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Tomorrow the Eurozone to Weigh Greek Bailout Proposal , but it already appears it’s no different from previous proposals. There will be no meeting on Friday if Germany rejects this one up front
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Tweet Some people make a qualitative distinction between divesting from coal businesses versus divesting from oil. I’ll concede at the start that coal is the worst, so if you choose to only divest from one sector then it should be coal.
Bloomberg reports China Property Recovery Fails to Gain Traction With Prices Dropping . Prices fell in 64 cities from the previous month, compared with 65 in December, and were unchanged in four, according to data from the bureau of statistics on Tuesday. Average prices fell 5.1 percent from a year earlier, the biggest drop on record, according to Tom Orlik, chief Asia economist at Bloomberg Intelligence.
Links EU Plays "Good Cop" With Russia Over Ukraine Deal February 18, 2015 ( Ulson Gunnar – NEO ) – US President Barack Obama previously commented on the Ukrainian conflict, claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin was speeding past all the "off ramps" offered by the US and its NATO military alliance to end the violence. And just as it appeared the US and the rest of NATO were about to take their own advice and use the Minsk accord as their own face-saving "off ramp," they’ve decided to put the pedal to the metal instead
The Guardian confirms the above in its report Ukraine Ceasefire in Tatters as Clashes Escalate in East . Fighting has escalated in eastern Ukraine as government and pro-Russia forces struggle for control of the besieged town of Debaltseve, leaving the new ceasefire in tatters on its second day