Today’s Issue Cluster: Coal & Carbon Emissions
F&B – UK sugar tax could be sweet for food ingredient suppliers
Aluminum – European cars to use more to meet CO2 targets
Nuclear – 5 years after Fukushima prospects dim
US – Mar: UMich Sentiment Falls; 90.0 from 91.7 / MW
Japan – Government Bond yield hits record low FT / B / FT *
Japan – Strong yen threatens tourism boom FT *
Japan – Weak wage demands deal blow to Abenomics FT
Japan – The architects of Abenomics revive the interventionist spirit FT *
BOJ – Stands Pat WSJ
BOJ – Plan Runs Into a Wall WSJ *
BOJ – Negative Rates Dig a Hole WSJ *
BOJ – The effects of a month of negative rates B *
BOJ – Kuroda Says Minus 0.5% Rate Is Theoretically Possible B *
US – Fears rise over car-loan delinquencies FT
US – Subprime auto loans come under scrutiny FT *
F&B – Soft drinks groups digest UK sugar tax FT *
F&B – UK sugar tax could be sweet for food ingredient suppliers R
F&B – UK tax on sugary drinks is ‘nannying’ and ‘impractical’ FT * *
Salmon – Prices leap on global supply shock FT *
Salmon – Deadly Algae Bloom Sends Chilean Farmer Stocks Tumbling B / R
Salmon – Norway satisfies EU appetite through Polish back-door R
Salmon – In Atlantic fight, Greenland proves a sticking point AP
Aluminum – JPMorgan rattles traders with LME stockpile FT *
Aluminum – World’s largest producer to increase capacity FT
Aluminum – Sector Presses US On Chinese Exports WSJ
Aluminum – European cars to use more to meet CO2 targets R
Aluminum – Auto, power firms save millions swapping out copper R
Coal – Peabody Energy May Have to Seek Bankruptcy Protection WSJ / B *
Coal – China protests highlight overcapacity tensions FT
Coal – Chinese Money Keeps Mines Humming WSJ *
Carbon – China CO2 emissions may be falling FT *
Carbon – China’s dirtiest days could be over sooner than officials say E *
Carbon – Global energy emissions stall FT *
Climate – February shatters heat records cnn
Nuclear – 5 years after Fukushima prospects dim op
Amazon patents system that uses blinking to pay online dm *