Today’s Issue Cluster: Saudi Arabia
Greece – Might Be Better Off Outside Eurozone, Germany Says
Rubber – China factors send market seesawing
Pharmacies – Specialty Stores Proliferate, Along With Questions
US – Jul: NAHB Home-Builder Confidence At Highest Level in Nearly a Decade; 60 from 60 / WSJ / cr *
US – Week: Applications for jobless aid fall; -15k to 281k / AP / B / WSJ / R
Bonds – ECB’s buying challenges covered bonds FT * *
Bonds – Treasury trading swept up in rapid change FT *
Saudi Arabia – The Cold War With Iran Heats Up fp / DT
Saudi Arabia – The Saudi succession: A palace coup e *
Saudi Arabia – Restructures oil sector FT
Saudi Arabia – Thirst for Domestic Oil Swells WSJ
Saudi Arabia – Burns through foreign reserves FT *
Saudi Arabia – Puts Squeeze on Foreign Workers WSJ *
Saudi Arabia – The challenged kingdom E * * * *
Saudi Arabia – Business Opening Drives Social Changes WSJ *
Greece – ECB Weighs Emergency Funding After Tsipras Wins Vote FT / WSJ / B / NYT / R
Greece – EU agrees on €7b bridge loan FT / WSJ / NYT
Greece – Might Be Better Off Outside Eurozone, Germany Says NYT / FT / AP / bruegel *
Greece – Third rescue met with widespread scepticism FT * *
Greece – IMF signals it could walk away from bailout deal FT / WSJ / NYT / B
Greece – Sinking feeling for bondholders FT *
Greece – Reforms Would Face Political Legal Backlash in Germany WSJ / B *
Greece – Crisis Dulls Appetite for Euro in Countries Waiting to Adopt It NYT
US – Fed’s Beige Book Offers Hints of Rising Wages WSJ
US – LA Garment Industry Frets Over Pay Hike WSJ *
US – Union Talks With Auto Makers to Focus on Tiered Pay WSJ * *
Online – How 20 Years of Amazon Changed Retail WSJ *
Streaming – Netflix dashes past 65m subscriptions FT / WSJ *
Streaming – Google Takes On Pandora WSJ
Palm Oil – Malaysian heavyweights look overseas for growth N *
Rubber – China factors send market seesawing N *
Alt – Clean global economic growth now ‘within reach’ FT *
Alt – Electric cars on the East Coast pollute more than gas cars bi *
Alt – Cheap oil endangers poorer nations’ switch to renewable energy FT * * *
Pharmacies – Specialty Stores Proliferate, Along With Questions NYT
Pharmacies – How CVS Quit Smoking and Grew Into a Health Care Giant NYT
Pluto and Charon Compared to Earth motw *