Today’s Issue Cluster: Europe
Autos – AVs?: Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says
Telecoms – Cellphone Start-Ups Use Wi-Fi First to Handle Calls
Telecoms – Cellphone Start-Ups Use Wi-Fi First to Handle Calls
US – Jan: Industrial Production Up Slightly; +0.2% from -0.3% / WSJ / R / B / cr *
US – Jan: Housing Starts Slip; -2.0% from +7.1% / WSJ / R / B *
EU – Midsized issuers welcome funding scheme FT * *
EU – Weak oil and euro drive QE-fuelled rally FT * *
EU – Mixed deflation story R *
EU – Economists revised up growth forecast / b *
UK – The balance-sheet boom E *
UK – London’s Growth Further Outstrips Rest of Country WSJ *
UK – Cities survey finds north-south divide increasingly entrenched FT *
UK – Productivity Gap Vs. Other Major Economies Continues to Widen wsj *
Greece – Athens outlines bailout extension plans FT / WSJ / R / B / NYT / NYT
Greece – Lack of trust hampers race to salvage deal FT / WSJ / NYT / R / B *
Spain – Podemos cements position in polls FT / FT *
France – Hollande overrides parliament to ram though reforms FT / WSJ
EU – Euro area divergence more about regions than countries ft *
Ukraine – Kiev Pulls Out of Strategic Town in East WSJ / FT / B / R
Ukraine – The situation on the ground: Minsk I vs Minsk II r / WSJ / FT *
World – Central bank easing ft *
EU – Chinese Tiptoe Back Into Battered Financial Sector WSJ *
UK – House Prices Rise at Slowest Pace in 14 Months in January B
UK – Hedge funds short property companies as London housing wobbles FT
Prisons – Overcrowding Puts Strains on Europe’s Century-Old Facilities WSJ *
Prisons – Super UK project carries dangers, says watchdog FT
Autos – EVs?: Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla FT / WSJ / B / WSJ *
Autos – AVs?: Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says R
Telecoms – Cellphone Start-Ups Use Wi-Fi First to Handle Calls NYT
Telecoms – US wireless: After the spectrum rush FT * * * *
Telecoms – Verizon Pulls Back From Wireline, Internet Businesses WSJ / R
Telecoms – Frontier Stakes Its Claim on Landlines WSJ *
Telecoms – India’s Cut-Price Smartphones Rev Up Profits WSJ *
Ship – West Coast ports reopen as labor secretary arrives for talks R / WSJ / IBD / cr * *
Rail – CP workers back to work after arbitration deal WSJ / NYT
Rail – Derailed CSX train in WV hauled newer-model tank cars R / WSJ / NYT *
NatGas – Volatility Has Traders Scrambling WSJ *
NatGas – Plentiful Supplies WSJ *
UK – Wages inch further ahead of inflation FT * * *
Fewer than 45% of Londoners consider themselves “White British” BBC * *
