Today’s Issue Cluster: Music Streaming
Internet – Internet Of Things To Unleash Massive Data Expansion
TPP – US: SK can’t join until KORUS issues fixed
Metals – Lithium: Producer Chases Tesla’s Bold Battery Plan
EZ – Feb: Inflation Rate Lower Than First Estimated; 0.7% was 0.8% / WSJ / AP / B / FT
Canada – Feb: CREA house prices jump; +10.1% / CBC
US – Feb: Manufacturing Rises by Most in Six Months; +0.8% from -0.9% / AP / R / WSJ / B *
US – Mar: Empire State Manufacturing Improved; 5.6 from 4.5 / cr *
US – Mar: NAHB home builder sentiment ticks up, still sour; 47 from 46 / R / B *
IPOs – Alibaba, Weibo Prep in US WSJ / FT / R / AP / R / WSJ *
IPOs – Stock listings hit pre-crisis peak FT *
China – Relaxes controls on exchange rate FT / WSJ / AP / R / NYT / B / FT / WSJ / R / NYT
China – Plans to Spend Over $163b Redeveloping Shantytowns B / WSJ / AP / FT
China – Ranking EM vulnerability ft * * * *
China – Cities seek hub status on Maritime Silk Road CD *
Ukraine – Crimea Vote Won’t End Reliance on Kiev for Power, Water WSJ *
Ukraine – Russian return evokes Soviet ghosts for Tatar minority R *
Ukraine – Central and Eastern Europe Face Economic Threat From Crisis WSJ *
Ukraine – Russian Richest Face Margin Calls With Billions at Stake B / AP / R
Ukraine – Russia Wields $160b Stick in Sanctions Standoff B
Ukraine – Russian companies withdraw billions from west, say Moscow bankers FT
Ukraine – Fed Custody Holdings Record Decline Fuels Russia Speculation B / q *
Ukraine – Russia vows to switch to other currencies over US sanctions threat VR
Ukraine – State TV says Russia could turn US to ‘radioactive ash’ AFP / ab *
Ukraine – Foes of America in Russia Crave Rupture in Ties NYT
Fed – Officials Weighing How to Retool Rate Guidance WSJ
Fed – “It’s (Still) the Inflation, Stupid.” cfr *
Fed – Inflation Goal Is Elusive as Rents Stabilize B * * * *
US – FDIC sues 16 banks for rigging key interest rate FT / R / WSJ / AP / B
US – Small proves beautiful at boutique banks FT *
US – Senate Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Eliminate Fannie, Freddie WSJ / R
US – Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Make a Comeback WSJ *
Media – Amazon Working on Music-Streaming Service WSJ
Media – Pandora’s Stock Rally Isn’t Solving Its Problems BW *
Media – Digital radio the third destructive wave in the last decade and a half a * *
Media – Which Streaming Music Source Is Winning? wsj / NYT *
Planes – Aircraft orders at ‘unprecedented levels’ FT
Planes – Geographical logistics sequence for building the A380 motw *
Planes – Gulfstream G650 Is General Dynamics’ Profit Engine BW * *
Internet – US Plans to Give Up Oversight of Web Domain Manager WSJ / FT / NYT / AP / R / B
Internet – Internet Of Things To Unleash Massive Data Expansion IBD
TTIP – EU, US to commit to remove all duties on bilateral trade R / FT / NYT / FT
TPP – US: SK can’t join until KORUS issues fixed R / FT / wsj / WaPo
EU/China – Closing In on Landmark Trade Deal WSJ
Metals – Copper: Catches a dose of Chinese flu FT / FT / FT *
Metals – Lithium: Producer Chases Tesla’s Bold Battery Plan NYT
Metals – Investors Snap Up Shares in Big Miners WSJ *
Ethanol – Prices Surge as Rail Problems Cut Supply WSJ
London’s subterranean building boom FT *