Today’s Issue Cluster: Power Generation
Mobile – The Electronic Payment Wave
E-Cigs – Boom sparks race for new patents
Aluminum – Splintering of global price becoming more acute
Germany – Q3: Jump in private consumption avoids recession; +0.1% was +0.1% / R / B * *
US – Q3: GDP Revised Up; +3.9% was +3.5% / WSJ / R / AP / FT / B * *
US – Sep: Case-Shiller property values increased; +4.9% from +5.6% / B / WSJ * *
US – Nov: ConfBd consumer confidence falls to lowest since June; 88.7 from 94.1 / R / B / AP *
Bonds – EU yields smash records on QE hopes FT * *
Bonds – Blue-chip issuers cannot meet demand FT *
Bonds – Yield Premium on Corporate Debt Widens WSJ *
Bonds – Spice island is case study in debt traps FT * *
Bonds – Islamic finance gains global momentum N *
Bonds – US Interest Rates At Historic Low bi *
World – Business Optimism Turns Down wsj *
World – IMF and World Bank warn of ‘peak trade’ FT * *
Mobile – The Electronic Payment Wave IBD
Mobile – Apple Pay Moves World Closer to Acceptance WSJ / NYT *
E-Cigs – Reduce cravings and help people quit smoking, study finds wapo
E-Cigs – Boom sparks race for new patents R *
Cigs – China Considers Advertising Limits, Public-Smoking Ban WSJ
Pot – Mapping America’s marijuana laws e *
Telecoms – Spectrum Auction Serves Up Dish WSJ / FT * *
Telecoms – BT in Talks to Buy Telefónica’s UK Unit WSJ / FT * *
Aluminum – EU energy costs turn up heat on sector FT * *
Aluminum – Splintering of global price becoming more acute r *
Aluminum – Is the production cycle starting to turn? R *
Aluminum – Ford in vanguard of revolution FT / AP / FP *
Power – EU: German plea to Sweden over threat to coal mines FT
Power – EU: New energy chief shifts focus to building common market FT *
Power – EU: UK manufacturers warn of shutdowns amid energy measures FT
Power – EU: Franco-Spanish energy spat tests Brussels FT * * *
Power – EU: Flows would boost efficiency but progress is slow FT * *
Power – China: Nuclear IPO Risks Fading Afterglow WSJ *
Power – Japan: Bid to forge national grid stumbles R *
Power – US: Hacker, Terrorist Threats Spur Bases to Build Own Grids WSJ *
Power – US: Utilities mimic the tech industry to make systems more resilient E *
Power – US: Energy Regulators Say EPA’s Climate Rule Poses Grid Challenges WSJ
Power – US: Electric Utilities Get No Jolt From Gadgets, Improving Economy WSJ *
Power – US: Electric rates per utility districts motw *
The second-largest religion in each state wapo * * *
