Today’s Issue Cluster: Latin America
Ukraine – Merkel says Russia sanctions remain ‘unavoidable’
Air – Discount carriers take off in Southeast Asia
Sands – Canadian exporters narrowly survive EU ‘dirty oil’ vote
China – Nov: Home Prices Fall at Slower Pace; -0.6% from -0.8% / WSJ / NYT / B *
Germany – Dec: Ifo Business More Bullish as Euro Weakens; 105.5 from 104.7 / WSJ / B / AFP *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Fall; -6k to 289k / B / WSJ / R / AP / cr *
Cuba – US Companies Consider the Possibilities of Trade WSJ / FT / NYT / WSJ / WSJ *
Cuba – As economy stagnates, economists press for deeper reforms R *
Mexico – Offers First Oil Blocks to Private Firms WSJ / FT / AP
Mexico – Oil price plunge raises energy reform concerns FT * *
Mexico – Security woes threatening Nieto’s record of success FT / WSJ
Panama – Building Boom Leaves Glut of Hotels, Offices WSJ / WSJ
Venezuela – Default risks spike R *
Venezuela – Fears grow amid falling oil prices FT * *
Venezuela – ‘On borrowed time’ E *
Venezuela – Investors weigh debt default FT *
Venezuela – Why it’s looking at a world of pain gp * *
Venezuela – Trims Oil Diplomacy WSJ
Venezuela – Loses faith in socialist government FT * *
Brazil – Investors Cheer Next Economic Czar WSJ *
Brazil – Braces for austerity FT * *
Brazil – Rousseff back on path to economic orthdoxy FT / FT * *
Brazil – Dilma changes course E *
Brazil – Drought Unleashes Flood of Sales for Some Firms WSJ
Brazil – Gherkin acquisition shows growing appetite for M&A FT * *
Argentina – Stocks Get Boost From Investors With Taste for Risk WSJ *
Argentina – Seeks its own shale boom FT
Chile – Economy still ‘moribund’ as growth remains weak R *
Chile – Rethinks its free market experiment FT * * *
LatAm – The great deceleration E *
Ukraine – Putin’s Year of Defiance and Miscalculation WSJ / FT / AP / NYT / R / B / WSJ *
Ukraine – Merkel says Russia sanctions remain ‘unavoidable’ AFP / AFP
Ukraine – Russians Quit London Luxury Homes as Only Super-Rich Stay B
Ukraine – Ruble Strengthens After Central Bank Acts WSJ / FT / NYT / FT
Ukraine – Foreign ‘speculators’ say it wasn’t us R *
Ukraine – Russian Controls Would Risk Capital Chaos WSJ *
Ukraine – Traders Betting Russia’s Next Move Will Be to Sell Gold B / WSJ
Ukraine – Ruble collapse hits Asian carmakers’ ambitions in Russia R * *
Ukraine – Major country exports to Russia are of ‘negligible importance’ bi *
Fed – Signals tightening by mid-2015 FT / WSJ / R / B / AP / NYT *
Fed – What Did Greenspan Do with “Considerable Time” Pledge in ’04? cfr *
Delivery – Amazon Confirms Rollout of One-Hour Service WSJ / B
Delivery – Port Delays Leave Retail Goods Stuck in Transit WSJ
Delivery – FedEx breaks run of better results FT
Air – The low-frills, long-haul gamble FT * * *
Air – Discount carriers take off in Southeast Asia N *
Sands – Canadian exporters narrowly survive EU ‘dirty oil’ vote CP
Sands – Fort McMurray yields to caution R / G&M *
Sands – Canada’s US Oil Imports Dwarf Saudis’ Share B *
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