Today’s Issue Cluster: Garments (?)
EU – OECD Indicators Point to Slowdown in Germany WSJ *
EU – Election exposes deep divisions in Sweden FT * * * *
EU – Sweden Mulls Encouraging Mortgage Repayment WSJ *
US – Consumers are borrowing again E *
US – Big Companies Get a Lift as Customers Come Back WSJ *
US – Northwest consumers spent more freely since 2009 AP *
US – Output in energy-intensive industries remain below prerecession peak bi *
US – Considering Export Countries ESA * *
Ukraine – Norwegian Fish Caught in Russia’s Western Food Sanctions WSJ
Ukraine – US sanctions not mere ‘trifles’ for Russia’s oil industry FT
Ukraine – EU plans sanctions talks with Latin America countries FT
Ukraine – Russia and Markets: The Power of Weakness WSJ * *
Asean – Central banks charting divergent courses N *
US – Bank Profits Near Record Levels WSJ *
Garments – A Year After the Deadly Bangladesh Factory Disaster, How Much Has Changed? BW / R / q
Garments – Stalemate Over Factory Safety in Bangladesh NYT / R * *
Garments – Where the US Gets Its Clothing, One Year After the Bangladesh Factory Collapse 538 * *
Garments – Where Are Clothes Manufactured? visual.ly / bp *
Oil – US Democrats Increasingly Backing Oil and Gas Industry WSJ*
Oil – In Energy Boom, Alaska Is Unlikely Loser WSJ * *
Oil – Petrobras’s ‘Pre-Salt’ Fields Stem Decline WSJ *
US rivers and streams named for colors motw *
