Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

• Trump ‘Clarity’ on Tariff Conditions Not What EU Was Looking For. Hours after European Union trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom said she had “no immediate clarity” on whether the bloc will be let off the hook from planned U.S. tariffs, President Donald Trump laid down his conditions and repeated a threat if they’re not met. “The European Union, wonderful countries who treat the U.S. very badly on trade, are complaining about the tariffs on Steel & Aluminum,” he wrote on Twitter. “If they drop their horrific barriers & tariffs on U.S. products going in, we will likewise drop ours. Big Deficit. If not, we Tax Cars etc. FAIR!"

• Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous. The true believers won’t stop until they’ve remade the world. Some of it will be thrilling. Some of it will keep us up at night.

• Regeneron, Sanofi Cut Heart Drug's Price to Spur Greater Use.

• VIX Dropping Below 15 Clears Way for a Big Trade in March Calls. (video)

Wall Street Journal:

• Like the Big Kids, Kindergartens Plan Protests for Gun Control. Student plans for March 14 walkout spread to elementary schools, which adapt the idea; ‘when is it appropriate to ruin our students’ innocence?’

• EU, Japan Press for Waivers on Trump’s Tariffs as U.S. Weighs Criteria. Washington has yet to clarify parameters for exemptions amid concerns of trade wars among allies, officials say.

• Inside Trump’s Trade War: How Tariff Backers Beat Free Traders. From the administration’s early days, free-trade-advocate Gary Cohn battled tariff proponent Peter Navarro—while the president waited.

• Trump on Kim Talks: ‘Tell Him Yes’. U.S. officials rush to assemble a diplomatic strategy with little precedent in American history.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (CPB), (MO), (SQM), (ALB), (STZ) and (TAP).

Fox News: 

• Sessions slams 'activist judges' for nationwide injunctions on sanctuary cities, DACA. (video)

• California veterans home shooter was Army infantryman and decorated rifleman.

CNBC:

• Critics silenced ahead of China’s move to end Xi term limits.

• The last US diplomat to secure a nuclear deal with North Korea warns: 'They will cheat'. (video)

• This start-up wants to change the way you interact with your dentist, one toothbrush at a time.

• California bullet train costs soar to $77 billion, opening delayed.

• Chart analysts are getting worried about bitcoin: 'No touch'. (video)

• Small-caps speed ahead of market, but large-caps are still where the money lies, says market watcher. (video)

Zero Hedge:

• $21 Trillion And Rising: How Central Banks Are LBOing The World In One Stunning Chart.

• "A Clean Reset": Trump Said To Be Cleaning House; Kelly, McMaster, Jared, Ivanka All On Way Out: Report.

• "We Know All About You" - MoviePass Is Secretly Tracking Its Customers' Movements.

• Philippines, Honduras Are Embracing RFID Technology To Track Citizens' Movements.

• Disgraced Parkland Officer Lied, Radio Dispatch Recording Reveals.

• Broadcom(AVGO) Shares Spike After Reports Of Intel(INTC) Acquisition Interest.

• Third Nor'Easter In 10 Day Could Strike Mid-Atlantic By Early Next Week.

• The FBI Now Admits It Could Have Prevented The Florida High School Shooting. 

• Bob Woodward Says Reporters Becoming "Emotionally Unhinged" Over Trump. 

• "My Life Is Over": Ex-DOJ Lawyer Busted Trying To Sell Whistlelower Cases.

• Trump Lawyers Said To Seek Deal With Mueller: Report.

• Facebook(FB) Sees 24% Drop In Average Time Spent On Site.

• Stock Bulls Rejoice At Weak Wages, Cohn Exit, & Global Trade War. (graph)

Business Insider:

• Trump says a deal with North Korea is 'in the making' after agreeing to meet leader Kim Jong-un.

• This is what your smartphone is doing to your brain -- and it isn't good.

• The tech elite are abandoning Silicon Valley in droves because of 'groupthink' and out-of-control living costs— here's where they're headed.

• Mexico's surging narco violence is intensifying at the edges of one of its biggest tourist hotspots.