Quartz Daily Brief—US insurer hacked, Greece-Germany talks, Jordan strikes ISIL, naptime revival

Daily Brief sponsored by  Good morning, Quartz readers! What to watch for today Yanis meets Wolfgang.  Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis meets his German counterpart, Wolfgang Schäuble, in Berlin, the he seeks concessions from Greece's key Creditors. Varoufakis better hope it goes better than yesterday's meeting with ECB chief Mario Draghi-not long after it ended, the central bank cut off the crucial source of funds for Greek banks. Reinforcements for Ukraine.  NATO Defense Ministers meet to discuss beefing up the organization's military presence in Eastern Europe, and They Are Likely To suggest stationing an extra 5,000 troops in the region. US secretary of state John Kerry will Also meet Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv for an update on the fighting in the east of the country.       Twitter makes its case to Wall Street.  The social network needs to show some progress investors on revenue Either or monthly active users When It reports results. If it can not, it will probably try to highlight all the cool things it's launched recently.     Pandora broadcasts earnings.  The music streaming service is expected to show a steady rise in market share and revenue but slower growth in new users and listener hours of it compete with services like Spotify.   . The day in numbers  Other companies reporting earnings  include: LinkedIn, News Corp, Dunkin 'Donuts, GoPro, and Takata. The date is economic: the US trade balance is due, and the Bank of England leaves its base rate at 0.5% . While you were sleeping The big US health insurance company got hacked.  Attackers stole "tens of millions" of personal records  from Anthem, the second-largest US health insurer. The intruders made ​​off with a vast trove of data, including customers' social security numbers and personal income figures, but not Their medical records. AstraZeneca missed its targets.  The British pharmaceutical giant Reported to fourth-quarter core operating profit of $ 1.2 billion (paywall), down 33% from a year and lower than Earlier an expected $ 1.5 billion due to higher drug development costs. AstraZeneca Also Announced the $ 600 million drug purchase from Actavis, and promised all-important core its earnings would rise slightly this year.     South Korea rejected Uber.  Seoul nixed the proposal from the on-demand transport company to register its drivers, and vowed to the in Place "strong crackdown" on Uber and similar services. Prosecutors there have Also indicted CEO Travis Kalanick on charges of violating the local taxi rules.   Jordan Carried October air strikes against ISIL.  The Jordanian air force killed 55 members of the Islamic State  in Mosul, Iraq-including, Iraqi Media Said, the top commander ISIL. The strikes in retaliation Were for the Islamist group's brutal execution of a captive Jordanian pilot. Twitter and Google struck a deal on searchable tweets.  Twitter agreed to Provide Google with the realtime data feed , enabling Google's search results to include recently-published updates, According to Bloomberg. It's part of Twitter's plan to get more people to see its tweets and boost ad revenue Ultimately.  BT FINALIZED a deal to buy the UK's biggest wireless operator.  The telecom giant will pay France's Orange and Germany's Deutsche Telekom  £ 12.5 billion ($ 19 billion) in cash and stock for EE , Which has 24 million customers. If the long-rumored deal Receives antitrust approval it would make BT wireless broadband and the heavyweight the European telecom industry rapidly consolidates .  California refused to surrender in its war against foie gras.  State attorney general Kamala Harris vowed to appeal the court ruling overturned the ban on que selling the fatty liver of force-fed geese and ducks. Animal rights groups have backed the ban, but It Has Been opposed by high-end restaurants and foie-gras-loving foodies.   SPONSOR CONTENT BY THUNDERHEAD.COM  82% of customers are turned-off by the one-size fits all approach. Fresh research  looks at the customer engagement challenge in unprecedented depth, and how it is Reveals vital to put customers at the center of everything you do. Quartz obsession interlude Lily Kuo on how China is backsliding on human rights.  "Last year, China Detained at least 940 Chinese citizens working on human and civil rights to Increase 72% from the year before, According to new data from the advocacy group Chinese Human Rights Defenders . The figure demonstrates what critics say is a worsening government crackdown on the country's civil society. " Read more here .  Matters of debate Twitter has only itself to blame for failing to tame trolls.  So says CEO Dick Costolo .  Cyberterrorism is a myth government.  The US is spreading fear of hackers to justify hacking its own people .  The US unemployment rate is a lie.  The head of Gallup says the 5.6% rate includes too many caveats .  Agriculture causes more climate change than deforestation.  It's Actually a sign of progress . Life is unfair.  Believing Otherwise leads us to blame innocent Victims For Their suffering .  Surprising discoveries The Japanese army is really into Star Wars .   The brigade spent a month building a Darth Vader snow sculpture .  Herbal supplements lie about Their ingredients.  Four out of five store brands had none of the promised ingredients .  The mummified monk was Discovered in Mongolia.  The Dalai Lama's physician claims he's still alive .  Nap time is not just for little kids.  The University of East Anglia is the first British university to have a dedicated nap room .  Our best wishes for a productive day. Please send any news, comments, adult nap strategies, and snow sculptures to hi@qz.com . You can follow us on Twitter here for updates throughout the day.