Today’s Issue Cluster: UK Real Estate
Hotel – Industry Fights Back Against Expedia and Priceline
Rail – Short lines find boon in parking empty tankers
Coal – Philippines’ power capacity to increase by 25%
SK – Aug: Exports plunge; -14.7% / FT / WSJ / b *
China – Aug: Official Manufacturing PMI Slips; 49.7 from 50.0 / WSJ / R / AP / B / X *
EZ – Aug: Markit factory PMI eases; 52.3 from 52.4 / R
EZ – Aug: Inflation stable; 0.2% from 0.2% / AP
EZ – Jul: Joblessness Lowest Since 2012; 10.9% from 11.1% / FT / B *
Canada – Q2: Enters recession; -0.5% from -0.8% / FT / R / AFP / G&M / FP / CBC
US – Aug: ISM Manufacturing Index Falls; 51.1 from 52.7 / WSJ / R
US – Aug: Markit factory PMI slowest since 2013; 53.0 from 53.8 / R
US – Jul: Construction spending rises to seven-year high; +0.7% from +0.7% / R
Currencies – Investors wake up to EM risk FT *
Currencies – Global trade damaged by EM weakness FT / FT *
Currencies – China’s Two-Yuan Dilemma WSJ *
Currencies – Either a return to peg or further devaluation FT *
Africa – Survey data point to robust growth FT * *
Africa – China turbulence casts shadow FT * *
Africa – Main road corridors and Ports / wb * *
Africa – Oil resources by corporate ownership / bm *
South Africa – Contraction of economy raises fears of recession FT * *
Nigeria – Central bank governor dismisses calls to devalue naira FT * *
Nigeria – Investors rattled by delays on economic plans FT * *
Ghana – World-beating currency seen as loser in long run b *
Kenya – Bad News Dims Star Power WSJ *
Zimbabwe – Change Comes, Replacing US Dollars WSJ *
UK – Two-speed housing market returns FT
UK – Highflying Central London Comes Down to Earth WSJ / WSJ * *
UK – Foreign buyers undeterred by London sell-offs FT / FT * * *
UK – Foreign criminals push up London house prices FT
UK – Call for greater transparency in prime London property deals FT *
Hotel – Industry Fights Back Against Expedia and Priceline NYT
Hotel – Industry Assails Expedia-Orbitz Deal WSJ *
Hotel – Online Travel Sites Battle For Share: Spare Room Anyone? IBD
Hotel – Bedbugs: A Nightmare for the Industry A *
Rail – Coal slump weighs on Union Pacific FT
Rail – Slump in oil shipments boosts car storage business AP
Rail – Abundant grain trains available for harvest AP
Rail – Short lines find boon in parking empty tankers R *
Coal – China, US seek ‘clean coal’ agreement as industry struggles AP
Coal – What Cheap Gas Did to Tens of Thousands of Jobs B * *
Coal – ‘The Trick That’s Going to Keep US Industry Alive’ B
Coal – Suppliers Feel Pain as Miners Struggle WSJ
Coal – Philippines’ power capacity to increase by 25% R *
London’s postcodes, as originally designed in 1856 motw *
