P2JW286000-5-A00100-1--------XA CMYK Composite CL,CN,CX,DL,DM,DX,EE,EU,FL,HO,KC,MW,NC,NE,NY,PH,PN,RM,SA,SC,SL,SW,TU,WB,WE BG,BM,BP,CC,CH,CK,CP,CT,DN,DR,FW,HL,HW,KS,LA,LG,LK,MI,ML,NM,PA,PI,PV,TD,TS,UT,WO TODAY IN JOURNAL REPORT Take This Job and Quit It Getty Images SPORTS Jason MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014 ~ VOL. CCLXIV NO. 88 ***** Last week: DJIA 16544.10 g 465.59 2.7% i NASDAQ 4276.24 g 4.5% NIKKEI 15300.55 g 2.6% STOXX 600 321.62 g 4.05% 10-YR. TREASURY À 1 8/32 , yield 2.305% OIL $85.82 g $3.92 DALLAS—A nurse who cared for the Ebola patient who died here last week tested positive for the disease, heightening concerns about the nation’s preparedness and protocols for containing its spread. The nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas was isolated Friday night after reporting a low-grade fever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Tests Saturday night and Sun- i C anadian Pacific has approached CSX about a combination that would unite two of North America’s largest railroad operators. A1 n Global signs of a slowdown in countries including Germany, China and Japan are roiling financial markets and confounding policy makers. A1 By Betsy McKay, Miguel Bustillo and Melinda Beck day confirmed she had Ebola. The diagnosis was disconcerting because the woman initially was considered to be at low risk. She was wearing protective gear while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian patient who died Wednesday after 10 days in the hospital. Officials gave few details of how they believe she contracted the virus. CDC Director Tom Frieden called the infection a result of a “breach in protocol” at the hospital and said more cases may emerge. “Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of Ebola,” Dr. Frieden said in a press conference. “This is because the health-care workers who cared for this individual may have had a breach of the same nature.” The infection is the first transmitted in the U.S. and the second outside of West Africa, following that of a nurse’s aide in Spain who had cared for a missionary priest repatriated from Sierra Leone. The priest died. The latest case has prompted a wider search for those possibly exposed. It also has underscored the need for hospitals to be meticulous about infection-control procedures. n Ireland is expected to announce changes to its tax code that could close one of the most famous loopholes. B1 n Credit-card issuers are expected to report postrecession high profits, helped by moderate growth and low rates. C1 n Fox and Apollo formed a programming partnership that will combine three TV production firms into one. B6 n Apple supplier GT said the closing of its plants to make artificial sapphire would cost 890 people their jobs. B4 n A Delaware judge ordered RBC to pay $75.8 million to former shareholders of a firm it advised on a 2011 buyout. C3 n Gulfstream will unveil a business jet developed with the secrecy typically reserved for a spy plane. B3 SEEKING SHELTER: People run for cover in Gopalpur, India, Sunday as Cyclone Hudhud hit the coast. The cyclone, which is expected to trigger storm surges of up to 5 feet and inundate the low-lying coastal areas, forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes. A14 i n A nurse in Dallas who cared for the Ebola patient who died last week tested positive for the disease, raising concerns about its spread. A1, A6, A7 n Islamic State has taken large sections of the Syrian city of Kobani. Iraq’s Anbar province is in danger of falling under the militants’ control. A1 n Hundreds of thousands of Medicaid applicants still don’t have coverage and delays can worsen when insurance sign-ups restart. A4 n Palestinians received $5.4 billion in pledges at a donor conference to rebuild the Gaza Strip after its latest conflict with Israel. A10 n Moscow and Kiev moved to ease tensions in Ukraine’s east. Putin ordered thousands of troops withdrawn from the border, the Kremlin said. A13 Global Slowdown Threatens Recovery The IMF sees a greater chance of recession in some economies. April forecast for 4Q 2013–3Q ’14 October forecast 3Q 2014–2Q ’15 Eurozone Japan U.S. Latin America Emerging Asia 0.1 0.3 Rest of world 0% 10 Source: IMF n Bolivian President Morales appeared headed for an unprecedented third term, according to exit polls and media. A13 n A federal judge struck down Alaska’s first-in-the-nation ban on gay marriages. A9 Moving the Market C2 Opinion.................. A15-17 Sports.............................. B9 Technology................... B4 U.S. News......... A2-6,8,9 Weather Watch........ B8 World News A7,10-14,18 > s Copyright 2014 Dow Jones & Company. All Rights Reserved 30 40 i i i Riders Rearrange Signs to Suit Them, Wreaking Havoc; Dust-Up Over Route 84 BY TE-PING CHEN XIAOZUO, China—Not much happens in this dusty Chinese village, population 3,000. Then, on July 30, residents discovered that the bus stand for Route 84 on the edge of their village in central Henan province had mysteriously moved 200 meters, or 656 feet, west, where it sat reposing in a batch of freshly poured concrete. Further down the sunbeaten stretch of road, there was a gaping hole in the ground where the old bus stop—a pole bearing a metal placard stamped with route names—used to be. With that, Xiaozuo became the latest hamlet to fall prey to a particu- Gedang Composite n Thousands gathered in St. Louis to protest the shootings of young black men by white police officers. A9 20 The Wall Street Journal In China, the Bus Stops Sometimes Take a Walk n Hong Kong headed into a third week of standoff between the government and protesters. Police moved to remove some barricades. A14 n The U.S. Army is unveiling a new global strategy focused on facing many small and indirect threats rather than a few large ones. A4 Gathering signs of a slowdown across many parts of the world are roiling financial markets and confounding policy makers, who after years of battling anemic economic growth have limited tools left to jump-start a recovery. Slumping exports in Germany are adding fuel to worries about a third recession in the eurozone in six years. China is slowing in the wake of its credit boom, weighing on countries throughout the region. Japan’s economy has recently contracted despite a policy offensive to lift it from years of stagnation. Other onetime powerhouses, from Brazil to South Africa, also are struggling. The pullback is sending tremors through global markets, hammer- Warning Signals larly Chinese menace: the moving bus stop. Across the world’s secondlargest economy, citizens are playing footsie with bus stands, wreaking havoc with transport routes and pitting n e i g h b o r s against one another as they angle for the special rewards and prestige that can come with having a bus stop close at hand. “It’s really difficult to keep villagers from moving the bus stop,” said one Route 84 bus driver on a recent day as he canvassed his route, fields of green-stalked corn flashing by. “We can’t watch them day and night. If they want to move the bus stop, we have bus stop Please turn to page A14 By Ian Talley, Brian Blackstone and Raymond Zhong ing equities after years of steady gains and knocking down commodity prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday turned negative for the year. A recent drop in oil prices—a decline of about 20% in four months—reflects the downward pressure on global growth. The U.S. remains a relative bright spot in an otherwise gloomy picture, particularly its job market, which is gaining traction after years of fitful growth. But doubts are building over the U.S. economy’s ability to accelerate as some of its big- gest trading partners struggle. Top Federal Reserve officials are already voicing concern about sagging growth overseas and its drag on the world’s largest economy. Fed officials in recent days noted they are watching how weakness abroad has boosted the dollar, which could keep inflation below the Fed’s target and hurt U.S. growth by restraining its exports. That could mean a longer wait to start raising interest rates. “If foreign growth is weaker than anticipated, the consequences for the U.S. economy could lead the Fed to [begin Please turn to page A2 After wild week, stock traders’ optimism faces test..................... C1 State, also known as ISIS, have taken large sections of the city of Kobani in recent days, said Ismet Sheikh Hasan, the defense minister of the city’s Kurdish administration. “Most of the eastern and southern parts of the city have fallen under the ISIS control,” he said. “The situation is getting worse.” This comes despite a week of heavy airstrikes around the city to help local Syrian Kurdish fighters keep Islamic State forces from the city center. In Iraq, militant forces operating in a swath of territory the size of California have extended their control of the roads and commercial routes in strategically vital Anbar Province, which connects the capital Baghdad to Jordan and Syria. Anbar, which has critical infrastructure and whose eastern edge lies only about 25 miles from Baghdad’s center, is also in danger of falling wholly under Islamic State control despite weeks of U.S. strikes aimed at weakening the group, local officials say. The province’s chief of police was killed in a bombing Sunday, officials said, heightening unease over the government’s ability to fend off Islamic State forces. Meanwhile, Anbar’s provincial Please turn to page A11 Rail Giant Floats Merger As Industry Roars Back Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. approached CSX Corp. about a combination that would unite two of North America’s largest railroad operators, said people briefed on the matter, as the By Dana Mattioli, Liz Hoffman and David George-Cosh boom in North American energy reshapes the railroad industry. CSX rebuffed the overture, made in the past week, the people said, and it isn’t clear whether CP will persist. But talk of a combination of such giants shows just how far the railroad business has come roaring back, as rails become ever-more-critical to moving North America’s new abundance of oil. North American railroads have been a major beneficiary of Please turn to page A8 Fresher solutions. That ’s Ryder. According to the 2013 FORTUNE Datastore, nine of the top ten food and beverage companies use Ryder to streamline their supply chains, unlock efficiencies, and bring more value to the table. Discover how outsourcing with us can improve your fleet management and supply chain performance at ryder.com. FLEET MANAGEMENT | SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS Ryder and the Ryder logo are registered trademarks of Ryder System, Inc. Copyright © 2014 Ryder System, Inc. Ever better is a trademark of Ryder System, Inc. Copyright 2013 Time Inc. FORTUNE® and the FORTUNE Database names are trademarks of Time Inc. All rights reserved. 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Officials were at pains to rePlease turn to page A6 Islamic State militants have gained territory in Iraq and Syria despite weeks of bombing by the U.S. and its allies, raising questions about the coalition’s strategy of trying to blunt the jihadists’ advance while local forces are being trained to meet the threat on the ground. In Syria, fighters from Islamic n Fox’s “Gone Girl” stayed at the top of the movie box-office chart for a second weekend, grossing $26.8 million. B6 CONTENTS Abreast of the Market C1 Corp. News....... B2,3,7,8 Global Finance............ C3 Heard on the Street C8 Markets Dashboard C6 Media............................... B6 YEN 107.65 Militants Advance Despite Airstrikes Hundreds of Thousands Flee as Storm Pounds Indian Coast n A rift at OPEC deepened amid falling oil prices. Kuwait said the cartel was unlikely to curb output. 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