Today’s Issue Cluster: Tobacco
World – US, China Economic Role Reversal Roils EMs
Aluminum – US Primary Imports Surge
Oil – Asian Consumers See Little Trickle-Down
Japan – Nov: Exports Slow Despite Weak Yen; +4.9% from +9.6% / R / WSJ / B / ft *
US – Nov: Oil Drives Decline in CPI; -0.3% from flat / AP / WSJ / B * *
Currencies – Ruble: State Media Says Crisis Under Control B / WSJ / FT / R / NYT / AP *
Currencies – Ruble: Markets Take Wild Ride WSJ *
Currencies – Ruble: Russia Takes Ukraine’s Spot in Currency Abyss / B *
Currencies – Ruble: Picking Through the Ruble with Banks WSJ *
Currencies – Ruble: EMs grapple with crisis FT *
Currencies – Ruble: EM sell-off claims bigger scalps FT * *
World – Oil Dragging Down Prices Faster Than Official Price Index Can Capture wsj * *
World – Oil plunge sparks credit market fears FT
World – Bond Investors Are Skittish Over EMs NYT *
World – US, China Economic Role Reversal Roils EMs B
World – Saudis punishing two rivals, Russia and Iran r
Ukraine – Ruble Drop Sparks Broader Russian Worry WSJ / FT / NYT / AP / R / B / IBD / RT *
Ukraine – Central bank accused of doing too little to halt ruble crisis FT *
Ukraine – The Politics of IMF Crisis-Country Growth Projections cfr *
Ukraine – New Russia Sanctions Bill Will Be Signed by Obama, White House Says NYT / AP / FT / B / AP / WSJ
Ukraine – Decline in Ruble Starting to Hurt Western Multinationals WSJ / WSJ
UK – Stress Test Gives Major Banks Clean Bill of Health WSJ / FT / FT *
E-Cigs – Surpass regular cigs in teen use AP / NYT / WSJ
E-Cigs – Have not been a gateway to traditional smoking – ONS g * *
E-Cigs – Tech takes off as regulation looms AP
E-Cigs – Contain up to 10 times the carcinogens: Japan research AFP
Cigs – China’s tobacco monopoly gasps over smoking curbs plan FT / NYT / FT *
Cigs – A Growing Trend: Graphic Warnings statista *
Snus – A Lesser Warning? Maybe NYT *
Air – Shortage of pilots grounds China general aviation CD
Air – Single-Pilot Cockpit Idea Floated in NASA Study WSJ
Aluminum – US Primary Imports Surge R * *
Aluminum – Dominant holder highlights problems in market FT * *
Oil – Price falls below $60 FT / WSJ / WSJ * *
Oil – Price fall threatens $1t of projects FT
Oil – The squeeze on ‘supertankers’ FT *
Oil – Prices Need More Than a Crisis WSJ *
Oil – Early slowdown signs emerge for US producer states R
Oil – Past price slumps show US drillers’ inertia r *
Oil – Industry twitches ears in anticipation of potential deals FT
Oil – Winners and losers of price plunge FT *
Oil – Asian Consumers See Little Trickle-Down WSJ *
Oil – Cheap Price Won’t Drive China’s Sluggish Cars WSJ *
Geography of Top-Level Domain names nesensa *
