Pablo Picasso The Dream 1932 • Chinese Media Say ‘Big Sticks’ Await Trump If He Seeks Trade War (BBG) • Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top US Spy Agency and CIA (WSJ) • Schumer Calls Eight Trump Cabinet Picks ‘Troublesome’ (BBG) • Ford’s Truck Trumps Mexico and Tesla (BBG) • So What’s The Big Idea, European Union? (G.) • Italy’s 5 Star Movement Part Of Growing Club Of Putin Sympathisers In West (G.) • Beppe Grillo Accuses Journalists Of ‘Manufacturing
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Readers browse bomb-damaged library of Holland House, London 1940 • The Wrong Things Are Being Forecast (Morgan) • China Calls US ‘A Shooting Star In The Ample Sky Of History’ (G.) • China’s New Year Currency Moves Won’t Make Donald Trump Happy (CNBC) • Banks Create Money From Nothing. And It Gets Worse (ND) • India Government Set To Endorse Universal Basic Income (BI) • US Banks Gear Up To Fight Dodd-Frank Act’s Volcker Rule (R.) • Wall Street Banks
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Robert Doisneau Françoise Gilot et Pablo Picasso 1952 • Fears Of ‘Massive’ Global Property Price Fall In ‘Dangerous’ Conditions (Tel.) • Is Trump About to Debunk the Media’s ‘Putin-gate’ Conspiracy Theory? (AntiWar) • Assange: Obama Admin Trying To ‘Delegitimize’ Trump (Hill) • Trump Says US Safe From North Korean Nuclear Strike – No Thanks To China (G.) • China Needs To Let Companies Go Bust To Support The System – Xie (CNBC) • Holes in China’s Currency Wall (BBG) •
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Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, stars of the film ‘Topper’, drive the Topper Buick 1937 • ‘Patients Who Should Live Are Dying’: Greece’s Public Health Meltdown (G.) • Jean-Claude Juncker Secretly Blocked EU Tax Reforms When Luxembourg PM (G.) • German Ifo Think Tank Chief Says Italy Risks Quitting Euro Zone (R.) • Trump Aide Says US Sanctions On Russia May Be Disproportionate (R.) • Cuomo Vetoes Bill Requiring NY State To Fund Legal Services For Poor (NYDN) • A
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Claude Monet The Japanese Bridge 7 1924 • Trump Leaves Open Possible Taiwan Meet, Questions Russia Hacking (R.) • Was Claim by DHS and FBI About Russian Hacking Fake News? (Spring) • Is the “Trump Trade” Already Unwinding? (WS) • Senator McCain Says US Stands With Ukraine Against Russia (R.) • Here’s How Much Each EU Nation Puts In And Takes Out Of The EU Budget (BI) • Universal Basic Income Trials Being Considered In Scotland (G.) • China’s Xi
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Claude Monet Bain à la Grenouillère 1869 • WaPo Publishes False News Story About Russians Hacking Electrical Grid (DC) • CNN Lied About Russian Retaliation Against American Children (Sputnik) • Trump Slams CNN, NBC on Russia Coverage: ‘Don’t Have a Clue’ (NewsMax) • 96 Russians Forced To Leave US Over Diplomat Expulsion (RT) • Obama’s Stingy Pardons (BBG Ed.) • ECB’s Monte Paschi Capital Bar Would Trip Up 10 Other EU Banks (BBG) • China Retools in Push to Stabilize
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DPC Memphis, Mississippi River landing, Belle of the Bends and Belle of Calhoun 1906 • Putin’s Cease-Fire in Syria Boxes Out Obama (USN) • Russia: “No Enemy Of The United States Could Have Done Worse” (RT) • Obama’s Sanctions Target Trump, Not Putin (Duran) • “Grizzly Steppe” – FBI, DHS Release “Report” On Russian Hacking (ZH) • Russia’s ‘Grizzly Steppe’ Cyberattacks Started Simply, US Says (BBG) • Trump Says He’ll Weigh Intelligence Findings on Russian Hack (BBG) • The Russians
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Esther Bubley Negro alley dwellings near the Capitol, Washington DC 1943 • Trump On Russia Sanctions: ‘We Ought To Get On With Our Lives’ (R.) • Moscow Says It’s “Tired Of The Lie About The ‘Russian Hackers’” (Ptv) • Talking about Starwars: What is Henry Kissinger Up To? (PCR) • US Escalates Tensions With Israel (WSJ) • Hillary Clinton Could Face New Email Probe After Explosive Ruling • House Flipping Makes a Comeback as Home Prices Rise (WSJ) •
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Claude Monet Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son Dec 31 1874 The end of the year is always a time when there are currency and liquidity issues in China. This has to do with things like taxes being paid, and bonuses for workers etc. So it’s not a great surprise that the same happens in 2016 too. Then again, the overnight repo rate of 33% on Tuesday was not exactly normal. That indicates something like
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Albert Kahn Paris, Autochrome Lumière color photo 1914 • Turkey and Russia Agree on Syria Ceasefire, Into Effect by Midnight (R.) • Erdogan Says He Has Evidence US-Led Coalition Has Given Support To ISIS (Ind.) • Turkey Says Saudis, Qatar Should Attend Syria Peace Talks (AP) • ‘US Raised Middle East Terrorists & Wants Them To Stay’ – Iran Def Min (RT) • Toshiba Shares Fall 20%, Hit Limit, As US Nuclear Writedown Sinks In (AFP) • China To Rein
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