Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
China – A Retro Push Against Women
Mobiles – Industry tiptoes towards 5G
Ship – Baltic Dry Index rebounds
China – Feb: HSBC PMI at seven-month high; 50.7 from 49.7 / R / WSJ / AP *
China – Feb: Official Manufacturing PMI Edges Up; 49.9 from 49.8 / WSJ / AP / B *
EZ – Feb: Consumer Prices Fall Again; -0.3% from -0.6% / WSJ / R / NYT / AFP / AP *
US – Feb: Consumer Spending Falls; -0.2% from -0.3% / R / WSJ / AP / B *
US – Feb: ISM manufacturing growth slows to 13-month low; 52.9 from 53.5 / R / B / CR *
Stocks – Where have the good times gone? FT * * * *
Stocks – US small-cap return to favor FT * *
Stocks – China no longer a bargain FT *
China – Investors grapple with corruption risks FT * *
China – Pressure Builds to Weaken the Yuan WSJ / NYT *
China – A Retro Push Against Women NYT
China – Online operators leap in brand ranking N *
China – Risk of fiscal cliff grows N
China – Expands Island Construction in Disputed South China Sea WSJ *
China – In naval co-operation vow with Russia FT *
PBOC – China cuts benchmark interest rate FT / WSJ / NYT / AP / B / WSJ / WSJ *
China – New-Home Prices Swing to Decline WSJ
Mobile Payments – Samsung Looks to Outsmart Apple, Google WSJ
Mobiles – Samsung Unveils S6 to Answer iPhone 6 WSJ / FT / R / B *
Mobiles – Smartphones search to inspire after devices hit upgrade impasse FT * * * *
Mobiles – Industry tiptoes towards 5G R
Mobiles – The truly personal computer E * *
Mobiles – Never gonna put you down / e *
Mobiles – The Xiaomi shock E *
Mobiles – Chinese Internet Giants Get Into the Game WSJ
Mobiles – Smartphone Duopoly Pushes Competition to the Fringes statista *
Ship – Ports Get Creative as Cargo Piles Up WSJ
Ship – Maersk warns of slowdown in global trade FT
Ship – Baltic Dry Index rebounds / t *
Oil – Set for biggest monthly rise in 6 years FT / WSJ / B *
Oil – Prices Slide After Solid February WSJ / B
Oil – Rig idling near 20-year high, say drillers FT / FT * * *
Oil – Big Swings Are the New Normal WSJ *
Oil – Storage Sinks as Price Bobs WSJ
Oil – As Cushing fills, traders eye Houston R *
Oil – Rig Cuts Will Be Slow To Curb Shale IBD *
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Oil – Canadian crude proves perfect partner to US shale r *
Oil – British fuel imports spike as refineries close R *
Oil – UK industry fears a fatal North Sea blow FT * *
Oil – Forecasting China’s Buying Grows Harder WSJ *
China – Union boss warns of ‘foreign forces’ in labor movement FT
Meet the man who could own Aviva France ft * *
