Today’s Issue Cluster: Power Generation
Germany – ‘Economy is more unbalanced than ever’
Russia – Well for Corporate Bailouts Appears to Be Running Dry
Fertilizer – China to freeze use for 5 years
EZ – Jan: Industrial Output Falls; -0.1%, +1.2% yr / WSJ / AFP *
US – Feb: Retail sales fall; -0.6% from -0.8% / R / WSJ *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Fell; -36k to 289k / WSJ *
Euro – Plunge Is Picking Up Pace WSJ *
Euro – Chief executives feel warmth from low euro tailwinds FT * *
Euro – Currencies Gyrate, but There’s No War WSJ *
Euro – Investors Forced to Get Creative for ‘Carry’ Trade WSJ *
Germany – ‘Economy is more unbalanced than ever’ cer *
Germany – Boost From Spending on Home Improvements WSJ *
France – Hollande Casts Fate With Ex-Banker Macron WSJ *
EU – PMI services momentum for the last 6 months / r *
France – Le Pen lays out radical vision FT * *
Spain – Business seeks answers from Podemos FT *
Russia – Well for Corporate Bailouts Appears to Be Running Dry NYT
ECB – Germany faces hurdle to meet QE share as yields vanish R *
US – Deutsche and Santander fail stress test FT / WSJ / NYT / B *
US – Goldman, Morgan Stanley Don’t Have to Fall into Stress-Test Gap WSJ *
US – Fed Tells Bank of America to Resubmit Capital Plan in Fall WSJ *
US – Banks boost dividends FT *
EU – Surge in Migrants Crossing Mediterranean Exposes Conflicted Response WSJ *
Media – US moving faster than ever away from traditional TV WaPo / q *
Media – Will streaming save the music industry? FT * *
Fertilizer – China to freeze use for 5 years N
Fertilizer – Canadian farmers store reserve to fight dealers’ pricing power R
Fertilizer – Proposed ban on cosmetic pesticides outside DC causes turf war WaPo
Fertilizer – Farmers Put Down the Plow for More Productive Soil NYT
Power – Germany’s Top Utilities Face Dimmer Prospects WSJ *
Power – France’s nuclear love affair too strong to let Areva fail R *
Power – Tightening the Case Against Utility Stocks WSJ *
Power – Utilities wage campaign against rooftop solar WaPo *
Power – Japan’s Solar Growth Falters as Utilities Balk NYT
Power – A lack of electricity holds sub-Saharan Africa back wapo *
Pharma – US Clears First Copycat Biotech Drug, Jolting Sector WSJ / WSJ *
Pharma – Firms under threat from new kind of generic drug / q * *
EU – Map of Regions Represented by Separatists in Parliament motw *
