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The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News budget for Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The editors are Tom Lachman and Tom Peterson. All stories have moved unless otherwise noted. For questions about stories, photos or graphics, please call 202-334-7666.
National
PARENTHOOD - WASHINGTON - Planned Parenthood leader: Video allegations are "offensive" and "untrue." 925 words, by Sandhya Somashekhar (Post). Bloomberg version also moved.
PENNSYLVANIA — PHILADELPHIA — As Congress races to avert a government shutdown, what may be a more prolonged political fight over the budget is dragging on in the state capital 120 miles to the north. 760 words, by Romy Varghese (Bloomberg).
FIORINA - GOP candidate Carly Fiorina is positioning herself to become a champion of the anti-abortion movement. Developing, by Philip Rucker (Post).
FIORINA-POLITICS - CHARLESTON, S.C. - Surging candidate Carly Fiorina tries out retail politics in South Carolina, and voters get a close look at her TV intensity. 1,450 words, by Ben Terris (Post). Five photos. Moved Monday.
HOUSE - WASHINGTON - How the post-Boehner scramble is dividing the GOP and presenting a microcosm of the party's problems. Developing, by Mike DeBonis and Robert Costa (Post).
GOP-HOUSE - WASHINGTON - A campaign among conservative activists to draft Rep. Trey Gowdy into a House leadership post has suddenly re-emerged. 830 words, by Mike DeBonis and Robert Costa (Post).
CLINTON-CONSPIRACY - WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton revives an old conspiracy tale as he prepares to hit the trail. 885 words, by Karen Tumulty (Post).
BUSH-ANALYSIS - WASHINGTON - Why Jeb Bush's poll numbers are tanking. 950 words, by Chris Cillizza (Post).
HEROIN--How a mysterious synthetic drug is making heroin even more deadly. 590 words, by Todd C. Frankel (Post).
DHS - WASHINGTON - DHS 'disappointed' by latest low morale scores, vows to keep trying. 460 words, by Jerry Markon (Post).
DATING - Billboards linking Tinder to STDs are latest battleground in online dating wars. 1,220 words, by Sarah Kaplan (Post).
Foreign
ANTARCTICA -- Scientists say they've identified a key glacier in West Antarctica that could pose the single most immediate threat to the world's coastlines. Developing, by Chris Mooney (Post). One graphic.
KONY - U.S. Special Operations forces have opened a new front in their hunt for the African warlord Joseph Kony, moving closer to his suspected hideout in a lawless enclave straddling Sudan and South Sudan, officials say. Developing, by Craig Whitlock and Thomas Gibbons-Neff (Post). With graphic.
AFGHAN (2NDLD) - KABUL - Afghan forces strike back in Kunduz, opening risky street-by-street battles seeking to drive back Taliban fighters and reverse a humiliating blow to Afghanistan's Western-backed government. 1,260 words, by Tim Craig (Post). One graphic.
SYRIA-RUSSIA - A top NATO general says the Russians are starting to buildan air defense bubble over Syria. 480 words, by Thomas Gibbons-Neff (Post). One graphic.
RUSSIA-ANALYSIS - A look at why Russian President Putin is getting involved in the Mideast. Its it because of an Islamist threat to Russia or domestic security concerns? Developing, by Andrew Roth (Post).
SPAIN-ANALYSIS - Analysis: What's next for Catalonia, the Spanish region that wants to be Europe's next nation. 940 words, by Ishaan Tharoor (Post). One graphic.
GUINEA-CHINA — CONAKRY — As workers at Western companies fled West Africa during the world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak, a state-owned Chinese company carried on. 740 words, by Franz Wild and Ougna Camara (Bloomberg). Two photos.
MIGRANTS-GERMANY — BERLIN — German landlords have long complained that cumbersome regulations make it complicated and expensive to build homes. Now, with 800,000 refugees arriving and nowhere for them to stay, politicians are beginning to see their point. 780 words, by Dalia Fahmy and Arne Delfs (Bloomberg).
SAFRICA — CAPE TOWN — Thousands of marchers plan to take to South Africa's streets Wednesday in the first major protest against corruption since the ANC came to power after the end of apartheid more than two decades ago. 725 words, by Mike Cohen and Paul Vecchiatto (Bloomberg).
HAZE — JAKARTA — A week after being named as potentially responsible for forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia with haze pollution, most of the companies involved have stayed silent. 540 words, by Rieka Rahadiana and Agus Suhana (Bloomberg).
LONDON - A cereal restaurant in East London was the target of anti-gentrification protests over the weekend. 425 words, by Yanan Wang (Post).
Financial
US
BOFA - NEW YORK - Bank of America is cutting dozens of banking and trading jobs after Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan pledged to trim expenses amid a decline in trading revenue, according to two sources with knowledge of the plans. 400 words, by Hugh Son (Bloomberg).
HOUSING — WASHINGTON — Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose 5 percent in July from the same month in 2014, propelled by improving demand and limited supply. 450 words, by Michelle Jamrisko (Bloomberg).
LLBEAN-BOOTS — L.L. Bean had 100,000 pairs of its popular duck boots back-ordered last holiday season and has since shored up its manufacturing operations so it wouldn't happen again. It's happening again. 475 words, by Kim Bhasin (Bloomberg). Two photos.
TESLA — SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla may see a bounce from "dieselgate" as it hands over the first of its Model X SUVs Tuesday evening. 980 words, by Dana Hull (Bloomberg).
HALLIBURTON — HOUSTON — Halliburton is cutting closer to the bone to secure antitrust approval for its merger with Baker Hughes. 550 words, by David Wethe (Bloomberg).
Europe
DIESEL-EUROPE — LONDON — If European oil-market analysts have a single takeout from VW's emissions cheating, it's that the scandal is probably long-term bearish for the diesel market. 650 words, by Bill Lehane and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg).
VW — MUNICH — Volkswagen will start fixing emissions systems as soon as October, as sales of vehicles with the rigged diesel engines are halted in a growing number of countries. 725 words, by Elisabeth Behrmann (Bloomberg).
Americas
CANADA-NEWYORK — TORONTO — Canada's largest real estate investors have bought a record $3.85 billion in property this year in Manhattan and spent more than any other foreign country in the last decade. 640 words, byScott Deveau and Katia Dmitrieva (Bloomberg).
Asia
VIETNAM — HANOI — Vietnam's stocks are poised to resume gains that have made the benchmark equity index Asia's best performer this year as the nation's economic resilience shields it from China's slowdown. 800 words, by Nguyen Kieu Giang (Bloomberg).
INDIA-RATES — MUMBAI — Bank Governor Rajan built on his record of surprises Tuesday, taking advantage of a rout in commodity prices to lower borrowing costs by more than forecast. 660 words, by Sandrine Rastello and Unni Krishnan (Bloomberg).
INDIA-RATES-COMMENT — Rajan's knife cuts deep but still not deep enough. 580 words, by Dhiraj Nayyar (Bloomberg).
AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY - Sydney is returning to its preeminent position in Australia's economy as other areas struggle with the end of a China-led mining boom. 800 words, by Michael Heath (Bloomberg).
Companies
SHELL-ARCTIC — LONDON — The end to Shell's $7 billion search for oil in Alaska means billions of barrels will probably remain locked away in Arctic waters from the U.S. to Russia -- at least as long as prices are $50 a barrel. 1050 words, by Rakteem Katakey and Stephen Bierman (Bloomberg).
GLENCORE — LONDON — Glencore, the commodity trader that lost a third of its value Monday, is worth either $98 billion or $26 billion, depending on who you ask; it shows the difficulty in valuing a company caught between China's slowing economy and mounting concerns about its debt load. 740 words, by Inyoung Hwang and Camila Russo (Bloomberg). With GLENCORE-ASSETS, GLENCORE-COMMODITIES and GLENCORE-ZAMBIA. Two photos.
CABLEVISION — NEW YORK — The French billionaire who will buy Cablevision for $17.7 billion plans to institute a performance-based culture at a U.S. company that pays its executives well -- and mostly in cash. 860 words, by Lily Katz and Anders Melin (Bloomberg).
SPRINT-ANALYSIS - Sprint says it won't be putting any money toward an intensely watched auction for wireless airwaves next year, in what amounts to the company's biggest gamble since it tried (and failed) to buy T-Mobile. 810 words, by Brian Fung (Post).
Commodities
IRON-ORE — MELBOURNE — At the peak of the iron-ore boom, the world's biggest producers enjoyed profit margins that were the envy of even luxury goods makers such as Dior and Hermes. They still are, despite a plunge in prices. 900 words, by David Stringer (Bloomberg). One photo.
Opinion
CARLSON — Rubio goads Trump into sharing the spotlight. 900 words, by Margaret Carlson (Bloomberg).
SPAIN-COMMENT — The Scottish National Party's Alex Salmond on the Catalonian election. 800 words, by Alex Salmond (Bloomberg).
NATIONS-COMMENT — Obama and Putin may seek compromise on Syria. 1280 words, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg).
GOP-TAXES-COMMENT — Republican candidates keep options open on taxes. 650 words, by Paula Dwyer (Bloomberg).
Features
BUSINESS-DATES - WASHINGTON - Whom to bring to a White House state dinner? CEOs try new twist on VIP plus-one. 900 words, by Roxanne Roberts (Post). Two photos. Moved Monday.
