Today’s Issue Cluster: Ads
Autos – VW: Quantifying a backlash for the German economy
NatGas – Tops coal as the US’s No. 1 power fuel
Pharma – First Gene Therapy Closes In On Approval in US
Germany – Aug: Factory Orders Unexpectedly Fall; -1.8% from -2.2% / B / AFP *
US – Aug: Trade Gap Widens Sharply; -$48.3b from -$41.8b / WSJ / B / R
UK – Lloyds share sale pits retail investors against big institutions FT *
Ukraine – Kiev fears default as MPs prepare to vote on debt restructuring FT * *
Ukraine – The patient awakes e *
Portugal – PM defies the austerity curse FT *
World – A Core Tenet of How Central Bank Stimulus Supports Growth Doesn’t Fit the Data B * *
EU – Banks chiefs claim tougher ECB rules give advantage to US rivals FT
UK – End in sight to costliest ever financial scandal FT * * *
UK – A time limit on PPI claims is good news for bank dividends FT *
UK – Mortgage data fuel signs of warming property market FT *
UK – Housebuilders muscle into top tier FT * *
UK – A booming market that could do with a crash E * *
Ads – Blocking unleashes anxiety across industry FT * * *
Ads – Apple approves first blocker that works within mobile apps FT
Ads – Publishers Worry That Native Ads Are Vulnerable to Blocking WSJ
Ads – Putting Mobile Blockers to the Test NYT / G&M *
Ads – Digicel first mobile group to block ads in battle against Google FT
Ads – Publishers That Say No to Automated Sales WSJ *
Autos – VW: Former Chairman Piëch regains influence WSJ *
Autos – VW: Quantifying a backlash for the German economy B *
TPP – Some US Industries Seen as Winners WSJ / B / NYT *
TPP – Pact hinges on domestic approval by six members N / N / B
TPP – Accord Is ‘Terrible Deal,’ Trump Says B / CNN
TPP – Sanders blasts ‘disastrous’ Obama trade deal Hill
TTIP – TPP lifts hopes for US-EU trade pact FT
NatGas – China’s Slowing Demand Burns Gas Giants WSJ *
NatGas – LNG importers gaining price leverage N *
NatGas – In New England, Shale Gas Is Hard to Get WSJ *
NatGas – US production reached a new all-time record high in July / cd *
NatGas – Tops coal as the US’s No. 1 power fuel G&M *
Pharma – First Gene Therapy Closes In On Approval in US NYT
Pharma – Price Increases Drive Revenue WSJ * *
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