Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: eTaxis<\/p>\n MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Aug: ISM slides into contraction territory; 49.4 from 52.6 \/ MW<\/a><\/p>\n US – Q2: Productivity Drop Revised Down; -0.6% was -0.5% \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Q2: Labor costs revised sharply higher; +4.3% was +2.0% \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jul: Construction spending unchanged; flat from +0.9% \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Rise Slightly; +2k to 263k \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Economy Nears Bottom After Shrinking for Six Quarters B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Enthusiastic Investors May Be Overlooking Problems WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Leader tries to buoy up enthusiasm for reforms FT<\/a><\/p>\n Puerto Rico – An island\u2019s exodus FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Rousseff removed by Senate WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Google Takes on Uber With New Ride-Share Service WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Uber Loses $1.2b in First Half of 2016 B<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Uber Is Now the Most Popular Taxi App in 108 Countries B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – US judge rejects $100m Uber driver settlement FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Taxi lender warns on capital as woes deepen FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Japan taxi industry seeks to navigate new roads FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – MA to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to taxis R<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Bay Area transit system to subsidize Uber, Lyft rides MN<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Businesses call on London mayor to rethink onerous rules FT<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Lyft Is Said to Seek a Buyer, Without Success NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Grab Is Set to Raise $1b WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Ola sideswiped as Uber, Didi team up in China R<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – Ola Lays Off Workers Amid Growing Competition From Uber WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n eTaxi – UCAR Steers for Ride-Hailing\u2019s High End WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Copper – Flashing red signals on China FT<\/a><\/p>\n Copper – Hedge Funds Bail as Goldman Predicts \u2018Supply Storm\u2019 B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Copper – What do surging LME stocks say about China? r<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Gold – Set for Rare Losses This Month as Metal\u2019s Popularity Dims B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Tin – Mystery Myanmar mines shake up world market FT<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Millions of bees dead after SC sprays for mosquitoes WaPo<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Potential Therapies Identified by Researchers WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Singapore identifies 26 more cases FT<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Spreads to Miami Beach R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Life goes on in US\u2019s \u2018Ground Zero\u2019 as politicians bicker FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – China\u2019s Fumigation Rules Raise Worries for Exporters WSJ<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The Psychology Behind Logo and Color Choice vc<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: eTaxis MAJOR DATA POINTS US – Aug: ISM slides into contraction territory; 49.4 from 52.6 \/ MW US – Q2: Productivity Drop Revised Down; -0.6% was -0.5% \/ WSJ US – Q2: Labor costs revised sharply higher; +4.3% was +2.0% \/ R US – Jul: Construction spending unchanged; flat from +0.9% \/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59125"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59143,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59125\/revisions\/59143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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