Today’s Issue Cluster: Shale
US – Part-time labor ‘slack’ may be nearing its end
TPP – Japan, US move closer on autoparts
H5N2 – Bird flu cuts into egg, poultry exports in Iowa, Midwest
Germany – Apr: Ifo business confidence in sixth increase; 108.6 from 107.9 / AP / b *
US – Mar: Durable Orders Rise Due to Auto, Aircraft Demand; +4.0% from -1.4% / WSJ / AP
US – Mar: Orders for Business Equipment Fall for Seventh Month; -0.5% from -2.2% / R / B / b *
Nasdaq – Climbs to a Record, Again Fueled by Tech WSJ / FT *
Nasdaq – Surge Lifts Internet Boosters of the Past WSJ *
US – Consumers Open Their Wallets, Cautiously WSJ *
US – Japan Overtakes China as Largest Bondholder WSJ / FT / N *
US – Latest Sign of Emerging Inflation WSJ *
US – Influence Hinges on Future of Dollar, Yuan WSJ *
US – Philly Fed Coincident Indexes increased in 46 states / cr *
US – 6th longest US economic expansion since the 1850s / bi *
US – Congress Is Tiptoeing Away From Spending Curbs WSJ *
Fed – Rate Decisions Hang on Dollar, Growth Concerns WSJ *
Fed – Prepares toolkit for higher rates FT * *
US – Ex-Fed chief calls for regulatory shakeup FT / R
US – Main Street banks struggle at the core FT
US – Small banks may have better earnings than giants WSJ *
US – Nearing Peak, Home Price Gains to Slow Bn *
US – As California Drought Drags On, Home Builders Vie for a Voice WSJ *
US – AIA: Architecture Billings Index increases / cr *
US – Part-time ‘slack’ may be nearing its end R * *
Telecoms – Comcast walks away from $45b TWC deal WSJ / FT / NYT / WSJ / NYT / WSJ / WSJ * * *
Telecoms – Comcast Formally Kills Deal WSJ / NYT / B / R
Telecoms – Cablevision Offers Packages Aimed at Cord-Cutters WSJ
Telecoms – Resistance to Verizon FiOS Promotion WSJ / NYT
TPP – Deal Gives Obama Authority but Builds In a Delay NYT / NYT / wapo
TPP – Japan, US move closer on autoparts N / N
TPP – ‘Fighting the secret plot to make the world richer’ E * *
Shale – The US revolution FT * * * *
Shale – US production peak over N *
Shale – Oil at $65 Seen Freeing 500k bpd Fracklog B
Shale – 4,700 drilled but uncompleted wells in the US B / B / b *
Shale – Maps Pinpoint Earthquakes Linked to Drilling NYT / AP / WSJ / AP *
Shale – OK overtakes CA as state with most seismic activity / b *
Shale – Fracking’s New Legal Threat: Earthquake Suits WSJ
Shale – Fracking breaches ‘hidden from public’ FT
Shale – ND to join WY lawsuit against federal fracking rules AP
Shale – German Cabinet Approves Anti-Fracking Draft Law WSJ
Shale – Cnooc shelves project FT / C
H5N2 – Bird flu cuts into egg, poultry exports in Iowa, Midwest AP
H5N2 – USDA starts on potential vaccine AP
H5N2 – CDC eyeing bird flu vaccine for humans AP
English most studied foreign language wapo *
