Bonddad Linkfest

1. Congressional leaders near budget deal (WaPo)
2. Some at Fed are urging preemptive strike (NYT)
3. India hit by second major power outage in two days (NYT)
4. Jobless generation puts brakes on US (FT)
5. Taiwan's economy shrinks (FT)
6. Columbia cuts interest rates (FT)
7. EU unemployment holds at 11.2% (Eurostat)
8. India holds rates steady but lowers GDP projection (Marketwatch)
9. US economy stuck in a rut (Marketwatch)
10. EU inflation estimated at 2.4% (Eurostat)