Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
World – Top of Art Market In Trouble but Middle Market Growing
Insurance – Google a potential rival: report
E-Cigs – US bans use on airline flights
China – Feb: Caixin services PMI drops; 51.2 from 52.4 / WSJ
EZ – Feb: Markit Composite PMI at 13-month low; 53.0 from 53.6 / m
Brazil – Q4: Slumps to worst recession in decades; -1.4% from -1.7% / FT / AFP / FT *
US – Jan: Factory orders rebounded; +1.6% from -2.9% / R
US – Feb: ISM services declines; 53.4 from 53.5 / R
US – Q4: Productivity revised to show a less steep decline; -2.2% was -3.0% / R / WSJ
US – Week: Jobless Claims Rise Slightly; +6k to 278k / WSJ / R / AP
World – Is The Top of the Art Market In Trouble? B
World – Middle of art market growing B
Insurance – US industry shaken by rock-bottom rates FT *
Insurance – Google a potential rival: report R
E-Cigs – Sales Rapidly Lose Steam WSJ *
E-Cigs – US bans use on airline flights AP
E-Cigs – Make quitting harder, contested study claims rn
E-Cigs – Vaping may lead teens to tobacco AFP
E-Cigs – Ads’ wide reach among US youth alarming: CDC R / AP
E-Cigs – BAT to launch iFuse hybrid FT
E-Cigs – Tobacco companies lukewarm FT
E-Cigs – ‘Un-Islamic’ vaping catches fire in Malaysia AFP
Ship – Tankers Wait to Unload Cargo in Another Sign of Glut WSJ
Rail – The New Oil Storage Space: Railcars WSJ *
Oil – ‘Critical Mass’ of Producing Countries Agree to Freeze WSJ / AP
Oil – Hedge Funds Turn Bullish WSJ *
Oil – US Shale Producers Cut Back Production WSJ *
Oil – US Shale Drillers are Finally Buckling B * *
Oil – Drillers in the US Ready to Party Like It’s 1859 B *
Oil – ‘US shale firms see output falling, but is it enough?’ r *
Oil – US shale: above $40, we are coming back R
Oil – Big Banks Slash Price Forecasts WSJ *
Oil – Stockpile surplus of 1b barrels will persist B *
Oil – The Big New Threat to Prices: A Glut of Gasoline WSJ *
Oil – Record-High Propane Shipments Leading US Energy Export Boom B *
Oil – Industry tormented by latest price slump FT *
Oil – Crash takes heavy toll on midstream energy companies FT *
Oil – Sector aims for profits at $50 crude FT *
Oil – Beyond the Bloodbath WSJ *
Oil – Gasoline’s unseasonable tumble roils US economic data B *
Oil – Saudi Arabia seeks US investment FT
Oil – China Said to Pitch HK Listing for Aramco IPO B *
