Today’s Issue Cluster: HigherEd
Currencies – As Dollar Heats Up Overseas, US Manufacturers Feel a Chill
SK – A once fearsome economy struggles
Retail – Specter of deflation hits Chinese luxury
Japan – Feb: Nears deflation as core CPI hits zero; 0% from 0.2% / FT / WSJ / AP / R / B *
US – Q4: Economic growth slows; +2.2% was +2.2% / R / B / AP / WSJ / FT / NYT *
US – Mar: UMich Consumer Sentiment Index Falls; 93.0 from 95.4 / R / WSJ / AP / cr *
Currencies – The Yuan Strikes Back WSJ *
Currencies – Sterling’s allure fades as rate rise doves prevail FT *
Currencies – As Dollar Heats Up Overseas, US Manufacturers Feel a Chill NYT *
Currencies – As EMs rise, investors still flee funds ft *
SK – Seoul Swallows Tough Medicine for Economy WSJ *
SK – Promotion arm ramps up efforts to lure businesses N *
SK – A once fearsome economy struggles E *
Mobile Banking – Fed Report Finds Growing Use WSJ / wsj * *
SK – Rebound in property market R / r *
HigherEd – Excellence v equity E * *
HigherEd – Competition among universities has become intense E *
HigherEd – Shifting towards the private sector E *
HigherEd – America: ‘A flagging model’ E *
HigherEd – International Students Stream Into US Colleges WSJ *
HigherEd – US academe gives UK a lesson on bottom line FT *
HigherEd – International students in Japan run into barriers job-hunting N *
HigherEd – Backlash builds over Australian university reforms N *
HigherEd – Australia the most expensive for international students / afp *
HigherEd – The science of international research / N *
HigherEd – Are Publicly Traded, For-Profit Colleges Endangered? IBD
HigherEd – Anxious Freshmen Declare Majors Far Faster WSJ *
HigherEd – College Diplomas, With a Side of Specialized Study WSJ *
HigherEd – Colleges’ New Aid Target: the Middle Class WSJ *
HigherEd – It depends what you study, not where E *
HigherEd – 40 years of college degrees / wapo / npr * *
HigherEd – Where Tech gets their employees / t *
HigherEd – Migration sorting cities into “educated” and “uneducated” / q *
HigherEd – Percentage of degrees conferred to women, by major / rso *
Retail – Balance of Power Shifts in Groceries WSJ *
Retail – US consumers: Craft versus Kraft FT * *
Retail – Sales at grocery stores vs. restaurants cd *
Retail – Specter of deflation hits Chinese luxury N *
Auto – Will cheap gas change travel decline? wapo *
Auto – Record traffic is boosting US fuel demand r / cr * *
Truck – ATA Index declined / cr *
Transports – Puts shadow on US equities FT *
Is there such a thing as a skyscraper curse? E *
