Today’s Issue Cluster: Autos
Auto – US motorists driving more, using less gas
Sand – Demand piling up as fracking goes super-sized
Pharma – US Will Increase Production of the Ebola Drug ZMapp
EZ – Aug: ECB Under Further Pressure as Producer Prices Fall; -0.1%, -1.4% yr / WSJ
US – Week: Jobless Claims Fall; -8k to 287k / WSJ / R / AP *
Asset-Backed Securities – What Lurks in Bonds Tied to Subprime Autos Anyone’s Guess B
Asset-Backed Securities – Greek Mortgage Bonds Said to Climb to Highest Since Debt Crisis B / WSJ
Asset-Backed Securities – ‘Back from disgrace’ FT * * *
EU – France Produces a ‘No Austerity’ Budget, Defying Rules NYT / WSJ *
EU – Italy pushes for fiscal leniency FT * *
ECB – Will Buy Assets Over at Least Two Years B / R / AP / WSJ / FT / NYT *
ECB – Weaker euro buys time for Draghi FT / R / FT * *
Media – Magazines Get a Way to Measure Their Reach Across Media Platforms NYT / WSJ *
Media – Shadows creep across face of European newspapers FT * * * *
Autos – US: Car sales show industry’s torrid pace slowing R / WSJ *
Autos – US: Car Sales Hitting the Speed Limit WSJ *
Autos – UK: In foreign hands, British automakers overtake France R
Autos – China: Fines Foreign Auto Makers for Price-Fixing WSJ * *
Autos – China: Hunting for deals on wheels in developing used car market N * *
Autos – India: Luxury carmakers hindered by potholes FT *
Autos – Japan: Minicar market hit by glut of registered yet ‘unused’ vehicles N *
Autos – Fiat: Hopes to Boost Retro 500 Sales With Small SUV WSJ *
Autos – VW: Hits labor, robot problems in push for top spot R
Autos – Fuel-Cells: VW Says Doomed to Struggle Beyond Japan B
Autos – Electrics: Tesla’s China Challenge is Getting Chargers Installed WSJ *
Auto – US motorists driving more, using less gas R *
Auto – Germany Plans Tolls for Foreign Drivers WSJ *
Guar – Legume Used in Fracking Causes Problems for Investor, Farmers WSJ *
Sand – Demand piling up as fracking goes super-sized R
Fertilizer – Shale revolution reshaping crop nutrient sector FT
Shale – Victim of revolution, Nigeria stops exporting oil to US FT *
Shale – Leaky wells, not fracking, taint water AP / WSJ / wapo
Shale – Wells Increasingly Productive ibd *
Pharma – US Will Increase Production of the Ebola Drug ZMapp NYT
Pharma – Doctors Net Billions From Drug Firms WSJ / WSJ / NYT / B / nyt * * *
Pharma – Drug Patents Held Overseas Can Pare Makers’ Tax Bills NYT
Pharma – As Doctors Lose Clout, Drug Firms Redirect the Sales Call WSJ *
Pharma – India Reduces Regulator’s Control Over Drug Prices WSJ / FT
Pharma – Big opportunities / N *
Brand of top selling car in the EU reddit *
The Most Popular Cars in the US motw *