Today’s Issue Cluster: Crops
Oil – US Seen as Biggest Producer After Overtaking Saudi Arabia
Ship – Nicaragua approves route for $40b canal
US – A Nascent Sign of Faster Wage Growth Ahead
China- Jun: CPI Slows; 2.3% from 2.5% / WSJ / X *
China – Jun: PPI Falls at Slowest Pace in Two Years; -1.1% / B / X *
Bonds – Investors Need Not Cry for Argentina WSJ / B * *
Bonds – Puerto Rico casts shadow on muni market FT *
Bonds – Investors in Asia Return to Perpetuals WSJ *
Dubai – Development in talks to extend term of $10.5b loan FT
Dubai – Planning the world’s biggest shopping mall CBS *
Dubai – Stocks gyrate as bull run hits buffers FT / BW / R *
Ukraine – Lays Plan to Besiege Rebels in Eastern City WSJ / FT
Ukraine – Russia Threatens Response If Sectoral Sanctions Imposed B
Ukraine – EU’s united front on Russia falling amid gas needs AP
US – Citigroup Nears Deal to Resolve Mortgage Probe WSJ / FT / R / NYT *
US – Morgan Ramping Up Efforts to Cut Wasteful Expenses WSJ *
US – Bankers warn over rising business lending FT
US – Growth in Credit-Card Balances Slows Sharply in May wsj *
Mobiles – Samsung hits smartphone growth plateau FT / FT * * * *
Mobiles – Foreign Investors Put Pressure on Samsung WSJ / WSJ * * *
Mobiles – Google latest empire-building tactic: cheap phones q *
Mobiles – BlackBerry: $5b is a lot for what the company is today FT / G&M * *
Mobiles – Apple’s iPod Still Has the Touch WSJ *
Mobiles – Cook’s Vision Begins to Emerge WSJ *
Ship – Port Cities Prep for Wider Panama Canal WSJ
Ship – Nicaragua approves route for $40b canal R / R *
Crops – Cocoa: EM Chocolate Lovers Boost Prices WSJ * *
Crops – Coffee: A brand new weapon for Colombia’s crop police FT
Crops – Rice: Thai Subsidy Leaves Junta in a Quandary WSJ *
Crops – Corn: Blockbuster US harvest FT / WSJ / WSJ / WSJ * *
Crops – Soybeans: Tumble on record US planting FT / WSJ
Crops – US: After a Drought, Agriculture Climbs NYT *
Crops – India: To Keep Grain Supplies on Fears of Poor Monsoon Rains WSJ
Crops – China: Slowing Demand for Feed Ingredient Jolts US Markets WSJ
Crops – China: Forecasts bumper grain harvest CD *
Crops – GMOs: US Calls on Europe to Ease Limits on Gene-Altered Food NYT
Crops – Herbicides – The Rise of the ‘Super Weed’ Around the World wsj *
Oil – US Seen as Biggest Producer After Overtaking Saudi Arabia B / R *
Oil – Loophole for condensate exports may apply to other US crudes R
Oil – US could dominate global condensate supply R
Oil – Libya to increase exports as key terminals reopen FT / WSJ
Oil – Fears grow over long-term hit to Iraq output FT * * * *
Oil – Iraq shock to lift safe-haven currencies R *
US – Job Openings Rise to 7-Year High, but Hiring Notches Scant Gains wsj *
US – Fewer People Are Quitting Their Jobs, And Why That’s Not Good wsj *
US – A Nascent Sign of Faster Wage Growth Ahead wsj *
US – America Inc. Wakes Up to Wage Inflation WSJ *
The 10 companies that own most of the familiar food brands wapo *
