Today’s Issue Cluster: Nuclear Power
Mobiles – Chinese phonemakers are preparing to take on the world
Gaming – Macau Gambling-Revenue Drop Divides Investors
Dairy – NZ Greens See Road to Ruin in Rivers of Milk
Japan – Sep: Inflation Slows Again; 1.0% from 1.1% / WSJ / B *
EZ – Oct: Inflation edges up to dim chance of new ECB action; 0.4% from 0.3% / WSJ / NYT / R / AP / FT *
US – Sep: Consumer Spending Unexpectedly Drops; -0.2% from +0.5% / B / WSJ / R / AP *
US – Oct: UMich consumer sentiment at highest since July 2007; 86.9 from 84.6 / R / B *
US – Economy Grows at Steady Clip WSJ / FT *
US – Why Not to Get Too Excited About the Strong Third Quarter wsj / nyt / wapo *
Ukraine – Russia and Kiev reach gas deal FT / WSJ / NYT / R / RT
Ukraine – EU Projects Impact of Sanctions on Russian Economy WSJ / R
Ukraine – Russia Raises Interest Rates WSJ / FT / B / RT / B / AP / R
Ukraine – Hard choices facing the ruble’s defenders FT / B / WSJ * *
Ukraine – GDP Fell 5.1% in Third Quarter WSJ
Ukraine – A Border Takes Shape WSJ *
BOJ – Stuns investors by expanding monetary easing FT / WSJ / NYT / R / B * *
BOJ – Can Still Shock, but Can’t Save Japan Alone WSJ / B *
Mobile – Credit Cards Ride Wave of Electronic Payments WSJ / FT / WSJ *
Mobile – Wal-Mart and allies in face-off with Apple Pay R / WSJ / B
Gaming – Macau Gambling-Revenue Drop Divides Investors WSJ *
Gaming – China anti-graft drive squeezes Wynn Resorts in Macau FT
Gaming – Macau Gamblers Find Best Odds with SJM WSJ *
Gaming – Japan lawmakers say open to limits on casinos R
Gaming – Casinos Put Up Hands for Sites Near Colleges WSJ
Gaming – Railroad Baron’s Heirs Fight NY Casinos B
Gaming – Massachusetts Reconsiders Bet on Legal Casinos WSJ
Mobiles – Samsung, Apple Lose Ground to China Smartphone Makers WSJ / WSJ * *
Mobiles – Samsung’s Primacy Is Tested in China WSJ / FT * *
Mobiles – Lenovo Completes Motorola Acquisition WSJ
Mobiles – Chinese phonemakers are preparing to take on the world E *
Mobiles – Samsung’s China Problems Come to India BW *
Mobiles – Nokia hopes it is on cusp of its greatest transformation yet FT * *
Mobiles – Eating the World wsj * * * * * *
Dairy – NZ Greens See Road to Ruin in Rivers of Milk B / FT
Dairy – Europe jostles for China foothold ahead of milk flood FT * *
Dairy – Crackdown on Raw-Milk Machines Steams Fans in Europe WSJ
Nuclear – Japan: 2 more reactors take step toward restarting N
Nuclear – Japan: Power switch weighs on Abe FT * * * *
Nuclear – Japan: Renewable energy curb could spark nuclear restart FT / NYT / B
Nuclear – China: Risky Renaissance WSJ *
Nuclear – US: Power Plants Seek to Extend Life of Reactors for Decades NYT *
Nuclear – EM: Plants Defy Japan Concern B
Nuclear – Fusion: Lockheed says makes breakthrough R / B / WaPo
HigherEd – For-Profit College Rules Not as Tough as Proposed WSJ
HigherEd – California Cracks Down on University of Phoenix’s Veteran Enrollments WSJ / B / WSJ *
The names Americans have given the night before Halloween q *
