Today’s Issue Cluster: China Markets
Autos – Electric: Can’t Take the Cold
Telecoms – NYC Unveils Its First Super-Fast WiFi Kiosks
Zika – US Becomes More Vulnerable to Tropical Diseases
EZ – Nov: Unemployment falls to lowest level in four years; 10.5% from 10.6% / AFP / eu *
EZ – Nov: Retail trade down; -0.3%, +1.4% yr / eu *
US – Week: Jobless claims fall; -10k to 277k / R / WSJ / AP
China – Trading Called Off for Second Time This Week WSJ / FT / NYT / B * *
China – Shortest Day Will Prolong the Pain WSJ *
China – Controlling Markets Has Become a No-Win Game for Beijing WSJ *
China – Terrible Start to 2016 Has Beijing Fighting Fires B / B *
China – Uncertainty Over Stock-Selling Ban Clouds Markets WSJ *
China – Market Interventions Postpone Grim Reality wsj *
China – Market meltdown a tale of policy mis-steps ft *
China – Investors Get Door to US WSJ *
China – Gap between renminbi rates widens to record FT / WSJ / B *
China – Loses Its Grip on the Yuan WSJ / FT *
China – Yuan poses communication challenge FT *
China – Yuan Still Faces a Long Road to Global Prominence B * * *
China – Depreciating yuan making it harder to get reading on economy WSJ
Fed – Minutes Concerned About Low Inflation WSJ / FT / NYT / R / AP / B *
Fed – Poised to Look a Bit More Divided WSJ
Autos – Electric: GM Unveils Chevy Bolt Model WSJ / FT / NYT
Autos – Electric: Tesla Ramps Up Hiring as Rivals Loom WSJ / at / WSJ
Autos – Electric: Tesla Won’t Get a Charge Out of This Car WSJ *
Autos – Electric: Faraday Unveils Amped-Up ‘Concept’ Car WSJ / FT *
Autos – Electric: Ford to spend $4.5b FT
Autos – Electric: Can’t Take the Cold BW *
Telecoms – New York City Unveils Its First Super-Fast WiFi Kiosks B / FT *
Telecoms – Orange Engages Bouygues in Merger Talks WSJ *
Uber – No-Holds-Barred Expansion Strategy Fizzles in Germany NYT / WSJ
Lyft – GM Invests $500m WSJ / FT / NYT / R / B / FT *
Zika – Alarm Spreads in Brazil Over a Virus NYT / WSJ
Zika – US Becomes More Vulnerable to Tropical Diseases NYT *
Landscape Artist Beats Your Snow Angel artnet * * *
