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1 OPEC Will Blink in Battle With U.S. Shale Drillers, Poll Shows Jan 21, 2015 7:00 PM ET U.S. shale drillers won’t scale back output quickly enough for OPEC to avoid production cuts this year, according to a quarterly poll of Bloomberg subscribers.

2 ECB Seeks to Inject Up to 1.1 Trillion Euros Into Economy in Deflation Fight Jan 21, 2015 12:12 PM ET Mario Draghi called on the European Central Bank to make its biggest push yet to fend off deflation and revive the economy by unleashing a debt-buying spree of 1.1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion).

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3 Draghi Is Pushing Boundaries of Euro Region with QE Program Jan 22, 2015 8:56 AM ET Mario Draghi is about to bring Europe’s integration project across the Rubicon.

4 Why Falling Prices Are Actually a Really Bad Thing Jan 22, 2015 10:42 AM ET On the surface, everything getting cheaper sounds like a dream come true. It’s not. The prospect is so terrifying that it’s prompted central bankers around the industrialized world to pour trillions of dollars into their economies to prevent a sustained drop in prices. The European Central Bank followed suit Thursday with a historic pledge to buy government bonds as part of an asset-purchase program worth about 1.1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion).

5 Billionaire Greene, Who Bet Against Subprime, Goes Long on U.S. While Bemoaning Jobs Crisis Jan 21, 2015 11:39 AM ET Billionaire Jeff Greene, who amassed a multibillion dollar fortune betting against subprime mortgage securities, says the U.S. faces a jobs crisis that will cause social unrest and radical politics.

6 Druckenmiller Alums at PointState Make $1 Billion on Oil Jan 21, 2015 11:02 AM ET Hedge fund manager Zach Schreiber stood on stage at Avery Fisher Hall in New York eight months ago and made a bold prediction.

7 Party Hasn't Stopped for Russians at Davos Even With Ukraine Sanctions Jan 21, 2015 1:46 PM ET VTB Bank isn’t letting a bad year get in the way of a good party.

8 Samsung Drops Qualcomm Chip From Next Galaxy Smartphone Jan 21, 2015 4:18 PM ET Samsung Electronics Co. will use its own microprocessors in the next version of the Galaxy S smartphone, dropping its use of a Qualcomm Inc. chip that overheated during the Korean company’s testing, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

9 OPEC’s El-Badri Says Oil Will Rebound Instead of Fall to $20 Jan 21, 2015 11:36 PM ET Oil prices will rebound rather than extend their decline to as low as $20 a barrel because a collapse since June isn’t merited by global supply and demand, OPEC’s Secretary-General said.

10 EBay Cuts 7% of Workforce, Agrees to Standstill With Icahn Jan 21, 2015 8:41 PM ET EBay Inc. is cutting 2,400 positions, buying back shares and entering into a standstill agreement with activist investor Carl Icahn as the company prepares to split its marketplace and payments businesses.