BitGou: Morning Digest: Fed cuts bond buying in first step away from historic stimulus

2013年12月19日星期四

Morning Digest: Fed cuts bond buying in first step away from historic stimulus

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12/19/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Fed cuts bond buying in first step away from historic stimulus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday embarked on the risky task of winding down the era of easy money, saying the U.S. economy was finally strong enough for it to start scaling down its massive bond-buying stimulus..

Special Report: Why Ukraine spurned the EU and embraced Russia

KIEV (Reuters) - On September 4, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich called a meeting of his political party for the first time in three years, summoning members to an old Soviet-era cinema called Zoryany in Kiev..

European shares rally as Fed sugar-coats taper move

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares rallied on Thursday after the Federal Reserve sugar-coated the decision to start winding down its crisis-era stimulus with a promise to keep record low interest rates in place even longer than previously signaled..

'Anchorman 2' revives cult classic, but has Ron Burgundy sold out?

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He's in your fridge, on your bookshelf and taking over your television screen. But as "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" brings back a cult comedy classic, has fictional leading man Ron Burgundy sold out?.

Mercedes F1 sign top engineers from Red Bull

(Reuters) - Mercedes have hired two top engineers from Formula One champions Red Bull in a move they hope will strengthen their title challenge next year and weaken their dominant rivals..

RBS clamps down on multi-dealer online chat rooms

(Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland's markets division has banned the use of multi-dealer online chat rooms, the bank said, joining rival banks that have taken similar action in response to regulatory scrutiny..

Astronauts prepare for first spacewalk since helmet leak problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station prepared for an unexpected series of spacewalks by fabricating spacesuit snorkels they can use for breathing in case of another helmet water leak, NASA officials said on Wednesday..

Israeli woman appeals rabbinical ruling she must circumcise son

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli woman appealed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday against a rabbinical ruling that ordered her to circumcise her one-year-old son, the Justice Ministry said, in the first case of its kind..