Today’s Issue Cluster: Australia
Ship – Deep Freeze on Great Lakes Halts Cargo Shipments
Coffee – Weak Brazilian real drags down prices
H5N2 – Minnesota finds third bird flu infection
Japan – Feb: Industrial Output Falls; -3.4% from +3.7% / WSJ / AFP / B
Brazil – Q4: Economy ekes out growth; +0.3%, -0.2% yr / FT / WSJ
US – Feb: Consumer Spending Up; +0.1% from -0.2% / WSJ / B *
US – Feb: Pending home sales at 20-month high; +3.1% from +1.2% / B / AP *
Australia – Iron ore no longer biggest export SMH / SMH / smh *
Australia – Warning of a poorer future FT * * *
Australia – Layoffs and empty streets as boom towns go bust R
Australia – TPP could require millions to subsidise medicines ABC
NZ – Economy on front foot as Australia falters FT * * *
RBA – In Australia, More Rate Cuts Become a Matter of When, Not If wsj
World – ‘Time for one-stop banks to make bold changes’ FT * * * * *
Australia – Property shines despite wavering economy N *
Australia – $100,000 Bricklayers Are Hot Property WSJ *
Ads – Publishers and adblockers are in online battle FT * * *
Ads – Facebook Woos Chinese Advertisers WSJ *
Ads – Google Fiber may help it break into TV advertising WSJ *
Ship – Owners must consolidate to survive downturn, says Wilbur Ross FT
Ship – Europe’s Cargo Vessels Diverted to Sea Rescues WSJ
Ship – Deep Freeze on Great Lakes Halts Cargo Shipments NYT
Ship – Canal boom in central America FT *
Corn – Dive in Prices Leads Farmers to Soybeans WSJ *
Orange Juice – Ends in Bull Market WSJ *
Coffee – Weak Brazilian real drags down prices FT * *
Cocoa – Ivory Coast wants to cash in on chocolate AFP
Cocoa – CME and ICE to go head to head with new contracts FT * *
Palm Oil – Foreign Investors Lured By Wild Ride WSJ *
Rubber – Prices remain soft N *
Coal – Producers face prolonged weakness in prices E *
Coal – Japan Continues Embrace WSJ
Coal – India Rises as Importer WSJ / FT * *
H5N2 – Mexico Eased US Poultry Ban B
H5N2 – Minnesota finds third bird flu infection AP / R
US once wanted to build a canal across Nicaragua, too wapo *
