Today’s Issue Cluster: eTaxis
US – Aug: ISM slides into contraction territory; 49.4 from 52.6 / MW
US – Q2: Productivity Drop Revised Down; -0.6% was -0.5% / WSJ
US – Q2: Labor costs revised sharply higher; +4.3% was +2.0% / R
US – Jul: Construction spending unchanged; flat from +0.9% / R
US – Week: Jobless Claims Rise Slightly; +2k to 263k / WSJ / B
Brazil – Economy Nears Bottom After Shrinking for Six Quarters B *
Brazil – Enthusiastic Investors May Be Overlooking Problems WSJ *
Argentina – Leader tries to buoy up enthusiasm for reforms FT
Puerto Rico – An island’s exodus FT / WSJ * *
Brazil – Rousseff removed by Senate WSJ / FT / NYT / B * *
eTaxi – Google Takes on Uber With New Ride-Share Service WSJ / NYT
eTaxi – Uber Loses $1.2b in First Half of 2016 B / FT / NYT
eTaxi – Uber Is Now the Most Popular Taxi App in 108 Countries B * *
eTaxi – US judge rejects $100m Uber driver settlement FT / NYT / R / B
eTaxi – Taxi lender warns on capital as woes deepen FT / WSJ
eTaxi – Japan taxi industry seeks to navigate new roads FT *
eTaxi – MA to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to taxis R
eTaxi – Bay Area transit system to subsidize Uber, Lyft rides MN *
eTaxi – Businesses call on London mayor to rethink onerous rules FT
eTaxi – Lyft Is Said to Seek a Buyer, Without Success NYT / R / FT
eTaxi – Grab Is Set to Raise $1b WSJ *
eTaxi – Ola sideswiped as Uber, Didi team up in China R
eTaxi – Ola Lays Off Workers Amid Growing Competition From Uber WSJ
eTaxi – UCAR Steers for Ride-Hailing’s High End WSJ *
Copper – Flashing red signals on China FT
Copper – Hedge Funds Bail as Goldman Predicts ‘Supply Storm’ B *
Copper – What do surging LME stocks say about China? r * *
Gold – Set for Rare Losses This Month as Metal’s Popularity Dims B *
Tin – Mystery Myanmar mines shake up world market FT *
Zika – Millions of bees dead after SC sprays for mosquitoes WaPo
Zika – Potential Therapies Identified by Researchers WSJ
Zika – Singapore identifies 26 more cases FT
Zika – Spreads to Miami Beach R *
Zika – Life goes on in US’s ‘Ground Zero’ as politicians bicker FT *
Zika – China’s Fumigation Rules Raise Worries for Exporters WSJ
The Psychology Behind Logo and Color Choice vc *
