October 25 (Friday)

Markets
S&P 500 Inches Up as Investors Focus on Earnings (W)
Tech Can’t Get Out of Market’s Way With Amazon the Latest Flop (B)
2019 is shaping up to be one of the best years ever for investing (C)
Hong Kong Markets Are Calm as Protests Linger and a Recession Looms (B)

Central banks
Mario Draghi, Hailed as the Euro’s Savior, Leaves the ECB With the Bank Divided (W)
Goldman Sachs predicts the Fed will make two big changes next week (C)

Global
Business Activity Slows Around the World (W)

US
Watch Fox News? You likely think the U.S. economy is great. MSNBC viewers not so much (R)

China
China’s Property Bond Boom Clashes With Housing Market Realities (W)

Europe
U.K.’s Johnson Calls for Election in Bid to Advance Brexit (W)

US politics
Why the 2020 Democratic Polls Are So Different (W)
Wall Street Frets Privately About Warren’s 2020 Campaign (W)

Industries & companies
Autos: Tesla overtakes GM as most valuable U.S. automaker, short sellers burned (R)
Autos: UAW Members Are Tilting in Favor of New Contract With GM (W)
FAANGs: Amazon clobbered after a miss on the bottom line and soft guidance (C)
FAANGs: Amazon’s Profit Slides 26% as Costs of Shipping Climb (W)
FAANGs: Amazon’s cloud business reports 35% growth in the third quarter, trailing estimates (C)
Media: Comcast’s Profit Rises Amid Record Customer Growth (W)
Pharma: Amgen to Sell Cholesterol Drug for 60% Less Than Original Price (W)
Tech: Intel stock pops on earnings beat and return to growth (C)
Tech: Twitter Shares Plunge as Ad-Business Troubles Weigh on Growth (W)

Corporate finance
SoftBank Vision Fund Planning Writedown of at Least $5 Billion (B)

Offbeat
Sonoma County Fire Spreads Quickly, Forcing Evacuations (W)
California Blackouts Force Businesses to Tally Their Losses (W)
Former Apple lawyer in charge of preventing insider trading indicted for insider trading (C)