Today’s Issue Cluster: Mobile Payments
Ukraine – ‘Russia Plotting for Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say’
TTP – Japan mulls slashing US beef tariffs
Oil – Houston Fills With Crude That Can’t Be Shipped Out
China – Mar: Exports Fall Again; -6.6% from -18.1% / WSJ / NYT / AP / B / R / FT / R * *
Japan – Feb: Core machinery orders down; -8.8%, +10.8% yr / WSJ / K / R *
Australia – Mar: Surprise unemployment drop as 18k jobs added; 5.8% from 6.1% / B / ABC / Aus
Germany – 2014: Economists up growth forecast; +1.9% was +1.8% / AP
UK – Mar: RICS House-Price Growth Quickens as Home Shortage Boosts Values; 57 from 47 / B / R
Canada – Feb: New home prices rise; +0.2% from +0.3% / B
US – Week: Jobless Claims Drop to Lowest Level Since May 2007; -32k to 300k / R / AP / WSJ / B *
US – Mar: Import prices rise on surge in food costs; +0.6% from +0.9% / R / WSJ *
Bonds – Big Hedge Funds Roll Dice on Puerto Rico Debt WSJ *
Bonds – Rate rise fears stoke EU floating rate revival FT *
World – IMF Trims Global Economic Growth Forecast WSJ / FT * *
World – Difference in 2014 Bloomberg Consensus GDP Forecasts from 1/1/13 / b *
World – The productivity tightrope / N *
Ukraine – Europe in jeopardy as Putin threatens to cut gas FT / R / WSJ
Ukraine – ‘Russia Plotting for Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say’ NYT
Ukraine – Russia’s First-Quarter Capital Outflows Largest Since Late 2008 B / q *
Fed – Debate on scrapping 6.5% jobless threshold FT / WSJ / NYT / B / R / AP / WSJ *
Mobile – Lenders Place Their Bets WSJ * *
Mobile – Banks Make Smartphone Connection WSJ *
Mobile – Smartphone payments app gets banks’ backing FT
Mobile – Incentives are coming for payments by phones AP / nyt
Mobile – Retailers push into crowded payment market R
Mobile – Soon more smartphones than bank accounts q * *
Mobile – China banking war heats up with launch of online investment app FT / CD
Mobile – Banking faces disruptive tech challenge from players like Google, Apple Aus *
Mobile – Apple Pushes Deeper Into Mobile Payments WSJ / FT
Mobile – Amazon to Offer Kindle Checkout System to Physical Retailers WSJ
UK – London homes surge to record price gap with rest of country FT *
UK – Construction PMI Maintains Top Spot / b *
F&B – Coke Sticks to Its Strategy While Soda Sales Slide WSJ * *
Autos – Big Car Makers in Race to Recall WSJ / FT * *
Autos – Washington ordeal for boss of ‘new GM’ FT *
PCs – Computer Shipments Declined Again in First Quarter WSJ *
PCs – End of Windows XP support spells trouble for some AP / R
TTIP – Transatlantic trade deal draws public scepticism FT * *
TTP – Japan mulls slashing US beef tariffs N / K / R
Steel – China’s Robust Metal Imports Defy Slowdown WSJ *
Steel – Iron-Ore Bear Market Deepens as Aussie Mines Expand B
Steel – Global demand to slow as Chinese economy cools FT / m *
Steel – Europe’s makers remain under pressure despite rising demand FT *
Oil – Stocks slide at US hub hits physical traders FT *
Oil – Houston Fills With Crude That Can’t Be Shipped Out B / alpha * * * *
New Way To Determine If That Milk Carton Is Still Fresh bi * * *
