Today’s Issue Cluster: Autonomous Vehicles
Pot – As US states allow marijuana sales, Dutch reverse course
Weather – Here comes El Nino; good news for US woes
Insurance – US Companies Test Plans To Cut Their Health Costs
Germany – Jan: Industrial Output Higher Than Expected; +0.8% from +0.1% / WSJ / AP / B *
France – Q4: Revises down jobless rate as Hollande battles slow growth; 10.2% was 10.9% / FT / WSJ
Canada – Feb: Surprise Job Loss; -7k / R / B / G&M / CBC *
Canada – Jan: Trade gap narrows as imports fall; -C$177m from -C$922m / CP *
US – Feb: Adds jobs; +175k from +129k / FT / AP / R / WSJ / B *
US – Feb: Unemployment Rate Rises; 6.7% from 6.6% / NYT *
US – Jan: Trade deficit steady as exports bounce back; -$39.0b from -$39.1b / R / B / WSJ / AP *
US – Q4: Household Worth Climbs; +3.8% / B / WSJ * *
EMs – Value is eroding fast FT / E / B * *
IPOs – Companies rush to sell debt amid blockbuster week FT / WSJ * *
Turkey – Banks Face Uncertain Future WSJ *
Turkey – Leader’s Woes Hurt Presidential Run WSJ / FT
Ukraine – EU leaders slap initial sanctions on Russia AP / FT
Ukraine – Oligarch tries to stamp Kiev authority on restive east FT
Ukraine – Crimea accelerates vote on joining Russia FT / WSJ *
Ukraine – Crimea: A region divided FT * * * *
ECB – Holds rates, hints at all-or-nothing policy stance R * * * *
US – New Lenders Spring Up to Cater to Subprime Sector WSJ / FT / B *
China – Major Builders See Leisure as the Next Big Thing WSJ / R *
Cigs – Makers surge on deal talks FT
E-Cigs – Teenage Use Likely Gateway to Smoking: Study B / NYT
Pot – As US states allow marijuana sales, Dutch reverse course AP
AVs – Auto industry ponders robot-car liability FT
AVs – Regulators Back Efforts to Develop Cars That Drive Themselves WSJ / AP / Pol
AVs – Progress Faster Than Rules of Road B / FT / R / 0AP
AVs – US to Propose Vehicle-to-Vehicle, Crash-Avoidance Systems WSJ / AP / R / AP
AVs – The High-Tech Car Of The Future Is Around The Corner IBD
AVs – Are Further Away Than You Think TechReview *
AVs – Costs remain high wapo *
AVs – Auto Makers More Cautious Than Tech Firms NYer *
AVs – Protesters show up at the doorstep of Google self-driving car engineer ars *
AVs – Google: ‘Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer’ TechRev
AVs – The world wants its self-driving cars made by a tech company q * * *
AVs – Electronics component suppliers bank on making cars smarter N *
AVs – Bosch wants piece of self-drive car market FT *
AVs – Benz brings ‘intelligent innovations’ to Guangzhou CD *
AVs – Self-driving cars to be 9% of global auto sales in 2035 R
AVs – Demand Seen Boosted by Japan’s Aging Population B
AVs – A big winner: Television q
AVs – What Will Happen to Public Transit in a World Full of Autonomous Cars? A
Metals – Palladium jumps on South Africa strikes FT / WSJ * *
Weather – Here comes El Nino; good news for US woes AP / R / B / H *
Insurance – US Companies Test Plans To Cut Their Health Costs NYT *
Insurance – New US health marketplaces signing up few uninsured WaPo / WSJ *
This is what a new UK flag might look like Atlantic:
Present Flag = St. George + St. Andrew + St. Patrick *
Wales = St. David *
Present UK + St. David *
Present UK – St. Andrew + St. David *
