Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
China – Jul: Consumer inflation cools; 1.8% from 1.9% / R / WSJ
US – Q2: Productivity Fell for Third Quarter; -0.5% from -0.6% / WSJ / R
US – Jun: Wholesale Inventories Revised Up; +0.3%, was flat / R
US – Jul: NFIB Small Business Index Up Slightly; 94.6 from 94.5 / cr
India – Rural areas slowly emerge from isolation FT
India – Parliament passes landmark tax bill FT / WSJ *
India – Global Lesson: Expect Pain Before Gain From Sales Tax B * * *
India – RBI: Unequal presents FT *
Retail – Wal-Mart to Buy Web Retailer Jet.com WSJ / FT / R / B / NYT *
Retail – Wal-Mart Is Offering a Free Trial for Its Amazon Prime ‘Killer’ Fortune / WSJ
Retail – Startups Try to Put Remote Customers on the Map WSJ *
Pipeline – Landscape shifts for operators FT *
Rail – Crude Slump, Pipeline Expansion Mark End of Boom WSJ *
Rail – Pacific Northwest Fights Oil Trains NYT
Ship – Coal Glut, Enviro Pushback Derail West Coast Port Plans WSJ * *
Oil – Market: Opec Sees Dip Temporary B / FT / WSJ / B *
Oil – Market: Bulls Have Some Comfort on the Way: Citi B
Oil – Market: May Rebound to $57 Next Year, Analysts Say B *
Oil – Market: Investment banks see $60 by the end of 2017 WSJ *
Oil – Market: Slope of Hope Is Getting Less Slippery WSJ *
Oil – Market: Drop Stokes Worries About a Slippery Slope WSJ *
Oil – Majors: Are reducing spending FT * * *
Oil – Saudi: The Risky Track Record of Government Ownership WSJ *
Oil – Iran: Has restored most of its production / b *
Oil – Libya: Production continues to fall / b *
Oil – Gabon: Rejoins Opec / b *
Oil – US: Shale Drillers Add Rigs B *
Oil – US: Where shale drillers are adding rigs / b *
Oil – US: A recent surge in rigs may slow, says Genscape / b *
Oil – US: The Next Shale Boom Will Be Built on Sand B *
Oil – US: Imports highest since 2012 as output slips / b *
Oil – Norway: Has a Surprise for Markets B *
5% of the world lives in blue area, 5% also in red / am *
