Today’s Issue Cluster: Europe
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US – Week: Jobless claims fall, unwind prior week’s increase; -17k to 297k / R / WSJ / B / cr *
Bonds – EZ Debt Soars to Records on ECB Policy-Shift Hopes WSJ / FT *
Bonds – Greek yields act as eurozone ‘fear gauge’ FT / r *
EU – Brussels: Juncker unveils investment plan to kick-start growth WSJ / R / WSJ * *
EU – Brussels: Pro-default parties may trigger new euro-area crisis B *
EU – Greece: Europe Debates Third Bailout Package S *
EU – Italy: Accuses Brussels of ‘shaky’ accounting FT * * *
EU – Spain: New Entrepreneurs Find Pain WSJ *
EU – Nordic: Concern rises as cracks appear in model FT * * *
EU – France: Faces possible sanctions from Brussels on budget FT / WSJ *
EU – UK: Targets Tech Firms With ‘Google Tax’ WSJ / FT / nyt *
EU – UK: ‘Public finances have veered off course’ E / WSJ * * *
EU – UK: Household spending at fastest rate since records began FT *
EU – Europe Inc: Light amid the gloom FT *
Ukraine – Putin Calls for Push Against Ruble ‘Attack’ WSJ / FT / R *
Ukraine – The woman trying to tame the rouble FT *
Ukraine – Serbia caught between Russia and the west FT * *
ECB – No New Stimulus, Yet WSJ / FT / NYT / AP / R / B / B *
ECB – Poised to dash bond-buying hopes FT *
ECB – Quandary on asset purchases FT / WSJ / FT / B / B / R * *
ECB – Confusion over interest rate impact of eurozone QE FT *
ECB – Seen Triggering 50% Jump in Asset-Backed Bond Sales B
ECB – Savers grapple with rate divide FT *
ECB – Draghi’s Inflation Yardstick Obscured by Oil B *
EU – Banks Told Likely Capital Criteria WSJ / NYT
EU – An end to the great bank deleveraging? ft * * *
EU – ‘Private loan data still looking more like groan data’ r *
EU – ‘Bank lending: not as bad isn’t good enough’ r *
EU – Bank Valuations Tank as ECB Flubs Its Stress Test cfr *
EU – Specialist banks are producing better returns FT *
EU – UK: House prices rise 12.1% in a year FT / B * *
EU – UK: Sales of £10m-plus London homes ‘up by a third’ FT * *
Telecoms – Play vital role in European rally FT * *
Telecoms – Groups seek share of TV limelight FT * *
Ship – Maersk chief warns over lossmaking rivals FT / WSJ
Ship – Chinese Transform Greek Port, Winning Over Critics WSJ *
Oil – Saudi Arabia Sees Prices Stabilizing Around $60 WSJ
Oil – US refineries run flat out to process cheap crude FT * *
Oil – Fits Texas Banks With a Five-Gallon Hat WSJ *
Oil – North America Production eb * *
Oil – Baghdad and Erbil end months-long dispute over revenues FT / WSJ / NYT * *
Oil – Flow of Opec petrodollars set to dry up FT
Oil – Price fall starts to weigh on banks FT
Oil – Knock-on effect on asset prices FT *
EU – German population drop spells skills shortage in Europe’s powerhouse R / R
EU – French Attempt at German-Style Labor Reform Flounders WSJ *
EU – In France, New Review of 35-Hour Workweek NYT
