Today’s Issue Cluster: Crops
Japan – Q4 growth, external balance suffer blow in test for Abenomics
Ships – New orders threaten fragile sector recovery
China – Export Prowess Wanes in US, Europe
EZ – Dec: Factory Output Unexpectedly Falls, Led by Energy; -0.2%, +2.1% yr / B
Japan – Feb: Wholesale prices up; +1.8% / K
India – Feb: Exports Shrink; -3.67% / WSJ / ET
South Africa – Q4: Current account deficit narrows as imports drop; 5.1% GDP / R
US – Week: MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease; -2% / cr *
Japan – Companies to Boost Wages WSJ / FT / NYT / FT *
Japan – Q4 growth, external balance suffer blow in test for Abenomics R * * *
Japan – Misery Index Rising to 33-Year High on Abenomics B
Japan – Waiting to Ride Export Curve WSJ
Japan – Yen-Pinching Undercuts Push Against Years of Deflation NYT
Japan – Weak Yen No Longer Enough to Lift Prices WSJ *
Ukraine – Kremlin Corp debt weighs in West’s standoff with Russia R / FT / WSJ *
Ukraine – German Firms Could Soon Provide Gas to Kiev S * *
Ukraine – Native languages From 2001 Census / am *
BOJ – Holds steady despite export worries FT / WSJ / R / B
BOT – Thailand Reduces Key Rate as Political Unrest Hurts Economy FT / WSJ / B *
EU – ECB to probe €3.7t of eurozone bank assets FT / WSJ / NYT / B / R
EU – Ministers Optimistic Over Deal on Bank-Rescue System WSJ / R / B
US – Two Senators Draft Plan to Phase Out Freddie and Fannie NYT / FT / WSJ / AP / R / B * *
Media – Industry Worries About Comcast-TWC WSJ *
Media – Comcast and TWC unpopular / q * *
Media – Nearly one in three US households have no internet choice q * *
Ships – New orders threaten fragile sector recovery R
Mobiles – Son promises Sprint/T-Mobile price war FT / WSJ / WSJ / R *
Mobiles – Europe’s Telecom Companies Push to Consolidate WSJ *
China – Export Prowess Wanes in US, Europe B
Crops – China Slowdown Is Rocking Raw Materials WSJ *
Crops – Trade fears sprout in the GMO divide FT
Crops – Ottawa gives railways grain quota FT / WSJ / R / G&M
Crops – Excess China grain sows seeds of unrest CD *
Crops – China’s Cofco takes on global trading houses FT *
Crops – Philippines under pressure over high rice prices R / WSJ *
Crops – New threat to Brazil’s breadbasket: a pesky caterpillar R
Crops – Farm sector keeps getting more and more productive cd *
Water – El Niño warning puts farmers and commodities investors on alert FT
Water – Drought in Vietnam Causes Coffee Headache WSJ
Water – In Australia, a Battle Over Cattle as Firefighters WSJ
Water – China launches water-pipeline project q * * * *
Nuclear – Japan opening the way to restart power plants E / e *
Nuclear – Solving Fukushima water problem a long, hard slog WSJ / JT *
US – Obama Will Seek Broad Expansion of Overtime Pay NYT / WSJ / AP / B
Pharma – Generic-Drug Failures Spur Concern as FDA Steps Up Action B
Pharma – Warning on Australia poppy shortage FT / q * * * **
European Citizens Favourite European Country Other Than Their Own im *
