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Hot fashion news fresh from the salons of Paris
Our French (well, Canadian, close enough) designer Adam La Button has released an exclusive couture range of, umm, t-shirts.

Asian stock markets risked slipping to two-month lows on Wednesday as crumbling oil prices took a toll on energy and resource shares, with cooling demand from China putting more pressure on resources-reliant economies. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat but stood barely above its November trough, a break of which would take it to its lowest level since early October. Japan’s Nikkei (.N225) shed 0.6 percent to hit a three-week low.

The merger would be followed by a three-way breakup of the combined company, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. As of Tuesday’s close, Dow had a market valuation of $58.97 billion, while DuPont (DD.N) was valued at $58.37 billion. Dow’s chief executive, Andrew Liveris, is expected to be executive chairman of the new company, with DuPont Chief Executive Officer Edward Breen retaining that title, according to the Journal, which first reported the merger talks.

Reuters with the headlines
Earlier tax, import/export duties news here
Although the cuts are efforts at economic reform and restructuring and on balance are welcome the implications for other countries that produce iron and steel might not be so positive.

Hot off the heels of the fourth-gen Apple TV launch, Apple is reportedly set to deliver another iteration of this product line early next year.

November inflation data from China
CPI 1.5% y/y
– expected is 1.4%, prior was 1.3% y/y
– For the m/m its flat, 0.0% change m/m
PPI -5.9% y/y
– expected is -6.0%, prior was -5.9% (for its 44th straight month of falls)
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Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co.

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