to watch for today The US jobs report. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics releases data for December, and while the 7% unemployment rate…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Europe edition—US jobs, China tops in trade, Indian diplomat indicted, kimchi nomenclature
This post has been corrected. What to watch for today The US jobs report. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics releases data for December, and…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—BoE and ECB decisions, retailer woes, Indian rail opening, Velveeta shortage
What to watch for today The ECB meets in Frankfurt. President Mario Draghi kicks off the first rate-setting meeting of the year amid the bloc’s…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Europe edition—BoE decision, US-India tit-for-tat, China inflation, Velveeta shortage
What to watch for today A big solar flare hits Earth. A spike in radiation may expand the aurora borealis as far south as Colorado…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Fed taper rationale, Facebook’s India acquisition, euro zone data, self-drifting cars
What to watch for today The thinking behind the taper. The US Federal Reserve releases the minutes of its December meeting, in which it surprised…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Europe edition—Fed minutes, Mulally stays at Ford, China coal plants, childhood amnesia
What to watch for today The rationale behind the taper. The US Federal Reserve releases the minutes of its December meeting, in which it surprised…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Sochi lockdown, Euro inflation, South Sudan peace talks, Mountain Dew Cheetos
What to watch for today The US chill continues. The “polar vortex” is expected to keep the US midwest ludicrously cold and head toward the…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Europe edition—Yellen confirmed, Sochi lockdown, disaster data, Mountain Dew Cheetos
What to watch for today Sochi goes into lockdown. With a month to go before the start of the winter Olympics, restrictive security measures go…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Abe’s economic boost, Okinawa base move approved, GM China recall, ramen cakes
What to watch for today UN peacekeepers—and perhaps a Chinese envoy—arrive in South Sudan. The two-week-old civil war in the world’s newest state has China…
LG thinks it’s time you started chatting with your appliances—via Line
Social messaging apps have been gaining in popularity worldwide, with users flocking to services like WeChat and WhatsApp to communicate with friends and family. Now…
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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Abe’s war shrine visit, Softbank’s T-Mobile talks, Thai protests, fake knee surgeries
What to watch for today Softbank eyes T-Mobile. Japan’s SoftBank Corp is in talks to acquire the US wireless carrier in a reported $20 billion…
Shoeboxes of cash, Iranian gold, and the other allegations threatening to bring down Turkey’s government
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under increasing pressure due to an ongoing corruption and money laundering scandal. Yesterday, in the latest twist, three…
