November 01 (Friday)

Markets
Better-Than-Expected Earnings Ease Growth Fears—for Now (W)
Wall Street retreats from record on trade cloudiness (R)
Even after Lyft beat, Wall Street pummels former unicorns (R)
Rajeev Misra Built SoftBank’s Huge Tech Fund. Now He Has to Save It. (W)
Opinion: Most stock-market-timing newsletters fail, comprehensive study shows (MW)

Central banks
Trump rails against Powell a day after the Fed cuts rates for a third time this year (C)
Eurozone’s Sluggish Economy Shows Challenge Facing Lagarde (W)
Negative Interest Rate Skepticism Grows at the European Central Bank
Bloomberg (B)

US
U.S. Inflation Remains Soft in September (W)
U.S. Consumers Stay on a Spending Streak (W)

Europe
Europe’s Banks Confront Their Harsh Reality (W)
Trump Says Hard to Do Trade Deal With U.K. Under Boris Johnson Brexit Deal (W)

US politics
White House adviser tells lawmakers Trump Ukraine call raised national security concerns (R)
House passes resolution that lays out formal rules of the Trump impeachment inquiry (C)
Here’s how each House member voted on the Trump impeachment inquiry (C)
Impeachment trial could complicate Democratic senators’ U.S. presidential bids (R)
Leon Cooperman rips Elizabeth Warren in new letter for ‘soak-the-rich positions,’ and treating him like ‘an ungrateful child’ (C)

Geopolitics & trade
Exclusive: Iran intervenes to prevent ousting of Iraqi prime minister – sources (R)
Exclusive: WhatsApp hacked to spy on top government officials at U.S. allies – sources (R)
Islamic State vows revenge against U.S. for Baghdadi killing (R)
Islamic State Names New Leader to Succeed Baghdadi (W)
Lebanon’s Hezbollah, France call for new government (R)

Industries & companies
Aerospace: Documents Show Safety Concerns at Boeing Before Deadly Crashes (N)
Autos: Proposed Ford-UAW deal includes plant closure, $9,000 ratification bonuses (C)
FAANGs: Apple rises after earnings beat — four experts weigh in (C)
FAANGs: Apple Plays the Underdog in Streaming Wars (W)
FAANGs: China’s 5G Networks Go Live Friday. It Could Be Bad News for Apple. (BR)
FAANGs: Legislation Would Force Google and Rivals to Disclose Search Algorithms (W)
Internet: Twitter bans political ads; Facebook’s Zuckerberg defends them (R)

Offbeat
Insanely humanlike androids have entered the workplace and soon may take your job (C)
Vaping illness outbreak climbs to 1,888 cases with 37 deaths, CDC says (C)
Homes destroyed, hundreds more evacuated as Los Angeles wildfires spread (R)