Today’s Issue Cluster: US Real Estate
Space – Sharper satellite images allowed, as US loosen rules
Dairy – The mysterious case of America’s plummeting milk consumption
Pharma – Early Results Arrive on Weight-Loss Pills That Expand in the Stomach
China – Jun: HSBC flash PMI shows first expansion in six months; 50.8 from 49.4 / R / WSJ / B / AP / NYT / m *
EZ – Jun: Markit Business Activity Slows; 52.8 from 53.5 / WSJ / FT / B / NYT / m *
US – Jun: Markit manufacturing expands at fastest rate in four years; 57.5 from 56.4 / R / r *
US – May: NAR existing home sales surges; +4.9% / R / B / r *
Argentina – Sovereign bond default case shifts power to creditors FT / WSJ / R / AP / B
World – IMF Cuts US 2014 Growth Forecast to 2% WSJ / B
World – Evolution of IMF US GDP Forecasts / b *
World – Evolution of IMF China GDP Forecasts / b *
World – How the financial crisis made everyone poorer e *
Ukraine – Rebels beg Russia for help as fighting rages AP / WSJ / FT / NYT *
BOE – CBI president warns against early rate rise FT / WSJ / AP / WSJ / B
BOE – Investors bet on rate rise by year-end FT *
US – BNP Near Settlement for Up to $9b WSJ *
US – Bailout Lets a Few Lucky Banks Off the Hook WSJ *
US – Automakers driving banks from buoyant new car market R
US – Banks seen falling short of new debt funding rule R *
US – Drop in Short Sales Trims House Inventory WSJ *
US – Housing Numbers Reflect Shift in American Dream WSJ *
US – The Downside of Low Interest Rates: Reluctant Home Sellers wsj *
US – Realtors, Builders Differ on Need for New Homes wsj *
US – Economists Pare Down Their Housing Addition wsj *
US – Builders’ Shift to More Home Construction Might Take 1-2 Years wsj * *
US – Lenders Open Vault for Hotel Deals WSJ *
US – Cities in South, West to Grow Fastest WSJ *
US – Metropolitan Areas With Rising/Declining Home Prices / b *
US – AIA Architecture Billings Index increased / cr *
Space – Sharper satellite images allowed, as US loosen rules CBC
Space – Satellite launches: the final frontier FT *
Space – To boldly go … and clean up R * *
Internet – France lashes out at Icann FT / WSJ / q
Internet – France Seeks to Further Tighten Regulation of US Firms WSJ
Internet – Google Considering Investment in New Trans-Pacific Cable WSJ *
Internet – Forget Africa: Machine-driven NA is growing much faster q * * *
Air – Oil price turbulence hits European lines FT *
Dairy – The mysterious case of America’s plummeting milk consumption wapo * * *
Dairy – America’s Got Milk and China Wants It BW *
Oil – Iraq violence lights fuse to price spike FT *
Oil – Kurds’ Takeover of of Kirkuk Strengthens Their Hand WSJ *
Oil – Asia Soaks Up Excess WSJ *
Pharma – Early Results Arrive on Weight-Loss Pills That Expand in the Stomach NYT
Pharma – Health Plans Bring Pressure to Bear on Drug Prices NYT
Pharma – Inversion Frenzy Rocks Drug Sector WSJ *
