Today’s Issue Cluster: U.S.
Bangalore – Tech muscle has the world’s attention
Air – Private Jets Are Available to More
Iron – Has China’s steel juggernaut run out of road?
Japan – Jan: Weak Yen Leads to Jump in Exports; +17% / R / WSJ / AP
US – Jan: ConfBd Gauge of economy posts slight gain; +0.2% from +0.4% / AP
US – Week: Jobless Claims Fall; -21k to 283k / WSJ / B
US – Economy’s Supply Side Sputters WSJ *
US – Americans Borrowing More, but Fissures Appear WSJ *
US – Cheap Energy Provides a Mixed Blessing WSJ *
US – RV sales point to modest GDP growth / b *
US – Dozen Regional Powerhouses Driving the Economy atlantic * *
Fed – Appears to Hesitate on Raising Interest Rate WSJ / FT / NYT / R / AP / B / WSJ *
Fed – Puts Focus on Alternate Price Measures wsj *
Fed – ‘Looming rate rise could spark dollar panic’ N *
US – Lenders Step Up Financing to Subprime Borrowers WSJ * *
US – US student and car loan delinquency rates rise FT
US – Goldman Sticks With Trading as Rivals Retreat WSJ * *
US – After Boom, Bust Could Be Upon Apartment REITs WSJ *
US – Houses Keep Getting Bigger / bp *
US – AIA Architecture Billings Softens / cr *
US – Commercial transaction volume by quarter / cs *
US – Falling Oil Prices Threaten Houston Building Boom WSJ *
US – Texas Lenders Watch for Oil Fallout WSJ *
Ads – Cable TV Shows Are Sped Up to Squeeze in More WSJ *
Ads – Advertisers Pay Billions for Bogus Web Traffic WSJ / R / B / NYT
Ads – In China, a Rapid Jump to Mobile NYT
Ads – Targeted? TV Can Do That Now Too WSJ
London – Tech investors look to mirror success of Silicon Valley FT / FT *
Bangalore – Tech muscle has the world’s attention N / N * *
Air – Private Jets Are Available to More NYT
Air – Cheap Oil: Profits Set To Surge IBD
Air – US lines disclose bookings lost to Gulf carriers R / N *
Iron – Firing Up Japan’s Scrappy Steelmaker WSJ * *
Iron – Has China’s steel juggernaut run out of road? r *
Data – Doctors Find Barriers to Sharing Digital Medical Records NYT
Data – Cerner, Athenahealth And Veeva Chase Cloud-Based EHR IBD
Data – Diagnoses fraud FT / FT * *
This Fed Inflation Measure Is Skyrocketing B *