Today’s Issue Cluster: Geothermal
EMs – Turns Out a ‘Lie’ Lurked Beneath the Bookends of the BRICS
World – Low wages are both a cause and a consequence of low productivity
Food – World’s Import Bill Shrank $9b to Five-Year Low
EZ – Mar: Markit composite PMI rose; 53.7 from 53.0 / WSJ
Germany – Mar: Markit Manufacturing PMI Slowest in 16 Months; 50.4 from 50.5 / B
Germany – Mar: Ifo Business Confidence Rebounds; 106.7 from 105.7 / B
Germany – Mar: ZEW Investor Optimism Rebounds; 4.3 from 1.0 / B
US – Mar: Markit Flash PMI Subdued; 51.4 from 51.3 / m
EMs – Debt high and getting higher FT *
EMs – Turns Out a ‘Lie’ Lurked Beneath the Bookends of the BRICS B *
World – Central Banks Creep Toward Role of Central Planners WSJ *
Insurance – Low Rates Are Tormenting Customers WSJ *
Insurance – Negative Rates: Be Afraid WSJ *
World – Low wages are both a cause and a consequence of low productivity E *
Prisons – US: Guards Are Hard to Capture as Jobless Rates Fall WSJ *
Prisons – US: How Local Governments Got Burned BW *
Prisons – UK: To build 9 prisons and sell outdated ones for housing FT
Prisons – UK: Old crimes, older inmates FT *
Prisons – Japan: Silent screams E *
Mobiles – Small iPhone Gets Upgrade WSJ *
Mobiles – Apple Chips Away at iPhone Weakness WSJ *
Mobiles – How a Tweaked iPhone Can Serve Up Growth WSJ *
Transport – Stocks Signal Markets on Track WSJ
Transport – Delivers hope for equities rebound FT *
Food – GMO Labeling Law Roils Companies WSJ *
Food – Protein For Young: They Want It Convenient And Clean IBD
Food – World’s Import Bill Shrank $9b to Five-Year Low B *
Alt – Geothermal: Salton Sea could get huge new power plant USAT
Alt – Geothermal: Industry Grows, With Help From Oil and Gas Drilling NYT
Alt – Geothermal: ‘Is the new fracking’ E * *
Alt – Geothermal: A Mile Below Paris Drillers Hit Hot Pools to Warm Houses B
Alt – Geothermal: Pitched as Alberta’s next big energy source CBC
Alt – Geothermal: Builds up head of steam in Japan N
Alt – Geothermal: Indonesia, the slow boil superpower N *
Champagne Machine Gun MiamiNT *
