Today’s Issue Cluster: Mobiles
Ukraine – Sanctions on Russia Hit German Economy Hard
Livestock – Roosters’ fertility problem hits US chicken supply
Coal – US Power Plant Turns to Russia for Shipment
US – Jun: Consumer Prices Rose; +0.3% from +0.1% / WSJ / AP / R / B * *
US – Jun: NAR home resales rises to eight-month high; +2.6% / B / WSJ / R / AP * *
Private Placements – US faces competition from Europe FT * *
BRICs – Critics warn the group is bound by frustration FT *
BRICs – Hurling BRICS at the World Bank and the $ cfr *
Ukraine – European Businesses Could Be Forced to Act WSJ / FT / R / B / WSJ
Ukraine – European sanctions on Russia seen limited for now, despite tough talk R / FT
Ukraine – Sanctions on Russia Hit German Economy Hard S *
Ukraine – EU threatens Russia with more sanctions, but words ring hollow R / FT / WSJ / S / q *
US – Dodd-Frank has made banks safer but slowed economy, data show FT *
US – Top banks see loan losses fall amid stricter lending standards FT
US – For Banks Near Cutoff, Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better WSJ *
US – Wall Street Adapts to New Regulatory Regime WSJ
US – House Republicans Take Aim at Dodd-Frank WSJ / WSJ *
Ads – Mobile Spending Leaps, but Trails User Growth WSJ *
Ads – Facebook clicks on the ‘buy’ button to measure effectiveness FT * * *
Mobiles – Next iPhone Will Offer Bigger Screens WSJ *
Mobiles – Intel’s Answer to iPad: Cheap Prices WSJ * *
Mobiles – Revenue from Google Play set to overtake Apple’s app store in 2018 q *
Mobiles – Sprint, T-Mobile Could Raise $10b for Spectrum Auction WSJ
Mobiles – Wireless Operators’ Growing Pains WSJ *
Mobiles – Slim Owns TracFone That Could Serve as Building Block WSJ / R *
Mobiles – China Mobile to build 500,000 4G base stations X
Mobiles – Huawei gains from China telecoms spending FT
Mobiles – China on the verge of becoming saturated q *
Mobiles – China’s Xiaomi Targets India in Smartphone Sales Push B / R
Livestock – China Meat Supplier ‘Appalled’ by Allegations WSJ / FT
Livestock – Worries Over Meat Supplier Spread to Japan WSJ / FT
Livestock – Rising Prices, Exports Have Meat Producers On A Roll IBD
Livestock – Roosters’ fertility problem hits US chicken supply R *
Livestock – Beef pollutes more than pork, poultry, study says AP *
Coal – US Power Plant Turns to Russia for Shipment B
Coal – Fuels Brewpubs in Wyoming as Kentucky Mines Misery B *
Coal – Project at KY plant to catch CO2 AP / NYT
Consumption Spreads Faster Today: The 100-Year March of Technology a *
