Today’s Issue Cluster: Games
Canada – IMF sounds fresh alarm over Canadian housing market
Ship – Rates slump reflects chronic optimism of shipowners
Refining – Saudi Arabia Will Need More Oil to Feed Local Expansion
Japan – Feb: Growth in Exports Slows Sharply; +2.4% from +17% / WSJ / AP
EZ – Jan: Exports Flat WSJ / R
EU – Bonds Hit Boiling Point Thanks to ECB WSJ *
EU – Investors pile into eurozone shares FT * *
EU – US flows into European equities / gs *
EU – ‘Eurozone to blame for strong dollar’ N *
Canada – Western mining sector faces bleak employment outlook G&M *
Canada – IMF sounds fresh alarm over Canadian housing market G&M
Canada – Slumping Oil Prices Hit Calgary Housing WSJ *
Russia – Push to extend sanctions reveals EU rift WSJ / FT
Russia – EU’s antitrust case threatens to sour relations further FT * * *
Russia – How Looming Recession Is Unsettling Boom City WSJ *
Fed – Economic Data Complicate Rate Deliberations WSJ / WSJ *
Fed – Timing of Rate Move Remains Clouded WSJ *
Streaming – Apple Lays Groundwork for More Ambitious Plans WSJ / WSJ / FT / WSJ / R / bi * * * *
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Streaming – Unbundling Brings New Questions WSJ *
Games – Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games WSJ / FT / R / NYT
Games – Nintendo Tries to Energize Wii U Sales With Amiibo Toys NYT *
Games – What Destiny, Flappy Bird Say About Industry’s Future IBD
Games – Loading Up on Videogame Publishers WSJ *
Games – Smaller Studios Feel Candy Crushed WSJ *
Games – Microsoft Buys ‘Minecraft’ Creator WSJ / R / AP / NYT / B / FT / NYT / FT *
Games – Google Helps Japanese Makers Expand Overseas WSJ *
Games – Sony Edges Toward Apple-Like Ecosystem WSJ *
Games – No Longer a Man’s World WSJ *
Games – Tastes Around the World wsj *
Games – Hardware and software sales / vs *
Ship – West Coast Should Return to Normal in Three Months WSJ
Ship – Immigrant truckers squeezed in US ports battle FT *
Ship – Rates slump reflects chronic optimism of shipowners E * * *
Gold – The Way Prices Are Set is Changing Forever B
Gold – Havens hit by dollar ascendancy FT *
Platinum – Factors weigh against a rally WSJ / FT *
Refining – European margins hit sweet spot FT * *
Refining – Saudi Arabia Will Need More Oil to Feed Local Expansion B
Where people are migrating around the world wapo *
