Early Feb 18 Headlines

• CNBC makes headline news over every uptick in S&P futures, read all about it
• January housing starts drop to all time low (Bloomberg)
• Russia 2009 GDP forecast cut from -0.2% to -2.2% (Moscow Times)
• Police foils bomb attack at Citibank in Athens (Yahoo - hat tip reader Mike)
• Germany may be Europe's white knight. Now if only someone would buy their Treasuries (Telegraph)
• Felix Salmon on why Textron stock may be a buy (Portfolio)
• This is the bottom... No, this is really the bottom (FT)
• Czech, Hungarian, Polish debt downgrades imminent (Bloomberg)