Interesting Reads and Links for Wednesday, 18 January 2016: Earth Hotter, Fed Hikes, Juncker Retorts and More . . . .

Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year   
   (New York Times)

Trump Team Prepares Dramatic Cuts   (The Hill)

Janet Yellen says Fed will hike rates a few times per year    (CBS)

History repeating itself? Toronto's long record of housing busts    (Huffington Post)

Hands off EU, Trump™; We don't back Ohio Succession: Juncker     (Reuters)

Four upcoming seminars around the USA where big crane companies will be hiring

(American Cranes and Transport)

Gates Foundation set to unload almost $10 Billion worth of Berkshire-Hathaway shares
(24/7 Wall St.)

American Apparel begins 2400 layoffs in California    (LA Times)    

Lowes layoffs 2400 full-time employees

(The Charlotte Observer)