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Macro
Oil Prices Recover in Asia After Overnight Selloff (Concerns about oversupply still have influence despite increase.) WSJ
Asian Shares Fall Despite Chinese Regulators’ Move to Calm Nerves (Unpredictable fluctuations in Chinese trading moved Asian markets lower Tuesday, as investors attempted to interpret Beijing’s latest signals about its part in the market.) WSJ
Russia bans all transit of Ukrainian goods Kyiv Post
Port Traffic Grew at Slowest Rate Since Recession in 2015 (Container traffic increased only 0.8% in 2015 at the 30 busiest ports globally, the smallest rise since 2009, according to Alphaliner.) WSJ
U.S. Consumer Spending Averages $99 in December ($98 in ‘14 and up $7 from November) Gallup
Tuesday: Auto Sales Calculated Risk
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Companies
MSFT China Regulator Queries Microsoft on Findings in Anti-Trust Probe (China’s industry and commerce regulator has requested Microsoft Corp to lay out “major issues” that it says have been revealed from digital data collected as part of an antitrust investigation.) Reuters
ORAN BOUYY Orange in Talks to Acquire Bouygues Telecom (The French telecommunications giant Orange said on Tuesday that it was discussing acquisition of Bouygues Telecom, a local rival, in the most recent attempt to consolidate Europe’s largely scattered cellphone market.) NY Times
BABA Ants gold dress to confirm ongoing transfer B round of financing amounted to 10 billion yuan financing DO News
Highwoods Properties agrees to sell Country Club Plaza assets for $660 million KSHB
NDVLY Second Time Should Be Lucky for New World (A viable $2.5 billion purchase of Cheng Yu-tung’s New World China Land will be more about deal structure than cost.) WSJ
GOOGL AMZN MSFT Alphabet Paid $380 Million in Stock for Startup Bebop, Filing Says WSJ
MSFT AOL Microsoft’s Bing Will Now Power AOL Search Ubergizmo
SSNLF Samsung CEO says profit woes will continue in 2016 (Hardships could continue for the next few months, including lower than anticipated demand across its semiconductor and LCD divisions.) BGR
SWHC RGR CAB Obama gun actions will focus on unlicensed dealers at gun shows, online USA Today
SWHC RGR CAB Obama to Step Up Background Checks on Firearms NY Times
SWHC RGR CAB Gun stores busy leading up to Obama’s announcement KUSA
CS York Capital Management Partner Michael Weinberger Leaving Firm (York veteran beginning his own hedge-fund firm in second half of 2016.) WSJ
DASTY Dassault’s Falcon jet deliveries sag with emerging markets Reuters
CXW GEO (not mentioned) Arizona pays $3 million in prison teacher rape case Reuters
MU Micron president to resign (He will leave the company on February 1 of this year.) Digitimes
STX SSDs not a simple solution for replacing HDDs: Q&A with Seagate executive Digitimes
AEGN Aegion Corporation Announces Several Actions to Enhance Future Growth Press Release
AUO, Innolux 6G LTPS fab to enter mass production Digitimes
GRMN Garmin® Revs Up the Drive, Introduces New Automotive Product Line Focused on Driver Awareness Press Release
KTOS Kratos Expands RF Interference Monitoring and Geolocation Services for U.S. Department of Defense Leased Commercial Satellite Bandwidth Press Release
GSEO cuts staff (Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) has let go of 60 employees in Taiwan because of small demand in the optical lens market.) Digitimes
Dropbox Obtains Peer-To-Peer File Sharing Patent Slashdot
KKR Mills Fleet Farm Announces New Ownership to Carry on Founders’ Vision of Honesty, Integrity, Value and Service Press Release
SIX: VONN Vontobel family affirms commitment to Swiss bank after patriarch’s death Reuters
SZ DJI Technology Co High flier (70% of world’s commercial drone market they say) CFP
Opinion SWHC RGR CAB (not mentioned) 3 things Obama’s plan will do on guns and 3 things it won’t USA Today
Opinion GOOG (not mentioned) Do CMOs Use Digital Advertising for Consumer Insights? (Digital advertising was a marketing ruse that had the best chance to lift sales.) eMarketer
Lingering Opinion INTC (AMBA not mentioned) Intel wants to do for drones what it did for PCs c/net
Futurelook Ford And DJI Launch $100,000 Developer Challenge To Improve Drone-To-Vehicle Communications Techcrunch
Pharmaceuticals – Healthcare – Biotech
GiLD Gilead gets FDA priority review of Hepatitis C combo drug Marketwatch
BCRX YUM (not mentioned) Two H5N6 cases reported in S China including 1 death, both related to contact with live poultry Shanghai Daily
Biotech Startups Hit the Ground Running, With Five Filing IPO Plans Today Techcrunch
Banking on Gene Power for ‘Precision Medicine’ Caxin
AKTX Akari Therapeutics Announces Additional Data from Non-Human Primate Safety Study Demonstrating Equivalent Coversin Efficacy in Both Elisa CH50 and Hemolytic SRBC Assays Press Release
LLY Eli Lilly follow-up: LLY reaffirms 2015 guidance, issues 2016 guidance below expectations Press Release
iMMU Immunomedics Announces New Patent Covering the Use of Antibody-SN-38 Conjugates Combination Press Release
CEMP Cempra Doses Initial Patient in Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Solithromycin in NASH Press Release
iONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the US FDA for IONIS-HTT Rx for the Treatment of Patients with Huntington’s Disease Press Release
Futurelook Scientists create injectable foam that can repair bones Geek
Entertainment
WDR CMCSA China’s Wanda (private) in Final Talks to Buy Majority Stake (>$1 billion) in Legendary Entertainment (private) LA Times
China’s holiday box office hits record high $130 million China Daily
CMCSA DiS Universal, Disney Finish 2015 With Record Worldwide Grosses Variety
DiS ‘Star Wars To Beat ‘Avatar’ Box Office Record Tuesday $219.3M Ticket Sales 2nd Best All-Time Deadline
DiS Japan Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Finally On Top In Third Week Variety
DiS STRZA NFLX Starz bags rights to ‘Force Awakens’ at a bargain price (Under an exclusive pay-TV distribution deal with Disney that gives the rights to movies that were in theaters through the end of last year. Also, Disney penned a new pay-TV agreement with Netflix.) NY Post
DiS ‘Transformers 5’ To Be Michael Bay’s Last Time Directing The Franchise Deadline
YHOO BABA Yahoo Shutters Screen, Scales Back Original Series (The shuttering of Yahoo Screen comes as the Web giant goes on with intentions to divide the company, organizing its core Internet businesses, including Yahoo News, search, email and Tumblr, into one being, while the other would have a $32 billion stake in Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba.) AdWeek
China Box Office: ‘Mr Six’ Tops Weekend From ‘Detective Chinatown’ Variety
Korea Cinema Sets Box Office and Admissions Records in 2015 Variety
Euronext: ViV Adele’s ‘25’ album sales make Taylor Swift look like a nobody NY Post
NFL’s Chargers, Raiders and Rams File for Relocation to Los Angeles Variety
Linger DiS Broadway Box Office Rings in $1.35 Billion in 2015, Gets Record-Breaking Start to 2016 Variety
Fact Dick Cook Studios, China’s CITIC Guoan to Present U.S.-China Film Summit Variety
Gaming
SNE Sony promises to extend PS Plus and PS Now subs after last night’s outage VG247
SNE SCEA Files Trademark for New Game Software IGN
ATVi Activision Has Officially Acquired Major League Gaming IGN
Lego’s new toy robot teaches kids coding and engineering VentureBeat
LOGi Logitech overhauls the excellent G502 Proteus Core mouse with RGB lighting PCWorld
LVS Manager of Las Vegas Review-Journal Is Removed NY Times
CES 2016: Tech sector eyes virtual reality to fill sales gap Financial Times
360fly Pushes Into Virtual Reality Sports And Gives A Sneak Peek At Its 360-Degree Camera Drone Techcrunch
European Union sets new rules on casino betting Macau Daily Times
Macau Paradise Entertainment warns of loss in 2015 Macau Business
Macau TurboJET to begin Macau-Tuen Mun service shortly Macau Business
Biggest gambling website busted by Taiwan police Focus Taiwan
Linger Macau Casinos gain on better-than-expected December revenue Macau Business
Linger Macau Reasons for Casino Greek Mythology closure remain unknown Macau Business
Linger Macau December revenue gives casino stocks a boost Macau Business
Linger FB NVDA NVIDIA Unveils PC Requirements Needed For The Oculus Rift Gameranx
Linger FB Everything You Need to Know About Oculus Rift Pre-Orders Digital Trends
Social Media
TCEHY FB The Future of Mobile Chatting: Commerce (Facebook, others attempt to imitate China’s WeChat success in connecting messaging apps to shopping, services.) WSJ
FB Facebook just gave us one more reason never to trust it The Verge
FB India doesn’t want Facebook’s walled-garden Internet VentureBeat
FB Social Shares, Unique Visits Are Important KPIs for Blog Content (Social shares and unique visits the most crucial key performance indicators (KPIs) for some blog content, according to a December 2015 survey.) eMarketer
Snapchat is reportedly moving into ad tech Bi
Linger FB Report: Facebook Tested User Loyalty By Sabotaging Its Android App Fast Company
Travel
QUNR Major airlines abandon online travel agency, citing customer complaints Global Times
CTRP QUNR (not mentioned) China to allow mainlanders to make transit stops in Taiwan Reuters
GS Bank of China taps Goldman for $3 bln BOC Aviation IPO -sources Reuters
Auto
GM Chevy Volt Pre-Production Reportedly Starting Clean Technica
TM Toyota undershoots expectations with 2.7 pct China growth target in 2016 Reuters
NVDA Nvidia announces ‘supercomputer’ for self-driving cars at CES 2016 The Verge
F Ford will have way more fully autonomous research cars on the road this year The Verge
F AMZN Ford wants to integrate your smart home and your smart car The Verge
India’s top court upholds ban on sale of large diesel cars in Delhi Reuters
Hyundai’s augmented reality app helps idiot-proof car maintenance The Verge
TSLA Faraday Future’s electric supercar concept is an insane taste of Tesla challengers to come Tech in Asia
TSLA Faraday Future unveils Batmobile-like electric concept car at CES LA Times
TSLA Building Teslas is much harder than anyone in Silicon Valley thought Bi
VOLVY NVDA Volvo to use Nvidia’s Drive PX2 car supercomputers to develop self-driving cars VentureBeat
VLKAY AUDVF POAHF US Justice Department seeking billions of dollars from Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche MercoPress
Henrik Fisker Sues Aston Martin for $100 Million in Damages (Car designer claims Aston Martin is attempting to keep him from showing new vehicle at Detroit show.) WSJ
GM Invests $500 Million in Lyft IGN
Uber sued by drivers excluded from class-action lawsuit LA Times
Bus catches fire in north China, 14 dead, over 30 injured AP
Snuber Driverless Taxi on Seoul Campus Offers Glimpse of Future
7–10 Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Charts Clean Technica
Monday Noon EVs Will Not Gain Significant Market Share… Says OPEC Clean Technica
Monday’s story TSLA Tesla Turned To Smoking Wreck After Catching Fire At Norway Supercharger Station CBS
Linger UK wind industry smashes records in 2015 Business Green
Futurelook VOLVY MSFT Tell your Volvo what to do with the Microsoft Band 2 this spring Engadget
Retail
WMT Sam’s Choice beef patties recalled (90k lbs) The News Journal
MAT Authorities in Puerto Rico Seize, Destroy 10000 Toy Dolls (counterfeit Barbie dolls) AP
TGT Target Names New Chief of U.S. Stores (Target selected a new chief of its 1,805 stores in the U.S. on Monday, pegging senior vice president of human resources Janna Potts to take over Tina Tyler’s position as chief stores officer.) WSJ
ELY (not mentioned) IRS Tees Off on Golf Courses’ Green Tax Claims WSJ
ELY (not mentioned) GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons launching expensive line of golf clubs San Jose Mercury News
PLCE The Children’s Place to Adopt Proxy Access Rights and Proposes Additional Shareholder Rights Press Release
DiS Sphero’s new Star Wars watch will let you control BB-8 with Force gestures The Verge
NXT.L Britain’s Next blames warm weather for poor Christmas Reuters
Indian Hyperlocal Delivery Startup Grofers Pulls Out Of 9 Cities Techcrunch
Word-of-Mouth Drives Digital Purchases in Spain (28% of respondents make a digital purchase around once every month.) eMarketer
MCD WEN BKW Is fast food making a comeback? NY Post
Kale Chick-fil-A is doing something no other fast-food chain has done before Bi
YUM Some Pizza Hut staffers rang in 2016 with — what else — bong hits at Pizza Hut Mashable
From longer hours to all-you-can drink offers, Japan’s restaurants evolve in battle for customers Japan Times
Fact SBUX Starbucks customer confronts barista who stole her credit card info NY Post
Apple – Apple Pay
Apple to reveal iPhone 6s sales in fiscal Q1 2016 earnings call on Jan. 26 Apple Insider
Apple Granted Patent 53 Patents Today Covering Solar Power for iDevices, a Dock with a Flexible Connector & More Patently Apple
How Stripe can win the payments war in Asia Tech in Asia
PCs – Mobile – Tablets
SSNLF Taiwan market: Samsung releases new smartphones, to launch VR devices and Samsung Pay Digitimes
SSNLF Samsung unveils new storage device Korea Times
BABA Meizu (private) Alibaba-backed phone maker laying off workers despite hitting 2015 sales targets Tech in Asia
MSFT Microsoft excited to almost reach iPad levels of success with Windows 10 Cult of Mac
GOOG Google’s Sidewalk Labs Aims to Fix Cities and the Internet (The plan requires the deployment of a $200 million network of up to 7,500 Wi-Fi kiosks, called Links, throughout the whole city, within the next eight years.) re/code
GOOG (not mentioned) PC-Based Video Viewers in Latin America Tolerate Pre-Rolls Better (Even the shortest pre-rolls have less completion rates on mobile.) eMarketer
HP borrows from Apple for its MacBook-inspired EliteBook Folio Cult of Mac
LNVGY The new ThinkPad 13 is a pleasant departure from the norm for Lenovo Digital Trends
SSNLF Samsung’s leaked Windows tablet looks a lot like Microsoft’s Surface The Verge
TMUS EFF blasts T-Mobile’s Binge On, calls for FCC investigation The Verge
CES 2016: AMD demonstrates 14nm FinFET Polaris GPU architecture Digitimes
Ichia reports decreased December revenues Digitimes
China to surpass US in 3D printer shipments in 2016, says IDC Digitimes
Opinion Samsung’s next flagship smartphone is reportedly going to solve two major headaches Bi
Fact Mobile device sales slow, customers grow wary of security holes in connected devices, (As device demand decreases, the industry needs to make an acute turn toward supplying innovative, value-added services that consumers can use with assurance.) VentureBeat
Futurelook Link is a tiny cube that streams media to 7 devices at once — no Wi-Fi or data required (This small, cube-shaped device holds up to 2TB of data wirelessly.) VentureBeat
Smartwatches – Wearables – SmartHomes
TWTR Twitter backs smart headphones startup with first-ever hardware investment Digital Trends
MDTKF MediaTek unveils new chips for wearables, smart homes and UHD Blu-ray Digitimes
Wi-Fi HaLow is a new long-range, low-power wireless standard meant for smart home devices Digital Trends
AAPL Lawsuit alleges Apple feigned partnership with Valencell to glean key Apple Watch heart rate sensor tech Apple Insider
Hands-on with Withings’ new smart thermometer Venturebeat
Smart-Home Gadgets Still a Hard Sell (New devices are created, marketed and sold at a pace possibly faster than demand) WSJ
Hunter Fan Company announces two HomeKit-enabled ceiling fans launching this spring 9to5Mac
This pot won’t let you kill your houseplants The Verge
Omron’s blood pressure monitor looks more like a smartwatch than a medical device The Verge
D-Link’s Smart Alarm Detector will text you when your house is on fire The Verge
Magical gadget scans your food to reveal its nutritional value Mashable
Hexoskin debuts a new smart shirt at CES 2016 (Works with several fitness apps.) Digital Trends
Energy – Commodities
Oil prices fall as weak China data, stronger dollar drag Reuters
TOT ASX: WPL MPRL E&P with partners Woodside, Total strike gas offshore Myanmar Platts
NEE FPL calls for rate-based Clean Power Plan approach for Florida Platts
SMGBY San Miguel closes 300 MW IPP financing Sparkspread
PCRFY Panasonic upgrades European HIT product guarantee to 15 years pv magazine
CSiQ GE Canadian Solar Subsidiary Recurrent Energy Closes Financing for 75 Megawatt Astoria 2 Solar Power Project Press Release
Colombia Seizes 6,000 Gallons of Smuggled Venezuelan Gasoline LAHT
CFR Taiwan isomer-grade mixed xylenes term discount narrows to $6/mt in 2016 Platts
Taiwan solar cell makers to ask US to reconsider anti-dumping tariffs Digitimes
US styrene-benzene spread widens to start year, climbs over $200/mt level Platts
Brazilian ethanol exports hit 2015 high in December Platts
Colombia Pursues Crop Substitution to Reduce Drug Production LAHT
Tuesday’s forecast: Rain and snow in the West USA Today
El Nino Peak Has Weather Forecaster Warning of Possible La Nina Bloomberg
Orix, Sharp bring 45 MW solar project online in Japan pv magazine
A Big Victory for Utilities in the Net Metering Battle Over Rooftop Solar MIT Technology Review
Subsidiary CRRC develops world’s first deep sea mining device for commercial use People’s Daily
Opinion GTM Research: U.S. energy storage BOS costs to fall 41% by 2020 pv magazine
Opinion PBR Petrobras CEO’s Challenges Aren’t Going Away (Oil giant’s comeback is halted amid inexpensive oil prices and high debt.) WSJ
Opinion Power supply makers expect to see positive performance in 2016, says paper Digitimes
Metals
FCX Supermines Add to Supply Glut of Metals (Huge mines, started when costs were high, weigh down copper, iron ore and other metals.) WSJ
Vale-BHP’s Samarco to end iron ore pellet shipments by January Platts
China market sees Jan iron ore prices capped at $45/dmt despite H2 Dec rebound Platts
China to add 7 mil mt/year aluminum smelting capacity in 2016, but usage depends on power costs Platts
Europe
Euro zone inflation lower than expected in Dec (Increased 0.2% year-on-year last month, against market anticipations of a 0.3% increase in a poll of economists.) Reuters
German Unemployment Falls in Sign Domestic Demand to Stay Robust Bloomberg
UK construction recovers from dip, boosted by commercial sector – PMI Reuters
Spanish PM sees no alternative to new elections in Catalonia Reuters
China – Asia
Chinese shares close slightly lower after deep dive, led by heavyweights People’s Daily
China Share market settles after stormy start to year (China put in an approximated $20 billion to balance its equity and currency markets.) Reuters
Yuan Spread between onshore, offshore yuan widest since Sept 2011 Reuters
At least 10 Chinese companies say major shareholders would extend share sale ban Reuters
India PMI shows contraction in manufacturing, rising prices (It wasn’t only the fallout from China that affected Indian markets on Monday—there are breaks on the domestic front also.) Livemint
India weighs fiscal stimulus in new budget despite fast economic growth Reuters
Modi govt may break its budget deficit target to stimulate demand Economic Times of India
Foreign banks in China could face curbs if they snub gold benchmark Reuters
Japan effectively admitted legal responsibility in ‘comfort women’ deal: experts Yonhap News
Chinese Parents Protest to Get 2nd Children Registered AP
AIIB to focus on investment in information technology infrastructure People’s Daily
China insurance fund set up to boost infrastructure China Daily
SFUN (not mentioned) Housing market improves after slump in major cities China Daily
5.8 172km E of Nishinoomote, Japan USGS
Former Beijing deputy Party chief expelled from CPC China
China probes 64 state-owned firm officials China
Beijing Party Figure ‘Got Homes for Well Below Market Value’ Caixin
Linger Wife of Missing Hong Kong Bookstore Owner Retracts Police Report WSJ
Opinion Bank of America: China could be heading for its own credit crunch Bi
Opinion China May Become Top IPO Market in 2016: PwC People’s Daily
International
EWZ Brazil Ended 2015 with Trade Surplus LAHT
EWZ Brazil’s trade surplus hits December record Financial Times
EWZ Brazil’s Economy to Contract Nearly 3% in 2016, Analysts Say LAHT
EWZ Brazil’s Lula summoned to testify in bribery case Reuters
Venezuela’s Maduro limits congressional oversight of central bank Reuters
Showdown Looms at Venezuela Assembly’s Swearing-In (Opposition coalition petitions supporters to go to the National Assembly Tuesday, as President Nicolás Maduro calls in his own to defend ‘the Revolution.’) WSJ
U.S. says Venezuelan government interfering in new National Assembly Reuters
Venezuela fuels fears over hyperinflation Financial Times
Emerging-Market Currencies Tumble Along With Global Stock Markets (Weak economic data out of China and a surge of tensions in the Middle East add to the drops.) WSJ
Guatemala Volcano Spews Fire, Towering Ash Cloud AP
ARGT Argentine President Promises to Crack Down on Drugs AP
iCOL In Colombia, the National Liberation Army Plans for Peace Stratfor
Opinion Big opportunities for banks in Mexican infra, energy BNAmericas
Middle East – Africa
In Saudi Dispute, Iran Faces Crisis It Didn’t Anticipate NY Times
Kuwait recalls envoy to Iran after attacks on Saudi missions Reuters
Syria’s opposition urges all Arab states to cut Iran ties Reuters
Syria chemical arms probe found signs of sarin gas exposure: U.N. Reuters
Cameron puts off plans for Saudi visit after executions Financial Times
U.S. in a Bind as Ties With Saudis Become Strained NY Times
Yemen war intensifies amid mounting regional tension Reuters
Netanyahu warns cabinet: Israel must prepare for collapse of Palestinian Authority Haaretz
ISIS – Syria- Terrorism
Blast near consulate buildings in eastern Afghan city: official Reuters
Palestinian who stabbed Israeli soldier shot dead in West Bank: army Reuters
Israeli officials arrest ‘terror threat’ copycat suspect in Herzliya Albawaba
Police arrest father of suspected gunman in Tel Aviv shooting Jerusalem Post
Police chief signals Tel Aviv no longer threatened by gunman Times of Israel
Russia – Ukraine
NATO ‘Categorically’ Denies It Threatens Russia AP
Russia Supplies Gas to Freezing Ukrainian Port City Moscow Times
Kyiv says Donbas militants continue provocative attacks on Ukrainian troops Kyiv Post
Russian Sports Minister to Meet International Athletics Commission Moscow Times
Russia Calls Embassy Attacks Illegal Moscow Times
Ukraine faces world’s first blackout caused by hackers TNW
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How Russia’s relationship with Europe has evolved BBC News
Vladimir Putin declared 2017 the Year of Ecology in Russia Kommersant
Politics
Sanders ‘Field the Bern’ Hits Apple App Store WSJ
Donald Trump Finally Buys TV Ads, and Lots of Them NY Times
Trump and Cruz send shivers down GOP spines Politico
Bernie Sanders to Tell Wall Street: ‘Greed Is Not Good’ WSJ
Rubio preps month-long push in New Hampshire Politico
California State officials propose redirecting $2 billion to build homeless housing LA Times
Chris Christie kneecaps Donald Trump in New Hampshire speech Asbury Park Press
FDS SEC not required to make firms disclose political contributions: judge Reuters
SWHC RGR CAB GOP Decries Obama’s ‘Dangerous’ Gun Overreach NY Magazine
House set to send ObamaCare repeal to White House The Hill
Opinion
A bear market in stocks just became more likely Marketwatch
5 black swans for 2016 Marketwatch
5 Reasons to Be Scared of the Market Selloff WSJ
Where’s the Long-Term Plan for Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Crisis? (Most proposals for Puerto Rico’s debt don’t do anything about the unseen problems that caused today’s situation.) WSJ
Facts
Fed’s Policy Rate Fell Below New Target Range on Final Day of 2015 WSJ
Chicago’s DRW Trading High-Speed Trader Plans Thousand-Foot-Plus Tower in Rural England (Intended to send microwaves across the English Channel for high-frequency trading firms Height will ensure even Earth’s curvature won’t hinder ability to send data to continental Europe.) WSJ
Bluefin tuna sells for $117000 at Tokyo fish market auction Reuters
Manhattan Apartment Prices Reached $1.15 Million Mark in 2015, Reports Say NY Times
Child labour on Catholic Church-owned land in Uganda BBC News
Linger ‘Affluenza’ Teen’s Deportation Appeal May Take Weeks, Months AP
Linger
New York City to Replace Pay Phones With Free Wi-Fi (Around 500 hotspots will be put in by July, and eventually about 7,500 units will be replaced.) WSJ
A family lost their home after kid’s hoverboard causes house fire Mashable
Mass. court: State may refuse to place foster children with parents who spank Washington Post