Thurday Evening Links

[Reuters] Wall Street ends higher as retail sales slump feeds hopes for rate cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Trades Near Three-Month High as the Bulls Start to Prevail

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wall Street Looks Past Inflation Angst Before PPI: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo Finance] Gas prices: National average jumps to 2-month high

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bostic Says May Take ‘Some Time’ to Know Inflation Heading to 2%

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bezos Unloads Another $2 Billion of Amazon Stock in Latest Sale

[AP] Russia has obtained a ‘troubling’ emerging anti-satellite weapon, the White House says

[NYT] Lebanon’s State Media Says Israeli Strikes There Killed 10 Civilians

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] S&P 500, Dow inch up after retail sales tumble 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises as Risk-On Mood Overpowers IEA’s Demand Warning

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Homebuilder Sentiment Climbed to Six-Month High in February

[Reuters] US import prices post largest gain in nearly two years in January

[Reuters] US retail sales tumble in January; weekly jobless claims fall

[Reuters] Frigid weather depresses US manufacturing output in January

[WSJ] China Revives Socialist Ideas to Fix Its Real-Estate Crisis

[FT] Private equity ignores protests at its peril