Today’s Issue Cluster: Livestock
Mobile – Few Consumers Are Buying the Technology
China – Land Sales: The Ever-More Lucrative Habit Officials Just Can’t Kick
MERS – Saudi Arabia Reports Eight More Deaths
US – Apr: NAR pending home sales end losing streak; +3.4%, -7.9% yr / R / WSJ / B / r *
M&As – Encouraging signs that 2014 spree is the real deal FT *
M&As – $88b in healthcare deals pushes sector to all-time record r *
EU – Recovery fails to lift continent’s companies FT / FT * *
EU – Greece: Warned of €14.9b financing gap FT
EU – Portugal: Set for Clean Exit from Bailout Program WSJ / FT / FT * *
EU – Germany: Debates Tax Cuts Amid Rapid Rise in Revenue WSJ *
EU – UK: A fifth of big businesses pay no corporation tax FT *
Ukraine – US toughens sanctions on Russia FT / WSJ / B / NYT / R / AP / WSJ
Ukraine – Russian economy feels sanctions fallout FT / B / NYT
Ukraine – European Firms Seek to Minimize Russia Sanctions NYT / NYT
Ukraine – White House Split Over Russia / FT / WSJ / B / AP / AFP / WSJ *
Mobile – Few Consumers Are Buying Technology NYT
China – Aims to build over 7m public homes this year R
China – Land Sales: The Ever-More Lucrative Habit Officials Just Can’t Kick wsj *
China – Wuxi City Eases Some Property Rules as Home Sales Slip WSJ / X
China – ‘Property bubble will not wreck economy’ X
Ads – Online originals face battle to win over advertisers’ hearts FT *
Ads – Newspaper revenue continued its precipitous free fall in 2013 cd *
Ads – Small Businesses Search in Vain for Web Help WSJ *
World – New report calls US a ‘rising star’ of global manufacturing R / AP / FT
World – In new world order, Canadian factories to fall behind G&M *
Explorer – Microsoft rushes to fix browser after attacks; no fix for XP users R / WSJ / FT / wsj
Livestock – Killer virus spreads unchecked through US hog belt, pushing pork to record R / WSJ / ft / WSJ *
Livestock – China Tightens Restrictions on Imports of US Hogs WSJ / WSJ
Livestock – Beef, pork reach record highs R / AP
Livestock – After Japan beef deal, Australia eyes cattle sales to China R *
Livestock – Fake Meats, Finally, Taste Like Chicken NYT *
Fish – Farming Explores Deeper, Cleaner Waters WSJ / NYT
Fish – Up to 27% of America’s imported tuna is caught illegally q * * * *
NatGas – US: Why Marcellus Shale Gas Doesn’t Get to New England WSJ *
NatGas – US: Storing up problems FT *
NatGas – Europe: Seeks alternative supplies FT / G&M *
NatGas – Brazil: The World Cup is causing a surge in LNG demand B
MERS – Saudi Arabia Reports Eight More Deaths B / R / WSJ / FT / R *
The Land-locked Countries of the World im *
