Today’s Issue Cluster: Latin America
Ship – Rates for US-bound containers drop on tepid global demand
Crops – Robust consumption in Asia boosting fruit prices
Insurance – Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
Japan – May: Consumer prices tepid; +0.1% AFP / AP / FT
US – Jun: UMich consumer sentiment rises; 96.1 from 90.7 / R
SK – Cuts growth forecast as MERS saps spending AP
SK – MERS Outbreak Prompts Stimulus WSJ
SK – External Headwinds Delay Recovery b * *
SK – Pins hopes on creative economy to end chaebol reliance FT *
LatAm – Learning the lessons of stagnation E * * * *
LatAm – Open more bank accounts but fail to use them FT * *
LatAm – Super-rich are multiplying faster than anywhere else AFP *
Mexico – Suffers the costs of lawlessness FT *
Venezuela – Bond soars above mounting chaos of shortages FT * *
Brazil – Jobs disappear as Brasilia hunts for sources of growth FT *
Brazil – ‘Economic Fault Lies Not in Its Stars, But in Itself’ b *
Mexico – Banks say US clampdown has damaged legitimate activity FT * *
Mexico – Technology is taking finance where banks fear to tread E *
Canada – Oil Slump Has Calgary Awash in Vacant Office Space WSJ * *
Ads – Former Google exec raises $10m to block the blockers FT
Ads – Push for big data escalates as viewers tune out of TV FT * * *
Games – SK makers go mobile FT *
Games – Microsoft has significantly lagged Sony this time round e *
Ship – Oil Tankers Are Filling Up and Raking It In WSJ *
Ship – Rates for US-bound containers drop on tepid global demand N *
Crops – Rain delays to US planting lift corn and soya prices FT * *
Crops – Robust consumption in Asia boosting fruit prices N *
Crops – World’s kitchens brace for olive oil price shock FT * *
Oil – Alberta doubles carbon tax on large emitters by 2017 FT / G&M / FP *
Oil – Russia takes over as top supplier to China FT *
Oil – Opec share of market fell to lowest since 2003 / b *
Insurance – Obamacare ruling ignites health stocks FT / WSJ / 538 * *
Insurance – Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges nyt
Insurance – Americans Who Prefer to Go Without WSJ * * *
An unprecedented 3-way tie leading into Canada’s Fall election reddit / 308 * *
