Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
Silicon Valley – ‘The Apple-FBI Fight Isn’t About Privacy vs. Security’
Pipeline – As US shale sinks, woes sent downstream
El Niño – Sugar Surges Most in 22 Years
US – Jan: New Home Sales Fall Sharply; -9.2% / R
US – Feb: Markit Flash PMI lowest since Oct’13; 50.1 from 53.2 / markit
EMs – Bonds hit as foreign investors dump debt FT *
Asia – Slowing Trade Flows Jolt Exporting Nations WSJ *
World – In looking-glass world, almost nothing is taboo WSJ *
EMs – Falling house prices add to woes FT *
Silicon Valley – ‘The Apple-FBI Fight Isn’t About Privacy vs. Security’ wired
Silicon Valley – The Hangover Begins WSJ *
Silicon Valley – European Tech Scene Begins to Feel Woes NYT
Pipeline – As US shale sinks, woes sent downstream R
Pipeline – Long road ahead for Central Asian gas project N *
Sugar – Market braced for EU exports FT *
El Niño – Sugar Surges Most in 22 Years B *
El Niño – South African corn withers amid worst drought on record FT *
Oil – Saudi: Production Won’t Be Cut WSJ / FT / R / NYT / AP
Oil – IEA sees US production at record high by 2021 R / B / AP / FT / WSJ *
Oil – Rise in US shale output set to fill cutback by Opec FT / FT *
Oil – Trickle of US Exports Already Shifting Global Power B *
Oil – Saudi Arabia tries to make nice with shale oil CNN
Oil – Stressed-Out Industry Faces Existential Crisis B / B *
Oil – Investors in products that track crude even worse off WSJ *
Oil – Year’s Biggest IPO Is a Blank Check for the Patch WSJ *
Oil – Iran Backs Freeze Without Pledging Supply Curbs B *
Oil – Iraq Follows Iran by Avoiding Commitment to Freeze WSJ *
Oil – Needs $30b in foreign investment WSJ / N *
Oil – One Place Where OPEC Can’t Broker a Deal: TX B *
Oil – Industry bet big on Jeb and lost / R *
Oil – Saudi, Russia have nothing on US / B *
Oil – Price-Moving China Trades Fan Concerns WSJ *
Oil – Superior electric cars could wreck markets within a decade B
Outdoor Segments of NY Subway Have Best Reception bm *