Today’s Issue Cluster: EU Politics & Economics
US – Apr: Durable goods orders rise on defense, but business spending plans weak; +0.6% from +3.8% / R / WSJ / AP / B / r *
US – Mar: Case-Shiller Home Prices Rise at Slower Pace; +12.4% yr from +12.9% yr / B / AP / r *
US – May: ConfBd Consumer Confidence Index Increased; 83.0 from 81.7 / B / AP / R / r *
Bonds – Market Flips the Script on Risk and Reward WSJ *
Bonds – Central bank trickery sets stocks and bonds at odds FT *
Ukraine – EU weighs Russia sanctions from caviar to oil and gas R / WSJ
Ukraine – Diamond Hub Braces for Potential Fallout WSJ *
Ukraine – Russian business community hits out at sanctions FT / NYT / R
Ukraine – Poroshenko Wins Landslide WSJ / NYT / B / R *
Ukraine – Russia, Kiev Take Tentative Step Toward Gas-Price Deal WSJ / AP
EU – Anti-EU Parties Post Strong Gains WSJ / FT / B / NYT * *
EU – Eurosceptic MEP weight over the last 30 years / b *
EU – Pew Survey Shows Public Support Rebounding WSJ / NYT *
EU – Survey shows gloomy mood of voters FT *
EU – Parliament’s turnout problem ft / S / * * *
EU – Parliament Elected, yet strangely unaccountable E / S * *
EU – Nationalist parties share little common ground e / NYT / NYT *
EU – Le Pen sets sights on Elysée Palace FT / WSJ / FT / WSJ *
EU – Ukip ‘People’s Army’ takes up arms to fight main parties’ big guns FT *
EU – Eurosceptics may be hugely underestimating value membership E *
EU – Evolution of select Euro-Area 2015 GDP forecasts b *
EU – Charting Europe’s Japanification ft * * * * *
EU – UK wealth gap is unchanged, says report FT / FT * * *
EU – Finland and Netherlands display problems at core of eurozone FT *
EU – Piketty findings undercut by errors FT / FT / ft / ft / B / nyt / nyt * *
ECB – Draghi warns of threat to eurozone recovery FT / WSJ / AP / NYT / B
ECB – Yellen’s low rates gift is Draghi’s burden FT
ECB – ‘Unlikely to fire the big bazooka’ FT / B *
ECB – Plans Negative Rate on Bank Deposits S / B / WSJ
ECB – ‘Having promised action, the central bank will have to deliver it in June’ E *
Islamic Finance – Fast-growing industry has fierce competition FT / FT * * *
Carbon – EPA Set to Unveil Climate Proposal WSJ / NYT / Hill / R *
Carbon – Four in 10 European carmakers set to miss emissions target FT
Carbon – The ‘black hole’ of Chinese trading FT *
HigherEd – For-Profit Colleges Face Test From State, Federal Officials WSJ *
Pharma – Pfizer admits defeat in AstraZeneca pursuit FT / WSJ / R / B * *
Pharma – ‘How Pfizer snatched defeat from victory’ FT / R / FT *
Pharma – A bitter pill as China crackdowns squeeze margins R *
Pharma – US health insurers say Gilead hepatitis C drug too costly R *
The most lethal actors of all time wapo *
