Today’s Issue Cluster: Nuclear Power
Japan – Abe’s sliding popularity is putting Abenomics at risk
Japan – A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs
Cargo – Ships Take 4,000-Mile Africa Detour as Oil Prices Plunge
Japan – Aug: Services PMI at fastest pace in almost two years; 53.7 from 51.2 / R
US – Aug: ISM Services Decrease; 59.0 from 60.3 / AP / cr *
US – Aug: Markit Serices Increase; 56.1 from 55.7 / R
US – Jul: Trade Gap Narrows; -$42b from -$45b / WSJ / R / cr *
US – Week: Initial Unemployment Claims Increased; +12k to 282k / B / cr
Japan – Offers resistance to global stock rout FT * *
Japan – Abe’s sliding popularity is putting Abenomics at risk E *
Russia – Oil Collapse Has Soviet Echoes WSJ *
Russia – Rise of new banks helps Kremlin keep economy afloat R
Ukraine – Costs of conflict FT * *
Fed – Beige Book: ‘Continued Expanding’ Across Most Districts WSJ / AP
Fed – History of August job revisions could muddy rate hike R
Fed – Indexes Pointing to Tightest Financial Conditions Since 2012 B *
Fed – Economists split on September rate hike b *
Fed – September or Not, Market Says One-and-Done Until Late 2016 B *
US – Market Bets Abound, but Where Are the Banks? WSJ *
US – ‘The Risk Investors Don’t Have to Worry About This Time’ WSJ *
Japan – A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs NYT *
Japan – Mitsubishi Estate Plans Tallest Building WSJ *
Japan – Labor shortage could limit effectiveness of stimulus N
Japan – Foreigners Increasingly Fill Workforce Gaps WSJ *
Prisons – Large Number of Inmates in Solitary Poses Problem WSJ *
Prisons – Reit investors see a buy signal in cells FT *
F&B – Changing tastes churn up ice cream industry R *
F&B – Inside Kellogg’s Effort to Cash In on the Health-Food Craze WSJ *
F&B – Changing tastes spur Nestlé to take fresh approach to frozen food FT *
F&B – Subway’s Salad Days Are Past WSJ *
Mobiles – Apple’s Latest Challenge: Topping Its Own Success WSJ *
Mobiles – Huawei Chips Away at Samsung WSJ *
Mobiles – Samsung Takes Smartwatch Fight to Apple WSJ *
Cargo – Air Volumes Drop, as China’s Economy Stumbles WSJ
Cargo – Crude-by-rail shows signs of life FP
Cargo – Ethane ships link US shale boom to Europe FT * *
Cargo – Ships Take 4,000-Mile Africa Detour as Oil Prices Plunge B *
Water – El Niño Sends Strong Signal WSJ *
Water – El Niño expected to take toll on sugar and rice prices FT
Water – El Niño: Beware the most powerful climatic phenomenon E *
Nuclear – Uranium perks up on Asian demand N
Nuclear – Quebec uranium report muddies science with sociology G&M *
Nuclear – Japan outlook bleak despite first reactor restart R
Nuclear – China’s second-largest generator looks expensive FT *
Nuclear – Next president will have to decide about US waste E *
US rough equivalents of Japan regions; same scale, same latitude reddit *
