Today’s Issue Cluster: Africa
M&As – Wall Street’s dark day
Rail – Oil group wants highest-danger label for Bakken
Oil – Gulf: Armed with new technology, oil drillers revisit Gulf of Mexico
Germany – Jun: Factory orders decrease; -3.2% from -1.6% / AP / B *
Italy – Q2: Falls back into recession; -0.2% from -0.1% / FT / B / NYT / AFP *
US – Jun: Trade Gap Narrows; -$42b from -$45b / WSJ / B / R *
M&As – How Tax Inversions Became the Hot Trend WSJ * *
M&As – Corporate acquirors take early aim at their target’s investors FT * * *
M&As – Walgreens drops plans to relocate its headquarters FT / WSJ / AP / R / B / NYT
M&As – Fox Withdraws Time Warner Bid WSJ / FT / NYT / R / B *
M&As – Sprint Abandoning Pursuit of T-Mobile WSJ / R / B / FT / NYT
M&As – Gannett to hive off publishing operations FT / WSJ *
M&As – Wall Street’s dark day FT
Africa – Aims to Boost Trade with US WSJ / AP / FT / WSJ *
Africa – Beijing invites US to link up FT / FT / FT e *
Africa – Corporates gain appetite for debt FT *
Africa – Investors chasing high returns are ready to overlook dangers FT * * *
Africa – Booming Lion Economies Gear Up to Emulate Asians B
Africa – Mobile Data Use Doubles wsj *
Africa – A dogged firm has brought fast broadband to landlocked areas E *
Africa – Pentagon confronts militant dilemma FT *
Ukraine – Putin Orders Retaliatory Measures WSJ / FT / B
Ukraine – Strong links with Russia are putting Merkel’s policy to the test FT * * * *
RBA – Australia Holds Key Rate at Record Low WSJ
RBI – India holds rates in inflation fight FT / WSJ *
US – Tells Big Banks to Rewrite ‘Living Will’ Bankruptcy Plans WSJ / FT
US – Mortgage Standards Ease for First Time Since Housing Bust WSJ *
US – Is There Really a Shortage of Construction Workers? wsj * *
US – CoreLogic: House Prices up 7.5% AP / cr *
Retail – Shoppers Are Fleeing Physical Stores WSJ *
Robots – Surgical Model Fails to Show Advantages WSJ
Cybersecurity – Russian Gang Said to Amass 1.2b Stolen Internet Credentials NYT / wsj / B
Rail – Oil group wants highest-danger label for Bakken R
Rail – Bitumen-only trains expand oil sands reach FP
Coffee – Unseasonal rains in Brazil sends price higher FT
Coffee – Producers Sell More at Home, Driving Up the Price of a Cup WSJ *
Oil – Libya: Risks Remain to Supply Despite Reopening of Ports, Fields WSJ
Oil – Mexico: Passes Fresh Energy Laws, Advancing Sector Reform WSJ / NYT
Oil – Gulf: Armed with new technology, oil drillers revisit Gulf of Mexico R
Oil – Refiners: Surge in European Use of Diesel Cars Is Challenge for NYT
Oil – Majors: ‘Should Consider Downsizing’ WSJ *
Demog – Africa: Projected urban growth motw *
Demog – Africa: Fertility rates for each country / motw *
Demog – Africa: HIV Prevalence / reddit *
Writing Systems around the world motw *
