Today’s Issue Cluster: Mobiles
Retail – Wal-Mart fights to defend its dominance
Crops – Tomatoes: Miner Grubs Are Wiping Out Africa Farms
Coal – World Starts to Turn Away as Cheap Oil Gains Market
China – May: CPI Cools, Stoking Stimulus Expectations; +2.0%, PPI -2.8% / WSJ *
South Africa – Q1: Contraction raises prospect of recession; -1.2% / FT
US – Apr: Wholesale inventories rise; +0.6% from +0.2% / R
US – Week: Jobless claims drop; -4k to 264k / R / WSJ
SK – Economy pays price for China slowdown and cheap oil FT * *
SK – Country dependent on large manufacturers WSJ * *
BOK – Surprises With a Rate Cut WSJ
BOK – Record low 1.25% FT / B *
NIRP – Japan’s Largest Bank Considers Quitting Bond Role WSJ
NIRP – Stirs bank mutiny FT
Japan – Moves to Lure More Foreign Workers WSJ *
Retail – Survey Shows Rapid Growth in Online Shopping WSJ *
Retail – Wal-Mart fights to defend its dominance E * *
Retail – UK stores concerned about shipping costs for e-commerce bi *
Retail – Amazon to deliver $3b investment in India FT *
Mobiles – It’s Huawei’s turn to shine in China’s fickle market N * *
Mobiles – China’s Smaller Makers Feel the Squeeze WSJ
Mobiles – Cellphone Study Fans Cancer Worries WSJ / nyt *
Mobiles – Apple Forecasts Second Sales Drop B *
Mobiles – Apple sets sights on bigger target in India FT * *
Mobiles – Google Pressures Partners to Update Android B *
Mobiles – Google’s Modular Phones to Go On Sale Next Year WSJ *
Mobiles – How Google Fares in a Peak Smartphone Age WSJ *
Mobiles – The Smartphone Price Gap / statista *
Ship – Panama Canal: New Era in Trade Nears B * *
Ship – Panama Canal, the Reboot / BW *
Crops – Tomatoes: Miner Grubs Are Wiping Out Africa Farms B *
Crops – Corn: GMO Stops Brazil Chicken Producers Buying from US B *
Crops – Soybeans: Meat sector’s appetite sparks scramble for meal FT
Crops – Soybeans: Brazilian Shipments Seen Breaking Record B *
Crops – Cocoa: Brexit fears fray nerves of traders FT *
Crops – Coffee: Perks of gourmet boom elude growers FT *
Crops – Palm Oil: Battle spreads beyond ethical investors FT *
Coal – World Starts to Turn Away as Cheap Oil Gains Market B
Coal – Use plunges as China cuts back and US turns to gas FT *
Coal – NatGas to Lead Power Generation This Year / b *
Coal – Regulators Fear $1b Cleanup Bill NYT
Most commonly spoken language in NYC that isn’t English or Spanish bi *
