2 October 2014



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


MAJOR DATA POINTS

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 *


MARKETS

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 * * *


ECONOMICS



POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY

EU – France Produces a ‘No Austerity’ Budget, Defying Rules NYT / WSJ *

EU – Italy pushes for fiscal leniency FT * *


MONETARY POLICY

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 * *


FINANCE



REAL ESTATE



SERVICES

Media – Magazines Get a Way to Measure Their Reach Across Media Platforms NYT / WSJ *

Media – Shadows creep across face of European newspapers FT * * * *


MANUFACTURING

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 *


TECH



TRADE & TRANSPORTATION

Auto – US motorists driving more, using less gas R *

Auto – Germany Plans Tolls for Foreign Drivers WSJ *


COMMODITIES

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


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

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 *


LABOR & EDUCATION



HEALTH

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 *


ENDNOTES

Brand of top selling car in the EU reddit *

The Most Popular Cars in the US motw *


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