Today’s Issue Cluster: Europe
Mobiles – Apple’s appeal falters in China as iPhone 6 fails to impress
Stevia – Steals demand from artificial sweeteners
Mobiles – Tablets: The Hype is Over
China – Q3: Growth slows, near six-year low; +7.3% from +7.5% / R / NYT / AP / FT / WSJ / B *
China – Q3: Housing Sales Fall; -10.8% / WSJ
China – Q3: Industrial production grows; +8.5% from +6.9% / X / WSJ *
China – Q3: Fixed asset investment rises; +16.1% from +16.5% / X *
China – Sep: Growth in retail sales continues to ease; +11.6% from +11.9% / X *
US – Sep: Existing-Home Sales Rise; +2.4%, -1.7% yr / WSJ / R *
Currencies – ‘Euro’s demise exaggerated, old lessons show’ r / r *
EU – Companies’ Earnings Show Business Weakened WSJ *
EU – Hollande’s reform road is long, slow and tortuous FT / AFP
EU – German stimulus measures could backfire: Bundesbank AFP / AP
EU – Italian Economic Minister Urges Patience WSJ *
EU – The Eurozone’s Problems Are Based in Politics WSJ / NYT / B / WSJ / AP / FT *
EU – ‘Berlin and Paris Undermine Euro Stability’ S * *
Ukraine – Russia Rating Cut by Moody’s B / WSJ
Ukraine – Bargains Are Found in Russian Markets WSJ *
Ukraine – Russia takes EU to court over sanctions FT
Ukraine – EU Flags Possible Gas Shortages if Russia Halts Supply WSJ
Ukraine – Russia, Kiev Edge Closer to Natural-Gas Deal WSJ / AP / RT *
Ukraine – Baltic security: Tensions on the frontier FT *
Ukraine – China Embraces a Russia Cut off From Western Capital BW *
ECB – Starts buying covered bonds FT / WSJ / FT * * *
ECB – Looking at corporate bond buys, could act as soon as December R / WSJ / r *
EU – Leans on big banks to finance bailout fund FT
Mobiles – Apple Profit Jumps 13% on iPhone 6 Boost WSJ / R / NYT / B / FT / WSJ * * * * *
Mobiles – Apple’s appeal falters in China as iPhone 6 fails to impress N
Mobiles – Tablets: The Hype is Over statista *
Mobiles – Chinese Smartphones Lift Japan’s Electronics Business WSJ * *
Mobiles – Google Takes the Wrapper off Android Lollipop BW *
Rail – CP, CSX Exploratory Merger Talks End WSJ / NYT / FT / G&M / CP
Rail – CSX CEO Warns About Railroad Mergers WSJ *
Rail – CSX takeover would a ‘step back’ for shippers G&M *
Rail – Struggle to get North Dakota crops from the fields FT *
Rail – Geopolitics cast shadow over New Silk Road FT *
Sugar – Africa’s Ambitions Turn Sour WSJ *
Stevia – Steals demand from artificial sweeteners r / r *
EU – German companies tread unfamiliar territory with job cuts FT
Ebola – Nigeria Declared Virus-Free by WHO WSJ *
Ebola – Study Projects Spread of Virus WSJ / wsj *
Ebola – ‘Why A Flight Ban Wouldn’t Work’ 538 *
Ebola – ‘Much worse to come’ E / e * * * *
Ebola – Economic impact of the epidemic WSJ / B / r * *
Ebola – Drug Race Ramps Up in Earnest WSJ *
Apple is America’s favorite stock—except in five states q *
