Today’s Issue Cluster: Natural Gas
China – 14% of urban jobs are in real estate
States – Revenues still not at pre-recession levels in 26 of 50
Fed – Is Bernanke Secretly Still Conducting Monetary Policy?
China – May: HSBC Manufacturing PMI Rises; 49.7 from 48.1 / WSJ / B / R *
EZ – May: Markit PMI Slows Slightly, Boosting Case for ECB Action; 53.9 from 54.0 / WSJ / NYT / FT / B / m / r * *
UK – Q1: Consumers Drive Recovery; +0.8% from +0.7% / B
US – Apr: Existing Home Sales Rise For First Time in 2014; +1.3, -6.8% yr / AP / B / WSJ / r
US – Apr: ConfBd posts gain; +0.4% from +1.0% / AP / B
US – Week: Jobless Claims Rise; +28k to 326k / WSJ / AP / R / B / r *
States – Revenues still not at pre-recession levels in 26 of 50 R *
States – Property-Tax Collections Rising at Fastest Pace Since Crash B / cr *
Fed – Officials Troubled by Housing Weakness NYT / WSJ / AP / R / B / FT / WSJ *
Fed – Is Bernanke Secretly Still Conducting Monetary Policy? bi *
Mobile Payments – Revolution is still to take off FT / bi *
China – Moody’s Cuts View on Property Sector WSJ
China – Property Developers Feeling Squeeze WSJ *
China – 14% of urban jobs are in real estate q *
China – Property slowdown spells trouble for Asia bonds FT
China – ‘Real estate is in real trouble’ r *
China – ‘Housing market not to crash’ X
Media – Netflix to launch in six more European countries this year R / FT / WSJ / AP / NYT / B
Media – Redbox Tries to Break Out of Its Box WSJ *
Google – EU Antitrust Chief Casts Doubt on Deal Over Rivals’ Links NYT / FT
Google – ‘EU Court Ruling a Victory for Privacy’ S *
Google – Plans to spend up to $30b on foreign acquisitions FT / AP / wsj
Google – Pips Apple in popularity FT *
Ship – Expect Overcapacity In Container Shipping Until 2017: Maersk CEO WSJ / FT / WSJ
Lead – Poised for polish and price shift FT *
Aluminum – Poised for price rise on Indonesia export ban FT *
Iron – Glencore hits out at rivals’ output growth FT
Copper – Miner Freeport Pressured by Water Costs as Prices Slide WSJ * *
Gold – Indian Investors Sell WSJ *
NatGas – China and Russia sign deal FT / NYT / B / AP / R / WSJ / NYT / FT / WSJ / FT / RT * * * * *
NatGas – Why Putin needs the Gazprom deal ft * * * * * *
NatGas – China’s Deal with Russia Could Benefit Rest of Asia WSJ *
NatGas – EU Urges Russia Not to Disrupt Flows to Ukraine WSJ
NatGas – EU Outlines Plans to Wean Itself Off Russian Supplies WSJ
NatGas – Pipeline through Bulgaria tests EU resolve on Russia MW *
NatGas – Lithuania Hopes to Break Free of Russian Monopoly NYT
NatGas – Japan Looks to Stay on Tap for Russian Energy WSJ *
UK – Better training for low paid key to productivity, think-tank says FT *
UK – Labour market in charts ft * * * * * * * *
Pharma – AstraZeneca battles to shore up support for Pfizer rejection FT / FT / FT *
Pharma – US healthcare law encourages drug M&A FT
Periodic table distorted by how abundant each element is on earth cp *
