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  • The European Central Bank has given the Cyprus just a few days to come up with a new bailout deal after the Cypriot parliament rejected a controversial tax on bank deposits as part of its original bailout plan. The government of Mexico is trying to reshape the country’s phone and television industries by increasing competition and foreign investment. And, is there any sector — retail, shipping, tech, intelligence — that Amazon isn’t involved in?

  • India is the world’s largest gold importer. The government has hiked import taxes on gold to control the outward flow of cash, but the lure of the yellow metal is not fading. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is in Beijing this morning on second day of his visit to China. It’s his first foreign trip as treasury secretary and the first high level talks between the U.S. and China in six months. And how are veterans doing in the job market?

  • The government in Cyprus is scheduled to vote on a controversial tax on bank deposits later today. Could the measure lead to a run on Cypriot banks? The travel industry is up and so are luggage sellers. And shares of yoga apparel maker Lululemon are down after the company announced some of its pants are see-through.

  • Financial markets overseas are falling sharply today thanks to the unusual terms of a bailout in Cyprus where a tax of up to 10 percent on bank deposits has been proposed to defray the cost of the bailout. The Republican party looks for a new tech guru. And a test of your international business knowledge with our global leadership quiz.

  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has just announced that it wants to supervise some of the largest players in the $1 trillion student loan industry. European finance ministers are meeting in Brussels today, and at the top of their agenda is the small Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. And New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has tried to re-make a lot of the city over the last 11 years. But as he wraps up his third term, he’s got his eye on an extreme makeover of one of Manhattan’s most important business districts.

  • Volkswagen, a company on a quest to become the world’s largest automaker, reports earnings today. What do the proposed federal budgets of House Republicans and Senate Democrats have in common? And J.C. Penney seriously needs to catch a break right now. Shoppers were scared off when the chain eliminated big sales in favor of everyday low prices. Now, Penney’s will open 681 ‘Joe Fresh’ shops inside of their main stores. 

  • The government of the Yunnan province in Western China is going after Coca-Cola over allegedly mapping the province with GPS devices. Tonight President Obama will speak to big money donors at an event for Organizing for Action. The group is run by former campaign aides with the mission of supporting the President’s agenda. Since Organizing for Action is a 501(c)(4) non-profit, it can raise unlimited money without saying where it comes from. And is Tiger Woods poised for a comeback?

  • South Sudan, which gained independence just a couple of years ago after a long and bloody civil war, will resume pumping oil to Sudan after a shutdown that has lasted more than a year. The President of New York University is facing a no confidence vote this week — some faculty say he’s acting more like the head of a corporation than a university. And the writers group, PEN, looks to reinvent itself for the digital age.

  • Michael Dell’s plan to buy his computer company back from shareholders is turning into a bit of a challenge. At least one major shareholder, Carl Icahn, is saying shareholders should get more out of the deal. China’s government says it plans to strip power away from the agency that oversees the country’s controversial one-child policy. Observers say this could spell the beginning of the end for the rule. And over the weekend, Mariano Rivera announced his retirement from the New York Yankees. We take a look at how his career changed the game for Major League Baseball.

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