Today’s Issue Cluster: Mobile Watches
Singapore – A High-End Property Collapse
Telecoms – Satellite industry aims smaller and lower
Pharma – Bets on gene therapy
US – Apr: Markit services sector growth cools; 57.8 from 59.2 / R *
Dollar – Apple set to be latest to suffer impact FT *
Dollar – Foreign borrowers wary of rise FT *
World – Rallies point to commodities turnaround FT
World – Glut of Capital and Labor Challenge Policy Makers WSJ *
UK – Hong Kong most likely choice for HSBC headquarters FT / WSJ / NYT / AP / R / WSJ / FT / R / FT / FT * * * * * * *
Singapore – A High-End Property Collapse NYT
Singapore – Investors Building Up Portfolios in Property Stocks WSJ *
Singapore – Becoming (a bit) cheaper R *
Telecoms – Satellite industry aims smaller and lower FT * *
Telecoms – Holder Had Authorized DOJ Lawsuit Against Comcast Deal WSJ / NYT / WSJ *
Telecoms – Charter Explores Bid for Time Warner Cable WSJ / B
Mobiles – Apple Watch goes on sale amid supply shortage R / B / R
Mobiles – Apple Watch review: Stylish, sophisticated but slow FT
Mobiles – 6% plan to buy Apple Watch: Reuters poll R
Mobiles – Samsung hints at new smartwatch R
Mobiles – Chinese makers heat up nascent smartwatch market N *
Soybean – Prices Fall to Six-Month Low WSJ *
Soybean – China imports to jump by 2024 CD *
Oil – Gulf states feeling the pinch FT * *
Oil – Companies seek lasting cost cuts FT * * *
Oil – 45% rebound could be markets’ next headache R
Oil – Fund Outflows Bode Ill for Prices WSJ *
Oil – OPEC pumping almost 2m bpd more than needed / r *
Oil – Petrobras overhaul calls for much more than corruption clean-up FT / R * *
Oil – Plunging Prices Impact on States bp *
Pharma – No end in sight to wave of dealmaking FT *
Pharma – Companies Buy Rivals’ Drugs, Then Jack Up the Prices WSJ *
Pharma – Bets on gene therapy R *
What Happens to Classic Art When It Becomes Gluten Free GlutenFreeMuseum
d’après Johannes Vermeer *
d’après Giuseppe Arcimboldo *
d’après Jean-François Millet *
d’après Vincent van Gogh *
d’après Grant Wood *
d’après Walt Disney *