Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
Cigs – US tobacco’s future emerges through the vapor
Appliances – China’s market running out of steam
Ebola – Fear, cash shortages hinder fight against outbreak
China – Q2: GDP Ticks Up; +7.5% from +7.4% / WSJ / R / B / NYT / FT / AP *
US – Jun: Producer prices rise more than expected; +0.4% from -0.2% / R / AP / B / WSJ
US – Jun: Industrial production edges higher; +0.2% from +0.5% / R / AP / WSJ / B / cr *
US – Jul: NAHB Home-Builder Optimism Hits 6-Month High; 53 from 49 / WSJ / AP *
EMs – Central banks rebuild hard currency reserves FT / R * * * *
US – CBO Sees Medicare’s Financial Picture Improving WSJ * *
US – Medicare Payments to Individual Providers Per Enrollee / B *
Fed – Yellen Says Weak Job Market Shows Economy Still Needs Stimulus WSJ / R / B / AP / NYT / wsj *
Fed – Yellen is redefining the Federal Reserve NYer / bi * *
BRICs – Brazil Hosts Talks On New Development Bank WSJ / WSJ / AP / B / R / NYT * * *
Cigs – Reynolds American to Buy Lorillard for $25b WSJ / FT / NYT *
Cigs – America’s Smokers: Still 40m Strong WSJ *
Cigs – US tobacco’s future emerges through the vapor FT / NYT * *
Appliances – Whirlpool Expands Its Presence in Europe WSJ
Appliances – China’s market running out of steam N
WTO – US loses case against China and India FT
WTO – India threatens deal over food security dispute FT
TPP – Japan says talks agree broadly on labor, health issues R / NYT
TTIP – US and EU unions criticise transatlantic trade deal FT / NYT
Metals – Steel: Beijing Fights Losing Battle to Rein In Factory Production WSJ * *
Metals – Nickel: Miners Emerge From Slump WSJ *
Oil – US: Shale revolution has averted the threat of a global crisis FT * * * *
Oil – US: The Fight to Export BW * *
Oil – US: ‘Shale Boom fizzling out?’ N
Oil – US: Shale Seen Shifting Flows at America’s Biggest Oil Port B
Oil – US: Tankers caught in cross-currents of changing flows FP
Oil – Canada: Booming US output elbowing out Alberta’s crude FP
Oil – Iran: Exports Dropped to Lowest Level Since October WSJ
Oil – Iraq: Kurds take over 2 northern fields AP / WSJ / N * * *
Oil – Libya: Cracks Start Showing in Recovery WSJ
Oil – UK: Watchdog cuts North Sea forecast FT *
Oil – UK: Companies welcome North Sea tax review FT * * *
Oil – Norway: Arctic prospects lure explorers FT / FT *
Pensions – Japan’s Private Funds Eye Riskier Assets WSJ * *
Pensions – Detroit Rolls Out New Model: A Hybrid Plan NYT
Pensions – Illinois fund lowers investment return rate R *
Pensions – OECD spending projections show consolidation needed / b *
Ebola – Crisis in West Africa deepens NYT / AP
Ebola – Fear, cash shortages hinder fight against outbreak R / AFP *
Ebola – Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak / CDC *
General naming formats/customs across Eurasia and North Africa motw *
