Today’s Issue Cluster: Africa
China – Deadbeat shipyards stick banks with default bill
Alt – Shale Gas Boom Leaves Wind Companies Seeking More Subsidy
US – Beveridge Curve Starting to Look a Little More Normal
Germany – Feb: Trade surplus down; +€15.7b / AP *
UK – Feb: Trade Gap Narrows on Slide in Aircraft Imports; -£9.1b / B
Spain – Feb: House sales down; -23.9% / m *
Ghana – 2013: Economic growth lower; +7.1% from +8.8% / R
US – Feb: Wholesale inventories up; +0.5% from +0.8% / R / AP *
Bonds – Greece seeks to prove it has broken free of crisis mode FT / AP / q * * *
Bonds – Italy, Spain Narrow Gap With US, German Yields WSJ * *
Africa – Ebola outbreak among ‘most challenging’ ever: WHO AFP / R / R / B / WaPo * * *
Africa – Hits a bump on the road to prosperity FT *
Africa – Banks: Fragile dream FT *
Africa – African Investors Join Scramble WSJ *
Africa – ‘One size fits all’ marketing by global companies fails FT / FT
Africa – A burgeoning commercial axis with India ft * * * *
Africa – New battleground for global hotel industry FT *
Africa – Hopes population bulge may create prosperity seem to have been overdone E *
Africa – Ratio of Muslims to Christians / am *
Africa – Nigeria: Has become largest economy e *
Africa – Equatorial Guinea: Squandered riches FT / R / R * * * *
Africa – Sudan: Rage against the regime FT *
Africa – Sudan: In steepening decline E *
Africa – Kenya: ‘Rollicking haphazardly along’ E * *
Quebec – Separatist party suffers crushing defeat WSJ / AP / B / G&M / CP / CBC
Quebec – The ruling PQ has badly misjudged Quebeckers’ appetite for sovereignty E / G&M * * *
Quebec – Separatist Worries Resurface in Montreal WSJ *
Catalonia – MPs to stoke tensions with refusal of referendum request FT / WSJ / FT / FT
Scotland – Would face immediate £23b debt upon independence: thinktank G
Baluchistan – Separatists in Pakistan Claim Train Bombing That Kills 16 WSJ
Trans-Dniester – Leader wants independence AP
Ukraine – Separatists build barricades, Kiev warns of force R
BOJ – Refrains From Boosting Stimulus as Recovery Seen FT / WSJ / AP / R / B / N / B / B
China – Deadbeat shipyards stick banks with default bill R *
Defense – Russia’s militarism has caught NATO with its guard down after years of cuts FT *
Telecoms – Comcast Argues for Time Warner Cable Deal WSJ / FT / NYT / R / AP / B
Telecoms – Sprint Could Throw Broadband Up in the Air WSJ *
Telecoms – The people who aren’t ready to cut just yet q *
Telecoms – AT&T Experiment Would Cut Landline in Alabama Town WSJ * *
Coffee – Ritzier Brews Contract Conflicts WSJ / WSJ * *
Alt – Germany, EU clinch deal on renewable surcharge rebate R / WSJ / NYT
Alt – Shale Gas Boom Leaves Wind Companies Seeking More Subsidy B
Alt – Ukraine stand-off aids renewables’ case FT *
US – As Wage Debate Rages, Some Have Made the Shift WSJ * *
US – Beveridge Curve Starting to Look a Little More Normal wsj *
Pharma – Takeda ordered to pay record $6b over diabetes drug claim FT / WSJ / NYT / R / AP / B / FT *
Which Coffee Chains Dominate North America bi *
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