Today’s Issue Cluster: Coal
China – Jan: Exports Power Higher; +10.6% from +4.3% / WSJ / AP / FT / R / B / X * *
Japan – Jan: Core machinery orders down; -15.7% from +9.3% / K / R
Malaysia – Q4: Economic Growth Accelerates on Recovery in Exports; +5.1% from +5.0% / B
India – Jan: Retail inflation slows to 24-month low; 8.79% from 9.87% / ET
EZ – Dec: Industrial Output Falls; +0.7%, +0.5% yr / WSJ
Germany – 2014: Raises Growth Forecast; +1.8% was +1.7% / WSJ
Venezuela – Jan: Inflation Rebounds as Price Cuts Empty Shops; 3.3%, 56.3% yr / B
Canada – Jan: Teranet-National Bank house index rose more than expected; +0.4% / G&M
US – Week: MBA Mortgage Applications decrease; -5% / cr / r *
EMs – Kazakhstan devalues tenge by almost 20% FT / WSJ / B *
EMs – Puerto Rico to Test Interest in Its Bonds WSJ * * *
Japan – Waning deflation brings firms out of hibernation N
Japan – Puts its faith in service sector spending FT *
Fed – Yellen pledges continuity FT / WSJ / NYT / R / B / AP / WSJ / b / b * * * *
Fed – Company grades Yellen, chiefs communication skills wsj *
Fed – Dove-hawk scale / *
China – Central Bank Leads Effort to Regulate Internet Finance WSJ *
Spain – Property Deals Grab Investor Interest WSJ*
Cosmetics – Nestlé sells back €6b L’Oréal stake FT / WSJ / FT / FT * * *
Internet – EU Pushes to Globalize Governance WSJ
Air – What Can New Pilots Make? Near Minimum Wage WSJ *
Crops – Modified Corn a Step Closer to Approval in Europe NYT / WSJ
Gold – China Buys, Produces Record Amounts WSJ / FT / X *
Coal – Becomes commods’ first victim of emerging-market woes R / FT / AP *
Coal – European prices fall as mild weather saps demand FT *
Coal – Rising Use Clouds Europe’s Future WSJ *
Coal – Capturing Carbon May Add 80% to US Electric Costs: Official B
Coal – Scrubbing Technology Revives Midwest Mines WSJ *
Coal – Barge Firm Scans the Monongahela for New Cargo WSJ
Coal – Gulf Coast Hums as Exports Rise WSJ *
Coal – Union Boss Keeps Up the Fight WSJ *
Coal – After years of decline, US carbon emissions rose 2% in 2013 wsj / wapo * *
Coal – BC export plan faces resistance G&M
Coal – Drummond and Colombia Both Suffer in Clash WSJ / FT *
Coal – Shaanxi’s halving of IPO is symptomatic of poor outlook for miners FT / B *
Coal – Restructuring fuels rise in stockpiles, cuts prices CD *
Coal – China to boost production six-fold R / q / r *
Coal – BHP cuts Australia mine jobs as cost pressures mount R
Coal – Australia exports to China defy doomsayers Aus
Coal – Australia approves plan to dump dredge spoil in Barrier Reef WSJ / AFP / R * *
World – Is your job safe in the second machine age? ft * *
Viral Chart Predicting Another 1929 Stock Market Crash a / mw * *
