News Headlines - 19 June 2013

▽Bernanke: FOMC Reviewing Exit Strategy - WSJ.com

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank could start winding down its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program later this year and end it altogether by mid-2014, setting up a high-stakes test to see if the economy and financial markets can begin to stand on their own.

▽Obama Says Surveillance Helped in Case in Germany - NYTimes.com

Pressed personally by Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany about the United States’ surveillance of foreigners’ phone and e-mail traffic, President Obama said Wednesday that terrorist threats in her country were among those foiled by such intelligence operations worldwide — a contention that Ms. Merkel seemed to confirm.

▽Protests Continue in Turkey, But Methods Changing

Anti-government protests continue in Turkey, but the methods have changed. The two weeks of clashes in which four people died and about 5,000 were injured drew increasing numbers of supporters.

▽Japan’s export value rises at fastest pace in three years - FT.com

The yen value of Japan’s exports rose by the biggest margin in three years in May, aided by policies that have softened the country’s currency, in the latest evidence that the government’s “Abenomics” revival campaign is lifting earnings at global manufacturers.

▽BBC News - Ryanair and Easyjet: The history of the peanut airlines

If you had to think of an airline which would spare no expense to make its passengers happy, Ryanair might not be the first that came to mind.