The big Obama tax plan
Feb. 2: Getting tough on offshore profits, plus, mixed messages from Greece’s government and "Fifty Shades" tie-ins
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Katherine Dunn
Katherine Dunn gathers daily business news for the Morning Playbook from London, England. She’s written about dinosaurs, Danish politics, and, for a brief but confusing period, contemporary art. Tweet at her about the economy around 4 a.m. at @katherine_dunn.
The Weekend Playbook: The Republic of Apple
Feb. 1: What’s the best way to measure tech profits?
The ruble goes for a dip
Jan. 30: Russia’s central bank slashes their interest rate, the Loonie lingers under 80 cents, and Spotify gets ready to raise $500 mill
The Curious Case of Canadian Jobs
Jan. 29: Where did last year’s jobs go? Plus, oil slides below $45 and Facebook makes its money off mobile ads – on your iPhone
It must be China: 74.5 million iPhones, and a global currency
Jan. 28: The yuan overtakes the Loonie as a top-5 currency, plus, announcements to come from the U.S. Fed and Facebook
Did 65 million people get an iPhone 6 for Christmas?
Jan. 27: Stay tuned for Apple’s quarterly earnings report, plus, Russia gets a "junk" credit rating, and Barbie’s fading popularity
From Microsoft to Google to Nokia, it’s Big Tech reporting season
Jan 26: Microsoft kicks off a week of tech business news, plus, the aftermath of the Greek election, and the first bitcoin exchange
The ECB has pulled the trigger, but will the bazooka blow?
Jan. 25: The first weekend playbook, and the big question this week: now that the eurozone has committed to quantitative easing, will it work?
A week of (semi) surprises, from Saudi kings to central banks
Jan. 23: Oil looks for clues after the death of King Abdullah, the Greek election, and why McDonald’s golden arches are losing their glow
The Canadian-European central bank double bill
Jan. 22: A Bank of Canada rate-cut, plus, a massive quantitative easing program for the eurozone