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Econ 101: February 15, 2013

Welcome to ThinkProgress Economy’s morning link roundup. This is what we’re reading. Have you seen any interesting news? Let us know in the comments section. You can also follow ThinkProgress Economy on Twitter.

  • Wall Street is trying to get around new regulations on derivatives. [Huffington Post]
  • Regulators are looking at allegedly odd trading patterns surrounding the planned takeover of the Heinz food company. [New York Times]
  • Senate Democrats have reached agreement on a bill to void the so-called “sequester” spending cuts scheduled for March. [New York Times]
  • How President Obama’s universal preschool plan improves on past proposals. [Salon]
  • French President Francois Hollande is making the unpopular move of trying to cut public pensions. [Bloomberg]
  • Obama said yesterday that patent reform approved in 2011 needs to go further. [Reuters]
  • A bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing Congress to give states the right to tax online sales. [The Hill]
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