Today’s Issue Cluster: Retail
Air – Faster Wi-Fi on flights leads to battle in the sky
Rubber – As Vietnam stretches output, risk of price war grows
World – Total Taxes on Wages Are Rising
EZ – Feb: Industrial Output Rises Slightly; +0.2%, +1.7% yr / WSJ / m *
Singapore – Q1: GDP rises slightly; +0.1%, 5.1% yr / N
US – Feb: US businesses increased stockpiles; +0.4% from +0.4% / AP / b * *
EU – The Tide Is Turning for Greece—and the Euro Zone WSJ / NYT *
World – IMF Warns on Low Inflation WSJ / B * *
World – Slowdown puts 1bn middle class at risk FT / FT *
Ukraine – Orders Troops East WSJ / FT / NYT / R / B
Ukraine – Businesses hit hard by Russian moves FT
Ukraine – US faces reluctant partners in sanctioning Russia AP / WSJ
ECB – Draghi steers towards negative rates FT / FT / WSJ / B / FT / WSJ
EU – Banks win backing of US money market funds FT *
Spain – Banks Push Own Properties WSJ * *
Retail – US Sales Surge as Consumers Rev Up Growth WSJ / R / B / AP *
Retail – ‘Figures won’t mean as much for Q1 as for Q2’ / b *
Retail – Rise of US online sales continues…nearly 1 in 10 / b *
Retail – Some stores see shoppers pull back WSJ / FT / R / WSJ / AP *
Retail – Bargain retail lifts US shopping centers as big names stumble R *
Retail – Hundreds of Stores Closing bi *
Retail – Ow, Canada: US retailers get the cold shoulder AP
Retail – Walgreens urged to leave US to gain tax benefit FT
Retail – Wal-Mart Cries Foul on China Fines WSJ *
Retail – Wal-Mart plans big wholesale store push into India FT
Retail – Stores chase reward in booming but volatile Africa R
Retail – Soaring Luxury-Goods Prices Test Wealthy’s Will to Pay WSJ
Retail – Made-in-USA Luxury Brands Win Fans in China BW *
Retail – Google Tests a Way to Follow You to the Mall WSJ *
Retail – The rise of man-shopping q * * * * *
Stocks – Current bout of dotcom fever appears less virulent FT / R *
Stocks – Spending billions on odd bets will inspire investors to revisit fundamentals FT *
Stocks – Riding the Tech Roller Coaster WSJ * * *
Stocks – Tech insiders dumped shares ahead of slide FT
Stocks – Flying Too High: LinkedIn, Twitter, NetSuite Bn *
Air – Faster Wi-Fi on flights leads to battle in the sky R
Air – Backlash Stirs Against Lufthansa Pilots S *
Air – Small Airports Are in Big Trouble WSJ *
Rubber – As Vietnam stretches output, risk of price war grows R *
Oil – China shifts to oil product exporter FT
Oil – US exports are about to be a factor in geopolitics q *
Oil – Petrobras new refinery costs off the map R *
World – Total Taxes on Wages Are Rising NYT / q / r / WSJ / wapo * * * *
MERS – Deadly Virus’s Spread Raises Alarms in Mideast WSJ *
H5N8 – Bird flu virus detected in Kumamoto, 112,000 chickens to be culled K
H7N9 – Bird flu set to dent China demand for soy FT
The Decimal Mark Across The World im *
