Today’s Issue Cluster: Pharma
Retail – Wal-Mart Outshined by Amazon Despite Billions
Robots – Are Coming, But Not For Your Job
World – Historical trade growth constant using new database
US – Jan: Overall consumer Prices Flat; 0.0% from -0.1% / WSJ
US – Jan: Firming core inflation keeps rate hike on table; +0.3% from +0.2% / R / B
World – OECD calls for urgent action to combat flagging growth FT *
World – Sub-zero rates have spawned winners and losers FT * * * *
World – JPY pain, charted and extrapolated ft *
Retail – Wal-Mart suffers worst sales performance in 35 years FT / WSJ *
Retail – Wal-Mart Outshined by Amazon Despite Billions B *
Robots – Threaten to unleash mass unemployment, scientists warn FT
Robots – Are Coming, But Not For Your Job B * *
Media – Fortunes Wane as Cable Operators Prosper WSJ *
Media – Comcast Results Show Cable’s Comeback WSJ *
Media – Viacom leads rout of US stocks as investors adjust focus FT * *
Media – TV Advertising’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated WSJ *
TPP – Michigan Democrat Opposes Trans-Pacific Pact NYT *
TPP – ‘Ambitious scope could be its downfall’ n *
World – Rising tide of protectionism imperils global trade FT *
World – Historical trade growth constant using new database cepr *
Coffee – May undo liver damage from booze R
Coffee – How Dollar’s Strength Distorts Market WSJ *
Air – China electric car surge fuels fear of worsening smog R
Air – Pollution ‘plagued Beijing for nearly half of 2015’ AFP / FT
Air – A mosaic of Beijing’s sky in 2015: Blue relatively rare PD *
Air – A bold experiment has improved Delhi’s pollution E *
Air – Mixed results for Delhi anti-pollution push FT *
Pharma – Fundraisings highlight the rise in Chinese R&D FT *
Pharma – New Drug Ads Tout Serious Conditions WSJ *
Pharma – Shortages Forcing Hard Decisions on Rationing Treatments NYT
Pharma – Seven $1b+ drugs seen reaching market in 2016 R
Pharma – Sprawling business models come under the microscope FT * *
Pharma – J&J is too tough a target for activists. How about Novartis? FT *
Pharma – Lobbies against efforts to rein in prescription costs WSJ *
Countries that prefer instant coffee over fresh-brewed motw *
