Today’s Issue Cluster: Cybersecurity
EMs – Economies downgraded across the board
Crops – Demand for craft beers sparks surge in US hop production
NatGas – Moves to hedge Australia LNG exposure
US – Q3: Economic Growth Tepid; +2.0% was +2.0% / NYT / WSJ / R / AP / B
US – Nov: Sales of Existing Homes Slump 10.5%; 4.76m from 5.32m / B / R
EMs – Feeling Junk-Bond Pressures WSJ *
EMs – Record gap opens between cyclical and defensive stocks FT *
EMs – Economies downgraded across the board FT *
EMs – Fed rate rise a threat FT / FT
EMs – US central bank policy and the spectre of 1998 FT * *
Cybersecurity – Iranian Hackers Infiltrated New York Dam in 2013 WSJ *
Cybersecurity – US power grid vulnerable to foreign hacks AP
Cybersecurity – Attack of the health hackers FT *
Cybersecurity – Banks Battle Staffers’ Vulnerability to Hacks WSJ *
Cybersecurity – Hotel sector faces ‘cyber crime wave’ FT
Cybersecurity – The terrorist in the data E * *
Cybersecurity – Sector struggles to fill skills gap FT * *
Cybersecurity – Universities brace for wave of cyber attacks FT
Cybersecurity – Cybercrime the second most common crime in the UK q *
Crops – Demand for craft beers sparks surge in US hop production AP
Crops – Traders catch the natural foods bug FT * *
Crops – Weak consumption growth weighs on grains FT
Crops – Black Sea a fragile link for wheat FT * * *
Crops – Japan pinning hopes on new rice varietals N *
Crops – Reinvigorating Asia’s rice bowl n *
NatGas – Moves to hedge Australia LNG exposure FT *
NatGas – Surge helps Mexico manufacturers FT * *
NatGas – Industrial Demand to Slip for First Time in Six Years / b *
What people in your state want for Christmas vox *