Today’s Issue Cluster:
Bonds – Investors continue to sell German Bunds FT / WSJ / WSJ * *
Bonds – US banks face challenger in US Treasuries FT * *
Bonds – Wipeout in Europe Tests Investors’ Resolve WSJ *
EU – Why Spain and Others Aren’t Feeling the Recovery WSJ * *
EU – Regional GDP (PPP) per capita / *
Greece – Walks thin line on IMF default FT * *
ECB – Stands Ready to Provide More Stimulus WSJ / FT *
EU – Private debt funds enter public eye FT * *
Travel – Rivals Race to Dominate China’s Online Market WSJ
Travel – China drives Asia tourism spending to fresh heights FT *
Ships – SK builders ride oil tanker wave FT * * *
Ships – Costly Bet on Big Cargo Ships Comes Up Short WSJ *
Ship – Nicaragua study finds canal ‘viable’; no details public AP
Commods – Two pioneering academics make the case for index investments FT * * * * * *
Oil – Opec moots $80 as new ‘fair’ price R / FT / WSJ
Oil – Opec meeting in an altered landscape FT / R *
Oil – How Opec Hurt Big Companies WSJ *
Oil – Saudi Arabia has plenty of scope to raise output / b * *
Oil – What’s Opec Going to Do With Iran’s Million Barrels a Day? B / R
Oil – Wild swings in US crude baffles trade R *
Oil – Today’s US producers are more like tech startups WSJ *
Oil – Naimi invoking ‘contango’ fails to soothe growing glut fear R *
Oil – ExxonMobil at the crossroads: buy a rival or shrink FT * * *
Oil – North Sea Rivals Race to Keep Region Relevant NYT
Oil – For green activists, Arctic drilling could be the next big thing R *
Insurance – Health Law Enrollees on Track to Meet Revised Goals WSJ *
Insurance – 13% Left Health Care Rolls, US Finds NYT
Insurance – Hospitals Expected More of a Boost From Health Law WSJ
Insurance – New Medicare Data Offer a More Complete Picture WSJ *
Insurance – Long-term-care policies getting pricier, difficult to justify WSJ *
The most liberal and conservative jobs in the US wapo *
