Today’s Issue Cluster: Alternative Energy
US – Goes From Big to Still Bigger on the New Home Front
Online – Study shows US beats Europe on broadband speed and access
Rare Earths – China preparing to cancel tariffs
US – Week: Jobless Claims Up, But Still Near 7-Year Low; +8k to 312k / WSJ / B / R / AP / r *
Renminbi – Use surges in home of US dollar ft *
US – ‘Widening Trade Gap Dims Growth Views’ WSJ *
US – ‘A wider trade gap is seen as good news’ NYT
US – Can Economists Tell if a Recession is Coming? wsj * *
US – Profit Decline Waves Caution Flag B *
ECB – Cuts deposit rate below zero FT / WSJ / NYT / R / AP / B / b * *
BOE – Holds Rates FT / WSJ / R / NYT / B
Fed – Survey: Economy showing improvement across US AP / WSJ / B
Fed – Policy Hawks Express Mix of Views on Timing of Rate Hikes WSJ / FT
Fed – Officials Growing Wary of Market Complacency WSJ *
US – Tussle over BNP escalates FT / WSJ
US – Banks face fines over LBO loans R *
US – Bank Regulators Plan Sweeping Look at Regulations WSJ
US – Jobs Are on the Line as Banks’ Revenue Slides WSJ *
US – CoreLogic: House Prices up 10.5% Year-over-year in April cr *
US – Allure of Homeownership Slumps Amid Worries of Continued Crisis wsj * * *
US – Loans About to Reset Will Mean Higher Bills for Many Borrowers WSJ *
US – Goes From Big to Still Bigger on the New Home Front wsj / wsj * * * *
Online – Airborne Broadband Projected to Expand Sharply WSJ
Online – Study shows US beats Europe on broadband speed and access FT / am / motw * *
Telecoms – Sprint, T-Mobile Move Closer to a $32b Deal WSJ / B / NYT
Telecoms – AT&T Bulks Up Again BW *
Rare Earths – China preparing to cancel tariffs R
Rare Earths – China’s Toxic Time Bomb to Spur $12b of Mines B
Platinum – South Africa Union Leaders Reject Offer WSJ
Nickel – China Builds Sulawesi Smelters as Ore Ban Cuts Jobs B
Alt – Solar: US to levy fresh tariffs of up to 35.2% on Chinese panels FT / WSJ / NYT / WSJ / X / CD
Alt – Solar: US panel manufacturers climb on import duty plan FT / AP
Alt – Solar: China Breaking Agreement on Panels, EU Makers Say WSJ
Alt – Ethanol – How ‘Big Corn’ lost the battle to Philadelphia refiners R
Alt – Wave: Experimental Efforts to Harvest the Ocean’s Power Face Cost Setbacks NYT *
Alt – For A Brief Moment Electricity In Germany Dropped Was Free bi *
Alt – Annual increases in energy production, oil and gas vs. solar and wind / cd *
The Stanley Cup Center of Gravity Has Left Canada 538 *
