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GLOBAL MARKETS-Global shares at 1-month low on U.S. manufacturing shock

Global shares retreated to one-month lows on Wednesday after U.S. manufacturing activity tumbled to more than a decade-low, sparking worries that the fallout from the U.S.-China trade war is starting to spread to the U.S. economy. A slowdown in U.S. economic growth would remove one of the few remaining bright spots in the global economy and come just as Europe is seen as close to falling into recession. In Asia, MSCI’s ex-Japan Asia-Pacific shares index dropped 0.32%, with Australian shares falling more than 1%. …read more […]

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Juul hires Altria executive to handle regulation amid vaping crisis

Juul Labs Inc on Tuesday hired the head of regulatory affairs at its part-owner Altria Group Inc to take on a similar role at the e-cigarette maker, amid a regulatory backlash against the growth of teen vaping in the United States. Joe Murillo is the first big hire by Juul’s new chief executive officer, K.C. Crosthwaite, who himself moved over from Altria last week. Altria owns a 35.5% stake in Juul, which last week said it would suspend all advertising in the United States where the Trump administration has announced plans to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from store …read more […]

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Wall Street Fears ‘Hard Rollover’ of Risks After Calm Month

(Bloomberg) — In the end, September wasn’t so bad for markets. And that’s making Wall Street nervous.The S&P 500 finished the month up 1.7% and the MSCI All-Country World Index gained 1.9%. Gauges of volatility for both U.S. stocks and Treasury futures settled lower even as the yield on America’s benchmark 10-year debt rose by 20 basis points.For at least some of that, thank the Federal Reserve, which cut rates for the second time in a decade in a bid to shore up economic growth. The move helped markets limp forward following a bruising August, yet a chorus of analysts …read more […]

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Visa, Mastercard reconsider backing Facebook's Libra – WSJ

The financial backers to Libra did not want to attract regulatory scrutiny and declined Facebook’s requests to publicly support the project, according to the Journal report. Policy executives from Libra Association, the cryptocurrency’s two dozen backers, have been summoned to a meeting in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the WSJ reported. …read more […]