Today’s Issue Cluster: US Health Insurance
US – Jun: Case-Shiller Home Prices Continued Strong Gains; +5.1% from +5.3% / R / WSJ
US – Aug: ConfBd Consumer confidence rises; 101.1 from 97.3 / CNBC
EZ – Aug: Business Climate indicator at lowest since Oct’13; 0.02 from 0.38 / FT
MENA – Arab youth: Look forward in anger E * * *
Tunisia – Isis terror drives tourists away FT *
Egypt – A Black Market Emerges for Dollars WSJ *
Egypt – Economy: State of denial E *
Saudi – The soft pinch of austerity could backfire B * *
Iraq – Some International Companies Cautiously Return WSJ *
Ship – At Ports, a Sign of Altered Supply Chains WSJ *
Ship – Pirate attacks fall to 21-year low FT *
Ship – LA area Port Traffic Flat / CR *
Crops – Wheat price falls to lowest level in a decade FT *
Crops – Tour Finds Record Corn, Soy on Trek Across Midwest B *
Oil – Market: Discoveries at a 70-Year Low B * *
Oil – North Sea: Statoil makes flagship project profitable at $25 FT / WSJ
Insurance – Exchange sign-ups fall far short of forecasts WaPo
Insurance – States Start to Approve Steep Increases in Premiums WSJ
Insurance – Obama Makes New Push to Boost Health Care Act NYT
Insurance – Obamacare Is a Money-Loser for Insurers, Who Are Giving Up BW
Insurance – In Many Parts of Country, Only One Option Will Remain nyt / Hill *
Insurance – Pullback Threatens to Create Monopolies WSJ *
Insurance – 2017 vs 2016 / mckinsey *
Insurance – A tough run for Obamacare bi * *
Insurance – Problems turn critical FT / nyt * *
Insurance – Some Small Businesses Restore Group Coverage WSJ
Insurance – Burden of Health-Care Costs Moves to the Middle Class WSJ * *
Do Newly Built Skyscrapers Signal The Top of the Stock Market? vc *
