Today’s Issue Cluster: Pipeline
Australia – Surge in Chinese housebuying spurs global backlash
Mobiles – Japan’s old flip-phones soldier on while smartphones shrink
Oil – Norway faces North Sea slowdown, bulks up on real estate
China – Feb: HSBC PMI at 4-month high but export orders contract; 50.1 from 49.7 / R / WSJ / AP *
US – Jan: New home sales dip, but remain high; -0.2%, +5.3% yr / R / WSJ / AP / B *
Australia – Economy ‘sliding down the precipice’, says JP Morgan SMH * *
Fed – Lays the ground for end of zero rates FT / WSJ / AP / NYT / B / R / WSJ * *
Mobile Payments – Google Tries to Wrangle Unruly Partners WSJ / FT / nyt / R / AP / B
Mobile Payments – Samsung Makes Move WSJ / FT / nyt / R / B
Australia – To clamp down on foreign property buyers FT * *
Australia – Surge in Chinese housebuying spurs global backlash FT * *
Mobiles – Xiaomi Mi Note Review: Apple and Samsung better pay attention WSJ *
Mobiles – Alibaba invests $590m in smartphone maker Meizu FT / WSJ / WSJ / B * *
Mobiles – Xiaomi Takes the Lead in China / statista *
Mobiles – Japan’s old flip-phones soldier on while smartphones shrink R *
Mobiles – Apple eyes trillion-dollar market cap FT * *
Mobiles – Tablet shipments decline for the first time statista *
Pipeline – Obama vetoes Keystone AP / R / NYT / B / G&M
Pipeline – Enbridge Considering New Project to Eastern Gulf Coast WSJ
Pipeline – TransCanada Plans to Seek US Approval for New Upland Project AP / WSJ / FP
Pipeline – Is Northern Gateway quietly being shelved? CBC *
Pipeline – Gazprom Threatens NatGas Deliveries to Ukraine WSJ / RT *
Pipeline – Gazprom faces up to reality FT / NYT
Pipeline – EU courts Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan gas FT * *
Cotton – Prices Waver on Road to Recovery WSJ
Cotton – Egypt in decline as farmers at mercy of world market FT * *
Cotton – India’s production r *
Oil – Winter’s Fuel Prices Are Heating Up WSJ * *
Oil – Rivals Hit Exporter That Opened US Spigot WSJ *
Oil – US Refiners Enjoy a Snow Day WSJ *
Oil – Plunge Can’t Crack European Refiners’ Woes WSJ *
Oil – Plunge Could Help Send Its Price Back Up WSJ *
Oil – Norway faces up to prospect of North Sea slowdown FT * * *
Oil – Norway Fund Bulks Up on Real Estate WSJ
Australia – Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High WSJ *
The most Democratic and Republican industries in America wapo *
