Today’s Issue Cluster: Energy Transport
Metals – Indonesian exports set to resume on tax compromise
E-cigs – EU Approves Tough Rules
Pensions – States: Efforts to Rein In Public-Sector Costs Falling Short
EZ – Feb: Economic Confidence Unexpectedly Rises; 101.2 from 101.0 / B
EZ – Jan: Private-Sector Lending Falls Again; -2.2% from -2.3% / WSJ
Germany – Feb: Unemployment Falls for Third Month; -14k from -28k / R / B
France – Jan: Unemployed at Record High; +0.3% / WSJ / FT
Spain – Q4: Economic Growth Slower Than Expected; +0.2% was +0.3% / WSJ / R / B / WSJ
Ireland – Q4: Jobs Growth Bolsters Recovery Hopes; +61k / WSJ
Swiss – Q4: Economy Expands Less Than Forecast as Exports Decline; +0.2% / B
Ghana – 2013: Economy grew; +5.5% / R
Brazil – Q4: GDP grew; +0.7% from -0.5% / R *
US – Jan: Orders for Durable Goods Decrease; -1.0% from -5.3% / R / WSJ / AP / B / r *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Climbed to One-Month High; +14k to 348k / AP / WSJ / R / B *
Currencies – China Pushed Yuan Lower FT / WSJ / B / FT / FT *
Currencies – Ukraine Unrest Hits Ruble WSJ *
Currencies – Firms Bank on Bitcoin Bounce Back WSJ / B / R
EU – Stocks join in periphery revival FT *
US – Republican tax plan targets private equity profits FT / WSJ / AP / B / wapo * * *
US – Obama Looks at Tax Changes For Roads NYT / WSJ / AP
BCB – Brazil Slows Pace of Interest Rate Increases FT / B
China – Concern Over Hong Kong Banks’ Growing Lending WSJ
US – Builder Borrowing Picks Up WSJ / WSJ * *
E-cigs – EU Approves Tough Rules NYT
E-cigs – Senators look for marketing limits AP
E-cigs – Industry on tenterhooks ahead of US regulation R
E-cigs – The Hot Debate: A Path to Tobacco, or From It? NYT
Planes – Airbus Plans to Boost A320 Jet Production WSJ / FT / NYT / R / AFP *
Mobiles – Handset Makers Go Big on Smartphones NYT / WSJ
Mobiles – Low-price superstars N * * *
Mobiles – Boeing Readies a Secure Smartphone FT / WSJ / R *
Energy Transport – No Conflict of Interest Found in Favorable Review of Keystone WSJ / NYT
Energy Transport – Nebraska court deals fresh blow for Keystone FT / R / B / CP / WSJ / NYT / AP
Energy Transport – Obama’s Keystone Decision Expected in a ‘Couple’ of Months B / AP
Energy Transport – Without Keystone, oil trains may cause six deaths per year R
Energy Transport – Bakken Shale Oil Carries High Combustion Risk WSJ *
Energy Transport – To Make Shipping Oil Safer, Railroads Agree to 8 Measures NYT / B / AP / WSJ
Energy Transport – Bitumen shippers seen as losers in new US oil-by-rail order B / WSJ
Energy Transport – Fossil Fuel Basins and Northwest Ports motw *
Energy Transport – Canada a principal source of US energy imports EIA * * * *
Energy Transport – Northeast’s Record Natural Gas Prices Due to Pipeline Dearth BW *
Metals – Indonesian exports set to resume on tax compromise N
Metals – Falling Iron-Ore Prices Pinch Producers WSJ *
Metals – China’s Steel Province Not Cutting Capacity Fast Enough WSJ / FT / Cj
Metals – China imports boom a very mixed blessing r * * * *
Metals – Aluminium market risks disappearing into the shadows r * *
Metals – Copper Rebounds as Worries About Chinese Property Sector Ease WSJ / B *
Air – European Parliament Agrees Tough Automobile CO2 Targets WSJ
Air – China has vowed to challenge its growth model FT * *
Pensions – States: Efforts to Rein In Public-Sector Costs Falling Short NYT / FT *
Pensions – States: RI scales back its reforms E *
New Photo Of North Korea From Space, Only Pyongyang Visible Y *
