Today’s Issue Cluster: Railroads
China – Debts owed by nonfinancial sector have soared
Uber – Google Is Developing Its Own Competitor
Sands – Lower Oil Prices Strike at Heart of Production
US – Dec: Factory orders fall sharply; -3.4% from -1.7% / R / AP
Stocks – Spain feels the nervous ripples over Greece FT *
Stocks – EMs Stage Surprising Revival WSJ *
Stocks – Small-Caps Gain as Large-Caps Falter WSJ *
Stocks – QE boost for eurozone shares cannot last FT * *
Stocks – Shanghai, HK shares fall with probe into margin trading R * *
Stocks – China market cap as % global total regains 2007 peak / b *
China – Weak Data Renew Push for Growth Measures WSJ / WSJ *
China – Trumps US for Foreign Investment WSJ *
China – Provinces undershoot GDP targets FT *
China – 2014 Revenue Grows at Slowest Pace in Years WSJ
China – Debts owed by nonfinancial sector have soared ft *
China – ‘Overborrowed and overbuilt’ FT * * * * * *
China – The problem with pervasive implicit state guarantees ft *
China – Debt That Once Boosted Now Burdens WSJ *
China – Great Firewall Gets Taller WSJ
China – ‘Western values’ forbidden in universities FT
RBA – Cuts rates to fresh low of 2.25% WSJ / SMH / ABC / Aus / FT *
RBA – Stumbling Australian dollar has room to fall FT * *
China – Shadow bank regulation shows results FT *
China – Home prices break falling streak AFP
Uber – Google Is Developing Its Own Competitor B
Uber – May be making its own self-driving cars FT / wsj / cnet
Net Neutrality – FCC to Propose Strong Rules WSJ / NYT
Rail – Roads Steam Toward Big Gains WSJ / WSJ
Rail – US oil car market collapses as foreign crude makes comeback R / B / B * *
Rail – Roads reduce shipping load on drop in oil prices G&M *
Rail – Grain shipping firms face railway backlog, deteriorating service CP / WSJ
Crops – GMO-Free: Prove Lucrative for Farmers WSJ *
Crops – Biotech: Seed Makers Try to Defuse Trade Uncertainties WSJ *
Sands – Lower Oil Prices Strike at Heart of Production NYT
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