Today’s Issue Cluster: Ukraine Crisis
Fed – ‘Falling Short By Its Own Yardstick’
Trucks – China’s 24m Car Market Spurs Investment
Cloud – Google, Amazon and Microsoft’s Costly Spending War
China – Apr: Official Manufacturing PMI Inches Up; 50.4 from 50.3 / WSJ / R / AP / b / b * *
SK – Apr: Exports Grow Faster Than Expected; +9% yr / WSJ *
US – Mar: Consumer Spending Jumps by Most in Five Years; +0.9% from +0.5% / B / R / AP / WSJ / r *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Climb to Nine-Week High; +14k TO 344k / B / AP / WSJ *
US – Apr: ISM manufacturing growth accelerates; 54.9 from 53.7 / R / WSJ / r *
US – Apr: Markit factory activity growth slows slightly; 55.4 from 55.5 / R / m / r * *
US – Mar: Construction spending rises; +0.2% from -0.2% / AP / R / r *
Stocks – Dow Closes at a Record WSJ *
Stocks – Wall St weighs ‘sell in May and go away’ FT *
China – Rejects sign it may soon be #1 economy AP / B / e wsj / wapo * * *
China – EU: Actually, We’re #1 / eu *
China – Bloated Local GDP Numbers Go on a Diet wsj *
China – Plans Measures to Boost Trade After Unexpected Drop B
China – No kick-start coming for stalled growth engine FT *
Ukraine – East Unravels as Pro-Russia Militants Widen Fight B
Ukraine – Pro-Russian Separatists in East Seek Legitimacy Through Referendum WSJ
Ukraine – IMF says Russian economy already in recession AP / FT / WSJ
Ukraine – Russia’s Aerospace Industry Faces Squeeze Over Sanctions WSJ
Ukraine – Crisis could halt Europe’s defense downturn: Airbus CEO R
Ukraine – Some US companies starting to feel pain R
Ukraine – Norway oil fund loses on Russia government bond holdings FT
Ukraine – Crisis A Tightrope Walk for German Businesses S
Ukraine – French Banks Play Russian Roulette cfr *
Fed – To Keep Trimming Stimulus FT / WSJAP / R / NYT / B / WSJ *
Fed – ‘Falling Short By Its Own Yardstick’ nyt * *
Canada – What Google searches reveal about housing market G&M *
Tourism – Chinese Boost Bets on Australian Tourism WSJ *
Tourism – Chinese Tourists are spending a lot / E *
Trucks – China’s 24m Car Market Spurs Investment B
Machinery – China’s Construction Cracks Run Deeper for Zoomlion and Sany WSJ *
Cloud – Hewlett-Packard, Foxconn Launch Joint Server Venture WSJ
Cloud – Microsoft Targets Box, Dropbox wsj
Cloud – Google: Weapon of Choice WSJ *
Cloud – Google is waging a financial war of attrition q *
Cloud – Google, Amazon and Microsoft’s Costly Spending War wsj *
Weeds – Dow Chemical Gets Preliminary US Nod for New Weedkiller WSJ
Weeds – Farmers Widen Their Arsenal of Herbicides WSJ *
Pollution – Plagues China’s coastal waters FT
Pollution – A shift in the wind in China FT * * *
PubEd – Congress Is Going Back to School WSJ *
PubEd – Charter-School Fight Flares Up in Illinois WSJ *
Political Preferences on Social Media Sites nyt *
Twitter politically polarized pew / q *
