Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
Canada – Vancouver property boom yields calls to rein in speculation
Ship – Stranded ships on Great Lakes create icebreaking logjam
World – Inflation may help determine how fast labour markets recover from recession
Japan – Dec: Inflation quickens to over five-year high; 1.3% from 1.2% / WSJ / R / B / AP
Japan – Jan: Markit manufacturing PMI at 8-year high; 56.6 from 55.2 / R
EZ – Jan: Inflation Rate Builds Rate Pressure on ECB; 0.7% from 0.8% / B / NYT / WSJ / AP
Germany – Dec: Retail Sales Fall; -2.5% from +0.9% / WSJ
US – Dec: Consumer Spending Increase Slows; +0.4% from +0.6% / B / R / AP / WSJ *
US – Jan: Chicago Business Barometer Fell; 59.1 from 60.8 / R / B
US – Jan: Final UMich consumer sentiment decreased; 81.2 from 82.5 / R / cr *
US – Q4: Labor costs rise; +0.5% from +0.4% / R
EMs – Fear of contagion FT * * * * * * * * * * *
EMs – Struggle to cope with a new world E * *
EMs – Selloff’s Spread to Europe Is Sign of Broad Fear WSJ *
US – Economy Shows Signs of Gearing Up FT / WSJ / wsj / wsj * * * * *
EU – Euro Zone’s Next Reform Candidate: Germany WSJ *
RBI – Rajan hits out at uncoordinated global policy FT / B
TCMB – Turkey prepared to tighten policy further FT
US – Banks Start to Ease Limits on Lending WSJ * *
US – Bank profits hit a post-crisis record last year q *
Canada – Vancouver property boom yields calls to rein in speculation G&M *
Cable – Writers Talks Face May 5 Deadline WSJ *
Cable – Time Warner Cable lays out operating plan as it fends off takeover R / FT
Cable – Five years of cord-cutting at Time Warner Cable / q *
Cable – Time Warner Cable Avoids Fights in Latest Content Deals WSJ *
Cable – ESPN’s Internet Rollout Tests Television Cash Cow WSJ * * *
Mobiles – How Google’s Costly Motorola Maneuver May Pay Off WSJ / FT / NYT / R / WSJ / FT * *
Mobiles – Nintendo Remains Defiant Against Smartphone Revolution WSJ *
Mobiles – Global smartphone shipments / E *
Ship – Stranded ships on Great Lakes create icebreaking logjam CBC *
Commodities – Producers face second year of falling prices FT *
Oil – Pumping Up the US Economy WSJ *
Oil – US Production Keeps Rising Beyond the Forecasts NYT *
Oil – ‘America returns to gas-guzzling’ FT *
Oil – US ready for a light crude awakening G&M *
Oil – US Exports Face Obstacles WSJ / FT *
Oil – Groups pressed to restrain spending FT *
Oil – Companies Struggle to Justify Soaring Project Costs WSJ *
Oil – Serica points up perils of North Sea exploration FT *
Oil – Investment cannot hide North Sea problems FT *
Oil – Shell to stop drilling in Alaska in 2014 FT / AP / WSJ *
Oil – China’s Iraq Imports Surge WSJ * *
Oil – China begins receiving crude from Russia CD *
Oil – Shale boom brings Latin American oil bonus for Indian refiners R *
Oil – Companies See Africa as a Market WSJ
Oil – Shale Boom Forces Pemex to Find New Buyers WSJ *
Oil – Gasoline and Diesel Consumption / a * *
World – Inflation may help determine how fast labour markets recover from recession E *
