Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
Greece – Germany’s Finance Minister Mulls Taking on Merkel
Robots – DARPA shows promise and pitfalls of autonomous technology
H5N2 – 1st Midwest farm hit by bird flu restarts
EZ – Apr: Industrial Production Rises Slightly; +0.1%, +0.8% yr / WSJ *
US – May: Producer prices post largest gain since 2012; +0.5% from -0.4% / R / WSJ / B / AP *
US – Jun: UMich consumer sentiment climbs; 94.6 from 90.7 / R / B *
Stocks – EMs: Suffer Largest Outflow in Seven Years WSJ *
Stocks – China: The whale could sink emerging markets FT * * * *
Stocks – China: Hot Market Beckons Chinese Firms Home WSJ *
Stocks – Saudi Arabia: ‘Stringent’ limits on buying FT * *
Stocks – Germany: Sputters After Strong Start to 2015 WSJ *
Stocks – US: Dow Theory Has Investors Skittish on Market’s Next Leg WSJ * *
Stocks – US: Equity bulls follow the path of the shopper FT *
Stocks – US: High valuations test equity bulls FT * * *
US – Shoppers Splurge as Economy Heats Up WSJ *
US – Net Worth Hits High of $85t WSJ / cr * *
US – Growth is heating up west of the Mississippi B / wsj *
US – ‘Better than it looks’ E * * * *
G20 – ‘Not have much wriggle room when next crisis strikes’ E / e *
Greece – IMF quits talks amid ‘air of unreality’ as deal unravels FT / WSJ / NYT *
Greece – Government austerity works, ECB economists say FT
Greece – Money pulled from banks amid fears of capital controls FT / WSJ *
Greece – Crisis Club’s Odd Man Out WSJ *
Greece – Germany’s Finance Minister Mulls Taking on Merkel S *
US – LA Boosts Minimum Wage WSJ *
US – As Minimum Wages Rise, Smaller Firms Get Squeezed WSJ *
Robots – New Generation for Manufacturing WSJ *
Robots – DARPA shows promise and pitfalls of autonomous technology E / e *
Crops – Grain Prices Slide on Higher Supplies Forecast WSJ
Crops – Pulses prices shoot up by 30% to 40% due to drought fears in India ET
Biofuel – Gasoline Industry Wrestles With Law’s Unintended Consequences WSJ *
Biofuel – US plan rattles ethanol credits FT *
Oil – Demand Rising, IEA Says WSJ / FT *
Oil – Iran in Opec limelight as pump is primed FT *
Oil – Saudi Arabia, Iraq Push Opec Over Its Ceiling WSJ / FT / FT *
Oil – Russian O&G reserves jump most in BP league table R / R *
Oil – US Ousts Russia as Top World O&G Producer B / b *
Oil – Tectonic shifts in the energy sector / q * * *
Oil – BP cautions on China energy slowdown FT * *
H5N2 – 1st Midwest farm hit by bird flu restarts AP
MERS – HK issues ‘red alert’ against SK travel R
MERS – Lessons From SARS Highlighted WSJ *
Dominance of major burger chains across US datapointed *
