- Stocks, dollar ease as central bank officials take center stage (Reuters)
- Euro surges on Draghi comments, dollar slips (Reuters)
- Yuan Surges in Afternoon Trade Amid Talk PBOC Supported Currency (BBG)
- U.S. threatens Syria, says Assad is planning chemical weapons attack (Reuters)
- Google Gets Record $2.7 Billion EU Fine for Skewing Searches (BBG)
- Senators Considering Breaking Fannie-Freddie Into Pieces, Sources Say (BBG)
- Banks' blockchain consortium picks IBM for trade finance platform (Reuters)
- Nestlé Unmoved by Demands From Activist Investor Third Point (WSJ)
- Republican leaders work to buoy Senate healthcare bill (Reuters)
- Rising Inequality May Be the Real Risk of Automation (BBG)
- This Shipping Magnate Is Calling a Bottom in the Oil Rout (WSJ)
- Half of High-Skilled EU Workers Consider Leaving UK, Study says (BBG)
- Anxious Investors Try to Hedge Against a Big Selloff, Even as Good Times Roll (WSJ)
- Bank of England Orders Banks to Boost Capital (WSJ)
- British Households Are Finding It Easier to Pay The Bills (BBG)
- World's Biggest Wealth Fund Refuses to Be Silenced (BBG)
- Court confirms Dutch U.N. peace-keepers partly liable for Srebrenica massacre (Reuters)
- Can the City Survive? (BBG)
- China, Kyrgyzstan border forces hold exercises to stop arms smuggling (Reuters)
- U.S. judge halts deportation of Iraqis nationwide (Reuters)
Bulletin Headline Summary
WSJ
- Sprint Corp has entered into exclusive talks with Charter Communications Inc and Comcast Corp as the cable companies explore a deal that could bolster their plans to offer wireless service, according to people familiar with the matter. on.wsj.com/2sgI1aI
- Glencore Plc suffered another setback on Monday in a bidding war for Australian coal mines, after the commodity giant's rival Rio Tinto PLC said it would rather take a sweetened offer from Yancoal Australia Ltd. on.wsj.com/2sgXBDg
- General Motors Co expects industry vehicle sales to fall short of its original forecast for the year, the latest sign of a slowdown in the U.S. auto market after a record run. on.wsj.com/2sgGt0n
- Arconic Inc said it has stopped selling panels used on the exterior of high-rise buildings that are suspected of contributing to the spread of a deadly fire in a London apartment tower earlier this month. on.wsj.com/2sgsSX6
- Takata Corp's bankruptcy filing spells the end of an eight-decade-old auto-parts maker, but the company could limp on for years supplying parts for the approximately 54 million defective air bags that still need to be replaced in the U.S. alone. on.wsj.com/2sgoUO6
- Australian model Miranda Kerr has handed over $8.1 million worth of jewelry to the U.S. Justice Department a week after lawsuits said it was purchased for her by Malaysian financier Jho Low with allegedly misappropriated funds, according to her spokesman. on.wsj.com/2sgWgfw
FT
* Twenty-two million Americans would lose their health insurance coverage over the next decade under draft legislation unveiled by Senate Republicans last week, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said on Monday.
* Arconic Inc said on Monday it will stop global sales of plastic-filled aluminium cladding panels for use in high-rise buildings after a fire in London's Grenfell Tower, which used those Arconic panels, killed at least 79 people.
* Tech giant IBM is building a blockchain-based platform for seven big European banks, including HSBC and Deutsche Bank, that is aimed at simplifying trade finance transactions for small- and medium-sized companies.
NYT
- American hedge funds are taking their aggressive strategies overseas and finding more acceptance from international shareholders. nyti.ms/2sLwxiW
- Three prominent journalists at CNN resigned after the cable news network was forced to retract and apologize for a story on its website involving a close ally of President Donald Trump. nyti.ms/2sLePfw
- Alphabet Inc's Waymo and Avis Budget Group , the large car-rental company, reached an agreement that would put Avis Budget in charge of maintaining the 600 self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans that Waymo will deploy in the Phoenix area. Avis workers will clean the vans' interiors, change their oil, rotate their tires and perform other basic upkeep. nyti.ms/2sLoIKj
- Pearl Automation, a Silicon Valley start-up founded by former Apple employees who tried to combine Apple's dedication to quality with a more open corporate culture, has gone out of business. nyti.ms/2sLoF0N
- More than 120 potential jurors in the fraud trial of Martin Shkreli were dismissed Monday, with some calling him "a snake,""the most hated man in America" and "the face of corporate greed." nyti.ms/2sLLB03
Canada
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** After investing about C$40 million ($30.24 million) on tablet publishing, the Toronto Star said it was abandoning its app, Star Touch, and laying off 30 employees in the process. tgam.ca/2ti5c9v
** Ontario plans to ban rapid ticket-buying "bot" software and put a cap on markups for resold tickets at 50 per cent of their face value to make scalping less lucrative as part of broad legislation to make ticket buying more fair. tgam.ca/2thPBXy
NATIONAL POST
** The Canada-U.S. softwood lumber trade dispute intensified Monday after the U.S. Department of Commerce boosted the levy it imposes on Canadian lumber shipments to 26.75 per cent from 19.88 per cent. bit.ly/2thWVma
** The Liberal government's new defense plan potentially compromises national security by relying too much on private contractors to maintain the country's new warships, public service unions have warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. bit.ly/2thNX8d
Britain
The Times
- The sale of the Co-operative Bank has been scrapped as bailout talks with the troubled lender’s backers intensify. Hedge funds that own 80 percent of the bank are in talks with the minority shareholder Co-operative Group over splitting the Co-op Group’s pension scheme. bit.ly/2sKHDoh
- American activist investor Daniel Loeb took aim at Nestlé , accusing it of being staid, bloated with non-essential assets and under-performing. Loeb said his hedge fund had amassed a $3.5 billion stake in Nestlé in order to agitate for change. bit.ly/2sKVXxm
The Guardian
- Theresa May has faced a backlash from politicians in Scotland, Wales and parts of England after completing a £1bn deal with the Democratic Unionist party to prop up her Conservative minority government. bit.ly/2sKHdOZ
The Telegraph
- Google will be hit with a record fine for abusing its monopoly over internet search on Tuesday, seven years after the EU began investigating the technology giant. bit.ly/2sKAepd
Sky News
- Travis Perkins will name the former head of ARM Holdings Stuart Chambers this week as its next chairman to replace Robert Walker. bit.ly/2sKzMHn
- L1 Retail is buying Health retailer Holland & Barrett from US private equity group Carlyle's NBTY subsidiary, which also owns the American vitamin and health supplement maker Nature's Bounty. bit.ly/2sKIuW1
The Independent
- Millions of EU nationals living in the UK will have to apply to a "settled status" register and might be given ID cards as part of new plans laid out by the Home Office. ind.pn/2sKNN84