Today’s Issue Cluster: Mining
Cigs – US tobacco growers brace for tougher competition
E-Cigs – Investors look ahead as Big Tobacco moves
Dengue – Japan Shows Global Spread Through Travel
Japan – Aug: Exports hit by weak US shipments; -1.3% from +2.6% / R / B / WSJ *
US – Aug: Housing Starts Fall; -14.4% from +22.9% / WSJ / B / R / cr *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Fall; -36k to 280k / WSJ / B / R / cr *
EMs – Currencies Slump Puts 5 1/2-Year Low in Sight B / WSJ *
EMs – Stocks tumble on Fed rate rise fears FT / FT *
US – Household incomes stagnate despite economic recovery FT / R / WSJ *
US – Americans Earned Less, Spent Less in 2013 — But Spent More on Health Care and Housing wsj *
US – Where are Americans’ debts? ft * *
Isis – Obama Plans to Tightly Control Strikes on Syria WSJ *
Isis – Spiegel: ‘Dangerously Vague New War’ S *
Isis – The next war against global jihadism E * * *
Isis – Braces for western attack FT *
Isis – Where Foreign Fighters Come From / statista *
Isis – Saudi Arabia could fight with oil FP *
Fed – Cautious as It Maps Out Rate-Hike Strategy WSJ / FT / NYT / AP / R / B * * *
US – Auto lenders face tougher supervision FT / WSJ / B / NYT / B *
Australia – House Prices Stir Worries WSJ / B / SMH
Cigs – US tobacco growers brace for tougher competition AP
E-Cigs – Coming Soon to Theaters Near You WSJ *
E-Cigs – Investors look ahead as Big Tobacco moves R *
Delivery – FedEx boosted by ecommerce growth FT / AP / WSJ / B *
Delivery – For UPS, E-Commerce Brings Big Business and Big Problems WSJ * *
Mining – Palladium: Price Falls as Dollar Gains WSJ
Mining – Gold: Rising Dollar Takes Shine Off WSJ *
Mining – Uranium: Rally in Prices Is Unlikely to Last WSJ *
Mining – Iron: Australia’s producers steel themselves for casualties FT *
Mining – Iron: Worst of Price Slide Should be Over WSJ
Mining – Nickel: ‘Proposed Philippines minerals ban spooks market’ r *
Mining – Lead: ‘Who cares about the market?’ r *
Mining – Diamonds: China propels sales to record $79b FT / WSJ *
Mining – Diamonds: Companies sparkle amid mining sector gloom FT / WSJ *
Mining – Rare Earths: Japan loosens China’s grip on supplies R / bi *
Dengue – Japan Shows Global Spread Through Travel B / B / N *
Countries tend to say yes to independence g *
