Today’s Issue Cluster: Biofuels
China – ‘Getting a lid on shadow banking’
Tourism – International travelers hit record 1.13b in 2014
Metals – Southeast Asia’s junkyards a gold mine
China – Stocks Fall After 2014 Rally WSJ *
China – Goes on spending spree and double investment in Europe FT * * *
PBOC – Monetary policy undergoes big shift FT
PBOC – Drop in Inflation Pressures Central Bank to Expand Credit WSJ / R * *
PBOC – Injects Funds Into Financial System WSJ *
China – Banks bulk up in London’s commodity sector FT *
China – ‘Getting a lid on shadow banking’ B *
China – Shadows loom over property market after developer’s default N *
Tourism – International travelers hit record 1.13b in 2014 N *
Tourism – Record spending spurs race for Chinese R *
TVs – Samsung reveals potential for smart sets to eavesdrop AP / B / nyt
TVs – Japanese Makers Retreat From Overseas Markets WSJ *
China – US Launches New Trade Challenge WSJ / FT / NYT
Copper – Everywhere, but why now? r * *
Nickel – ‘Still favored upside pick over a two-year time horizon’ r *
Metals – Southeast Asia’s junkyards a gold mine N / N *
Alt – Biofuels: Ethanol Prices Slide Amid Supply Spike FT / WSJ / FT / WSJ *
Alt – Biofuels: ADM Sees Weaker Profit Margins WSJ / R
Alt – Biofuels: Report Urges Western Governments to Reconsider NYT / R
Alt – Biofuels: Aims to compete with petrol on price FT / NYT / NYT
Alt – Biofuels: Airlines Fly the Skies on a Sugar High NYT
China – Labor Ties Fray as Economic Growth Slows WSJ *
China – Falling Through the Cracks of Health-Care System WSJ *
Places named after communist heads of state motw *
