Quartz daily brief—Europe Edition—Dimon’s apologies, Google’s appeasement, Winklevii Bitcoin wealth
What to watch for today
The state of JP Morgan. The bank is expected to report a small bump in profits—a much-needed piece of good news for Jamie Dimon, who is fighting to keep his chairman title and repeatedly apologizing for the London Whale trading loss. Wells Fargo also reports earnings.
Infosys’ turnaround. The Indian tech bellwether is expected to post flat profits as it tries to halt the loss of market share to Tata.
EU finance ministers grapple with Cyprus. The messy bailout of Cyprus tops the agenda for the two-day meeting in Dublin. Germany’s growing reluctance over euro zone banking reform is also up for discussion.
How will North Korea insult John Kerry? The new US Secretary of State’s visit to Seoul is filled with drama because of the possibility of a North Korean missile test. The US accidentally revealed that putting a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile is within Pyongyang’s grasp. Up next, Kerry meets with Chinese leaders to persuade them to calm Kim Jong-un down.
Hopeful successors to Chávez woo voters. There are only two days of campaigning left in Venezuela before the presidential vote on April 14. Chávez protege and acting President Nicolás Maduro, a former bus driver, faces opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
While you were sleeping
G8 ministers accomplished nothing. They didn’t resolve their differences on Syria or come up with a plan on North Korea. Not even a speech by Angelina Jolie put them in a compromising mood.
Former KPMG partner charged. Scott London is facing insider trading allegations, and nobody can work out why he threw away a career and perhaps his liberty for $25,000, a Rolex and some Bruce Springsteen tickets.
Google tried to appease Europe. The search giant offered a package of terms to mollify the EU on antitrust issues. Google, which has an 80% market share in European search, is trying to reach a settlement and avoid a fine.
The H7N9 flu may be resistant to anti-viral drugs. Scientists found the new avian flu strain has a genetic mutation that makes Tamiflu and Relenza less effective.
Quartz obsession interlude
Christopher Mims on how cloud-computing firms are about to dunk their servers in vats of mineral oil. “[T]he fact that companies of this scale are seriously evaluating a technology long restricted to only the most demanding applications—places where price hardly matters, like military supercomputing clusters and Wall Street data centers where thousandths of a second can be worth millions of dollars—says a great deal about just how unsustainable current data center infrastructure has become.” Read more here.
Matters of debate
India needs more bureaucrats. They are good for democracy.
Containment for North Korea and Iran is better than regime change.
Taller people are smarter because of good genes.
You should live as if you were immortal instead of trying to learn from past mistakes.
Surprising discoveries
The digital afterlife. Google wants to help with your post-mortem Internet plans.
Margaret Thatcher may get a street named after her… in Paris.
The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin fans. They have $11 million worth of the virtual currency—at least, that was its value last time we looked.
A Carnival Carribbean cruise is cheaper than a Motel 6 stay. But you might get stranded at sea.
The New Dragon Bridge in Vietnam breathes fire, literally.
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