Today’s Issue Cluster: eTaxis
Fed – Bullard Sees Case for April Hike as Inflation Set to Pick Up
Crops – Ethanol Bust Adds to Losses Across Corn Belt
Solar – Once a Darling, Spanish Company Abengoa Faces Reckoning
US – Feb: Durable Orders Fell; -2.8% from +4.2% (was +4.7%) / WSJ
US – Week: Jobless Claims Rose; +6k to 265k / WSJ / R
US – Investors snap up inflation-proofed Treasury bonds FT *
US – Buying Dollars Gets Pricey WSJ *
US – How Perceptions Have Changed in Just Three Months WSJ * *
Fed – Bullard Sees Case for April Hike as Inflation Set to Pick Up B
Fed – Dovish tone suggests may overshoot 2% target FT *
Fed – Goldman: Stop Worrying So Much About the Stronger Dollar B *
US – Turning Point? Commercial-Property Sales Plunge in February WSJ *
US – Modest Expansion for Architecture Billings / cr *
US – Homeownership increasingly difficult: report R
US – Widening Home-Price Gap Makes Trading Up Harder WSJ *
US – Tighter inventory is helping drive home prices higher WSJ *
US – Lawler: “Shortfall” Almost All in Moderately Sized Homes cr *
US – More and More People are Renting; Thank the Suburbs WSJ *
eTaxi – Convoy Sees Itself as the Uber of Local Trucking NYT
eTaxi – Indonesia Seeks App Solution After Taxi Protest WSJ
eTaxi – Ola Rivalry With Uber Takes Nasty Turn in India WSJ / FT *
eTaxi – Didi Kuaidi to Raise $1b WSJ
eTaxi – Kakao Close to Monetizing Taxi-Hailing Service WSJ
eTaxi – Lyft to Launch Car-Rental Program WSJ / FT
eTaxi – Uber and Lyft won’t crimp car sales in near term R
eTaxi – Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars R
eTaxi – Uber: a route out of the French banlieues FT *
eTaxi – Uber Drivers Up Against the App NYT
eTaxi – Uber Spends Big on International Expansion WSJ
eTaxi – Uber losing $1b/yr to compete in China R / FT
eTaxi – Uber Rolls Out Motorcycle Service in Bangkok WSJ / FT
eTaxi – ‘The Uber Model Doesn’t Translate’ nyt
Crops – Ethanol Bust Adds to Losses Across Corn Belt B * *
Crops – Global Sugar Shortage Outlook Raised by Green Pool on El Nino B *
Solar – Once a Darling, Spanish Company Abengoa Faces Reckoning NYT *
Solar – Ivanpah Plant May Be Forced to Shut Down WSJ *
Which US state has the weirdest accent? bi *
