Today’s Issue Cluster: Japan
Ads – Online revenue at risk in war on ‘click fraud’
TPP – Leaked draft shows investment carve-outs sought
Iron – China’s ore stocks dwindle as price fall scares off buyers
Germany – Apr: GfK consumer confidence rising; 10.0 from 9.7 / AFP *
US – Mar: Markit services rises to highest since Sept; 58.6 from 57.1 / R *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Decline; -9k to 282k / B / R / WSJ / AP *
Japan – Investors shift money from Europe N *
Japan – Shares break free of US, poised for bull run N *
Japan – Hopes for investment, wage hikes fuel Japan stock surge N *
Japan – Bull run may soon take a break N *
Japan – Recovery Is Complicated by a Decline in Household Savings NYT *
Japan – Abe-Kuroda honeymoon soured by fiscal friction R
BOJ – Inflation promise comes unstuck FT / WSJ / R / NYT / R / B / AFP *
BOJ – The art of Japanese debt juggling FT *
Japan – Companies Grant Biggest Pay Raises in Years WSJ / FT / NYT / WSJ / B / N * * *
Japan – Half of corporations meet or beat 2014 raises N *
Japan – ‘Pay hikes boost Abenomics, now reforms are needed’ N *
Japan – Looks to End Taboo on Military Research at Universities WSJ *
Ads – Changing TV Landscape Colors ‘Upfront’ Sales Outlook WSJ *
Ads – Hispanics shine amid US television gloom FT * *
Ads – Online revenue at risk in war on ‘click fraud’ R *
TPP – Leaked draft shows investment carve-outs sought ABC / R
TPP – Deal Seen as Door for Foreign Suits Against US NYT
TPP – Unions Focused on Fighting Trade Deals wsj *
Iron – China’s ore stocks dwindle as price fall scares off buyers R *
Copper – Miners suspend operations in Chile as heavy rains flood roads R *
Nickel – China: some good news and some not-so-good news R *
Potash – Belaruskali shakes up sector FT *
Oil – Prices surge after Saudi air strikes in Yemen R / FT / WSJ / R * *
Oil – China low on storage capacity FT / R *
Oil – US Storage Rises More Than Expected Again B * *
Oil – Mexico expects US swap, another crack in crude export ban R * *
Oil – US Exports Could Reshape World Markets IBD *
Oil – Iran talks puts traders on edge FT *
Oil – Petrobras scandal knocks broader Brazilian industry FT *
Oil – The Energy Bust: How Much Like Tech in 2001? wsj *
Oil – Low returns drag down US shale industry FT
Biotech – Stocks Deliver a Dose of Pain WSJ
Biotech – Rally Fuels Bubble Fears WSJ
The decline of sideburns wapo *
