Today’s Issue Cluster: Tech Sector
US – Jul: NAR Pending Home Sales Index Rose; +1.3% / WSJ / R
US – Aug: ADP Reports Increase in Payrolls; +177k from +194k / WSJ / R / B
EZ – Aug: Inflation Flat; +0.2% from +0.2% / WSJ / AFP *
China – Beneath Yuan’s Quiet, Worries Rise WSJ * *
China – Growing Mountain of Debt B *
China – Xi’s faction accounts for just 6% of the Central Committee E
PBOC – Why China Hasn’t Cut Rates WSJ *
China – Bad loan growth slows as write-offs accelerate FT *
China – Lenders seek to improve future profitability WSJ *
China – Banks starved of big data as mobile payments rise FT *
Sector – Apple Ireland Ruling Could Be End of Easy Tax Deals B / FT / WSJ / B / R / FT * * *
Sector – Companies braced for tax shake-up as Apple feud escalates FT *
Sector – China gives Silicon Valley run for money FT * *
Sector – Chinese Tech Firms Forced to Choose Market: Home or Everywhere Else NYT
Sector – Bay Area Start-Ups Find Low-Cost Outposts in AZ NYT *
Sector – Cambridge’s Tech Hub Generates Successes WSJ *
Sector – IT industry set for a once-in-a-generation battle E *
Sector – Will Amazon Kill FedEx? BW *
CETA – EU-Canada Talks Falter, Boding Ill for Bigger Deals WSJ *
TPP – White House says it sees a path to approval of trade deal R
TTIP – France urges Brussels to halt talks FT / WSJ / R / B
TTIP – Merkel Spokesman Rejects Vice Chancellor’s Claim Deal Is Dead B / WSJ
Cotton – Monsanto steps up India seed dispute FT * *
Cotton – Are Your Sheets ‘Egyptian’? WSJ *
Oil – Opec: Price Heads for Biggest Monthly Gain Since April Before Talks B *
Oil – Opec: Iraq gives backing to freeze FT / WSJ / B
Oil – Opec: Export revenue lowest since 2004 / b *
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