Today’s Issue Cluster: Nuclear Power
US – New-Home Sizes Set Record Last Year
Crops – Race to satisfy lucrative quinoa appetite
Medical Tourism – Asia leads an industry worth billions
EZ – Jan: Lending shows sign of turnaround as morale improves; -0.1% from -0.5% / R / WSJ / B / AFP *
Spain – 2014: Grows after 5 years of recession; +1.4% / AFP / b *
US – Jan: Gasoline prices dampen inflation; -0.7%, -0.1% yr / R / WSJ / FT / AP *
US – Jan: Durable-Goods Orders Rose; +2.8% from -3.7% / AP / WSJ / B *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Jump; +31k to 313k / WSJ / cr *
SK – On a Debt Binge WSJ
SK – Experiences economic pain N *
SK – Tokyo, Seoul end 14-year currency swap program N * *
SK – Chinese Tourists Take Jeju Island by Storm WSJ * * *
SK – Aims to turn lifestyle goods into the new K-Pop N / WSJ *
Ukraine – Sick economy presents stern test FT
Ukraine – Central Bank Limits Access to Foreign Currency WSJ *
Ukraine – Conflict clouds debt distress FT *
Russia – Faeroe Islands Boom Selling Salmon WSJ * * *
BOK – Threat of Falling Prices Gives Room for Rate Cut wsj *
US – America’s Fixer-Upper Housing Market WSJ *
US – New-Home Sizes Set Record Last Year wsj * * *
Gaming – Macau: Casinos hit lunar new year cold streak WSJ / FT / WSJ *
Gaming – Macau: Corruption Crackdown Hits Hard WSJ / AP *
Gaming – Sri Lanka: Casino projects founder after poll FT
Gaming – Manila: Moves Toward Becoming Gambling Hub WSJ
Gaming – EU: New Rules Roil Global Online Industry WSJ *
Gaming – New England: Casino Boom Raises the Stakes WSJ
Gaming – Vegas: On Pace for Record Visitor Traffic in 2014 cr *
Crops – US port gridlock adds to almond pressures FT
Crops – Brazil Truckers Jar Soybean Markets WSJ *
Crops – Race to satisfy lucrative quinoa appetite R *
Crops – US farmers forecast to plant less FT
Crops – Rent walkouts point to strains in US farm economy R *
Nuclear – Europe: Tensions Rise Over Use of Russian Technology WSJ / FT
Nuclear – France: Warning of Industry Shake-Up After Areva Loss NYT / WSJ / FT / B
Nuclear – Germany: Public may share costs of afterlife R *
Nuclear – Japan: Aims to restart reactor in June R / WSJ / N
Nuclear – China: To Merge Power Firms as Ambition Grows WSJ
Nuclear – China: Delayed plants watched closely by US firms AP
Nuclear – China: CGN to double its capacity N *
SK – ‘A living hell’ for slaves on remote islands AP
SK – Battle lines drawn as Seoul plans to cut working hours FT *
Medical Tourism – Asia leads an industry worth billions N * * *
A fight in Ukrainian Parliament as well-composed as renaissance art tumblr *
