Today’s Issue Cluster: Commodities
ECB – Mario battles the Wutsparer
Media – Vinyl Sales Beat Ad-Supported Streaming
Solar – Utilities, companies are ‘finally playing nicely’
China – Apr: Caixin PMI in 14th month of contraction; 49.4 from 49.7 / WSJ
Portugal – Canadian rating agency gives lifeline FT *
EU – Eurozone Growth is Bucking the Global Trend WSJ *
EU – Eurozone in a Modest but Uncertain Recovery NYT / FT *
ECB – Brussels downgrades forecasts for inflation FT *
ECB – Draghi returns fire over Berlin’s attacks FT / WSJ
ECB – Mario battles the Wutsparer E *
Italy – Stagnant jobs growth challenges Renzi FT *
Media – Vinyl Sales Beat Ad-Supported Streaming paste *
Media – Labels step up YouTube fight over music FT *
Media – Rise of Digital Music Stops the Industry’s Decline / statista *
Telecoms – Landline Business Shrinks WSJ *
Telecoms – Will Cord Cutting Come to the Cellphone? wsj
TTIP – Leaked documents cast doubt on EU-US trade deal G
TTIP – Anti-Americanism fuels German fears over trade pact FT
Commods – In China, the New Casino Is Iron Ore WSJ *
Commods – Soaring steel price threatens China capacity cuts FT *
Commods – China’s 2016 surge in metals demand B * *
Commods – Speculators march into China FT / FT *
Commods – Crops Egged On by China’s Futures Frenzy WSJ
Commods – China Trades Enough Cotton in One Day to Make Jeans for Everyone B *
Commods – Brazil’s political turmoil hangs over agricultural markets FT *
Commods – ‘The bad times are just beginning’ N *
Solar – Utilities, companies are ‘finally playing nicely’ B *
Solar – SunEdison: Death of a star FT / WSJ / R * *
Solar – Consolidation looms in cut-price Indian sector FT *
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