Today’s Issue Cluster: Ukraine Crisis
E-Cigs – Should be banned for minors: US heart association
Australia – Is the model in trouble?
OSs – China Developing Software to Take on Microsoft, Google and Apple
US – Jul: Durable Goods Surge on Aircraft Demand; +22.6%, -0.8% w/o transp / B / WSJ / R *
US – Jun: S&P/Case Shiller home prices declined; -0.2%, +8.1% yr / R / B *
Stocks – US: S&P 500 passes 2,000 for the first time FT / WSJ * *
Stocks – China: Shares Gain as Investors Seek Safety in Blue Chips WSJ *
Stocks – China: New Stocks Link Seen Carrying Risks WSJ
Stocks – EU: Top UK Fund Manager Says Equities Are Overvalued WSJ *
Stocks – EU: Investors Rethink Bets on Europe Shares WSJ * *
Stocks – EU: Down but not altogether out FT * * *
Stocks – Asean: Southeast Asia strong on solid economies N / R *
Australia – Is the model in trouble? ft * * * *
Ukraine – Poroshenko calls snap parliamentary elections FT / B
Ukraine – Economy is broken down FT * * *
Ukraine – Russia Pressures McDonald’s WSJ / AFP / AP / AFP / q * *
Ukraine – Russia sanctions take toll on Germany FT
Ukraine – Rabobank and Raiffeisen warn on impact of sanctions FT
Ukraine – Statoil Warns of Russian Delays as Sanctions Bite WSJ
Ukraine – Westinghouse urges EU to break dependency on Russian nuclear fuel FT *
Ukraine – South Stream gas project may now be a pipe dream FT / NYT / AP / NYT *
Ukraine – Europe’s Brewers Hit by Lower Russian Spending WSJ *
Ukraine – Russia rushes to diversify import sources N *
Ukraine – Countries Hardest Hit By Russia’s Trade Ban / statista *
Ukraine – Surge in Putin Patriotism Masks Pain of Sanctions B
Ukraine – Rosneft hit by western sanctions as $2b Vitol deal scrapped FT
Ukraine – Russian agriculture struggles to meet self-sufficiency FT * * * * *
Australia – Great borrower grief FT *
E-Cigs – Under Scrutiny for Listing as Flight Hazard NYT
E-Cigs – Imperial to Be Blu Even as Sales Lag B
E-Cigs – State Attorneys General Urge Tougher Curbs WSJ / NYT
E-Cigs – Should be banned for minors: US heart association AFP / R / NYT / AFP
E-Cigs – Heart group: Might help smokers quit AP / B
OSs – China Developing Software to Take on Microsoft, Google and Apple NYT / X
Ship – Container rise bodes well for world trade AP
Ship – Surprise Summer Traffic Surge Snarls Rotterdam Port WSJ *
Ship – Panama Weighs Another Canal Expansion B / AP / E * *
Metals – Aluminum: Ford Truck Plan Picks Up Speed WSJ
Metals – Gold: India’s Appetite Improves WSJ *
Metals – Copper: Peru to become world’s second-largest producer FT
Metals – Silver: Physical bar and coin demand vs industrial applications / t *
Pharma – Chinese R&D marks step forward FT * *
Pharma – DEA Restricts Narcotic Pain Drug Prescriptions WSJ *
Pharma – ‘Plantibodies’ drugs advance as big companies stand aside R
Pharma – Pharmacies Pit Insurers vs. Compounders NYT
