Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 5 September 2014

FRONT SECTION

ECB Cuts Rates, Announces Stimulus to Combat Low Inflation1

China's State Companies Begin Hunt for Investors1

As Leaders Meet for NATO Summit, Alliance Says Russian Troops Still Active in Ukraine1

U.S. Judge Finds BP Grossly Negligent in 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster1

What's News2

Taliban Attack Afghan Government Compound, Killing 203

Police in Afghanistan Arrest 6 Men Accused in Gang Rape3

Ruling Thai Junta Prepares for Reform Council 3

BOJ Kuroda Dismisses Pessimism4

China Increases Heat on Journalists With Detentions in Shanghai 4

Companies Resize Ambitions in Myanmar After Census4

With South Asia Push, Al Qaeda Tries to Show It Is Still Strong 4

Turkey Struggles to Halt Islamic State 'Jihadist Highway'6

Latest American Infected With Ebola Virus Wasn't Deterred by Dangers6

Book Review: 'Karachi' by Laurent Gayer 10

Book Review: 'To the Edge of the World' by Christian Wolmar10

Book Review: 'A Guide for the Perplexed' by Werner Herzog11

Book Review: 'The Opium War' by Julia Lovell11

Meet the New Rich…in Myanmar12

OPINION

A Putinesque Cease-Fire7

Steven J. Sotloff7

Republicans for What?7

Waleed Ziad and Mehreen Farooq: Afghans Get Busy Helping Themselves8

The ISIS Siren Call to India's Muslims8

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: The Return of Europe's Sleepwalkers8

China's Disappearing Bad Loans9

BUSINESS AND FINANCE

Chinese Property Developers' New Financing Tool Raises Red Flags15

Chinese Officials Are Fleeing the Public Sector for the Private Sector15

Apple Watch to Allow Mobile Payments15

Report Alleges Labor Violations at Apple Supplier in China16

Huawei Launches Large-Screen Smartphone16

Google, AbbVie Announce Research Partnership17

Powerful New Cancer Drugs Offer Hope—at Steep Cost17

Electric, Hybrid Car Demand Stalls18

Tesla to Choose Nevada for Battery Factory18

Michael Bloomberg Returning to Run Bloomberg LP18

Boeing Predicts Sales of 6,000 Passenger Planes to China Over Next 20 Years19

Expedia Faces Australian Regulatory Hurdle in Wotif Takeover19

Singapore's Temasek, JTC in Talks to Merge Some Property Units20

Pimco's Flagship Fund Shrinks Again20

Investment Technology Group to Launch Dark Pool for Bond Trading21

Chinese Nuclear Firm Files for Hong Kong IPO22

Rogue Trader Jérôme Kerviel is Granted Parole22

Brazil's Sugar Sector Goes on a Diet22

U.S. Stocks Rise After ECB Moves, Economic Data23

Asian Shares Mostly Lower Ahead of ECB Meeting23

Weathering Japan's Hot and Cold Economy – Heard on the Street 28

Investors Should Fear Fed's Rate Shadow -- HEARD ON THE STREET28

OFF DUTY

Insider's Guide to Singapore | Journal ConciergeW1

Family TiesW2

A Guide to Finding the Perfect Camel CoatW3

Name-to-Know: New Luxury Perfume Brand Régime des FleursW4

An Ode to the White HandkerchiefW4

Giorgio Armani Goes GreenW4

Designs of the Year From the Design Museum in LondonW6

Road Warrior Travel Tips: How to Pack for a Private IslandW7

Dina Nayeri on Keeping Up with Her Peace Corps MomW7

How to Drink Less But BetterW10

In Denmark's Whiskey Belt, Prices are RisingW11

A Summer House's Star TurnW12

An English Mansion With Massive Basement Asks $29 MillionW14

Fitness Apps for Exercising in 15 Minutes or LessW16