DR MUR sd Politics Dilma Rousseff scored anar rowvictory withsué%ofthe ‘vote. Brazil's presidential, lection rur-oft As she em barked onhersecond term she promised toreunite the nation after abiter poliscalcontest. Butshe aed to mentonher centrerightrival Aécio Neves, byname,and the rancour showediitlesignofabating ‘After the pollthe Centralank raisedits ley interestrateto 1.25%. inflaton has beon "idinghigh formonths butthe faughtelection and Ms Rous- seff's approach monetary polieymeantarise was une Iybeloretherun-a. Uruguay seemed setfora furtherperiod ofcentrtet, socially bera government aerthe candidate ofthe ruling Broad Front party, Tabaré Vazquertoppedthe pollinthe istround ofa presidental ballot Mr Viaguee benefited from thepopalarity ofhis predecessor Jose Mujica, ‘who had lived modesty ega” sedmamjuana and ooned The Canadian authorities iscloned that Michael Zehal- ‘Bibeau, who was ulled after be opened fre inthe patia- ‘ment on October 22nd, had ‘been ryingto getapassportto travel oSpria The funeralofa soldier led inthe attack ‘became aday ofnational mourning, ‘america catchesa fever Thetotalnumber of Ebola cases passedn700, though the ‘wito suidthatthe spread of the disease in iberia was slowing Newyersey and New Yorkstate came undercrticism fomamany health expertstor unilaterally introducing (Quarantine for medial work cersreturing fom areasaffect edbyEbolain west Africa. A ‘nurse wholivesin Maine was hheldina hospital forfour days bby New Jersey afterlandingat Newarkalrport. she stalking tolawyers. Hackers reportedly triedto accessunclassifiedareasof the ‘White House's computer systems in whats thoughtto bheatestof how farthey could breach secure networks Rus sian and Chinesebackers frequently try to breakinto sovemmentcomputers. Desert ats Athmemonth state of emer gency was imposed by Egypt Inthe Sinai peninsula afer stkide-bomberkilled atleast 3o soldiers The army has evicted residents from the onder with Garaandstarted blowing up buildingsto create ‘buffer roneand phig cross bondertunnels ‘Tunisia's pathamentary elec tuon waswon by theseculanst ‘Nidsa Tounes (Tunisian Cal”) parigasurprise defeat for ‘Nada, the biggestislamist, grouping: Many Tunisians thoughtthatthe Nabdarled coalition government wastoo slow inrespondingtothe Spread of ihadistideology in mosques Days befor the lection agunbattle with militants lefione policeman ‘and six others dead. ‘Yohuda Glick an tsraeli righ ‘wingactivist wasshotand seriously wounded ashe eta ‘meeting nJeusalem that called forgreateraccessfor Jewish worshippersto the area ‘known as Temple Mountto Jews andatAgsato Muslims. ‘Thegunman waskiledin a shoot out with thepotce who also dosedithe Temple Mount ‘amid heightened tensions. ‘Zambia's president died. ‘Michael Sat was77andhed ‘been inpower snce2ou fo: lowinga mostly peacelid lesion. Hehad been acti ‘ofthe mining companies who ‘operate in thecountry. Guy Scott,bomn in Zambiato Scot tish parent is the interim president and Africa's fist ‘whitehead of sate in20 years, Untilanelectionisheld. Botswana'srulingparty won ‘parliamentary lection, hhandinglan Khamaasceond termas president His eam aig promisedto tackle un- ‘employmentand poverty in ‘theminerarich country Laying down the Law China's CommunistPerty wrapped up aley meeting by decating moreemphassan ‘therule oflaw: Beyond the ‘usual boilerplate the party's central committee caled for Tesslocal contol overthe legal system and, unexpectedly. for ‘moreattention to he paid to China's constitution, whose ‘admirably liberal parts the authoritesofen dsrgard. ‘Moanwhilethe party Kicked James Tien fe-chun, the leader ‘of apro-Bejing party in Hong Kong, outof the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.2partycontuolled talkingshop.atrTienhad called or Hongkong’schiet ‘executive, Leung Churying, to resi afterhehad faledto resolvea month long stand-off twithstudentscalingfor demoaacy. ‘More thans00 people were ‘eareddead aferalandsldein ‘adulls district incental Se Lanka engulfed homes follow. ‘ingheavy monsoon rains Budget polities Maly and France avoided a showdown withtheEuropean ‘Commission by adding now ‘budgetcutsthat bring them closerto complying wth European Union rules. The commission approved the two ‘countries budgets, even, ‘though they failtomeet tough ‘Sructura-defic targets ‘ouldstil punish them for ‘Violating the limits thismonth, Under mountingpressure fiom the ant-Europerightin Britain, David Cameron, the ‘rime minister, sid he would hot payan extiadibillon ($27bilion) contribution to the budget due by Decem- bert Theil elects new European-wide economic calelationsshosving that Britain's ope washigherthan previously thought. The Dutch ‘aovernmentalsofacesa bill. It ‘Semandedtoseethecalcula- tions and askediiteould postpone its payment Ukraine dlecteda new pro- \Westemn parliament thatre tumed Pet Poroshenko to oweraspresident Tks ‘Continued with Russia tostop ‘euttng off ges supplies again. ‘Russa wants Ulzaineo sete debts and pay inadvancefor ‘utue deliveries. ‘aro jetsscrambled tin: Terceptmore than two doven Russian military ater that ‘entered European airspace ‘over the courseof two day, ‘The Rwslanaireaftincluded fighters aswellassixlong. ‘ange nuclear bomber. The level of activity was unusual aro hasintercepted three timesasmany Russian planes thisyearasinallof201, ‘Tensof thousands of deman- stratorstock othe steetsin Hungary to protestagains the governments planned {ntemettax The uproarled ‘Viktor Orban, the prime min- istertocapthetax.But the European Commissions caledita“teribleides” that could setaprecedentforotheroo Ls The Economist November 3 Business Concluding tslong standing process of"tapering”, Amer {a's Federal Reserve an rouncedit fil monthly purchase of bonds bringingan endioitsthirdroundol quan titative easing. The contal bankintrduceditspolicy of axsethuyingin November 2008, Supportersof Or point tofalling unemploymentin ‘America and aszengthened cconomy,butcrtes say ithas ‘merely provided cheap money (oinvestorsand inflated aset prices. Whatever the verdict, the Fednow views or veal tool and snotruling out ‘another futureround, Fling abit deflated Sweden’scentral bankeutits Inflation hasbeen below the Riksbank’ stargetrate of for almost three years andthe ‘bankintends tokeep interest rateslow untlit“hasclealy picked up". However Sue- den'seconomyis growing ‘much asterthan thatthe eurozone, which salso bat- ting deflation ‘Tholatest“sress tess” of European banks founds withinadequate cpitalio copewith asoverecconomic shockas oftheendof205, nine of them inlay. Since then 20f the shavemade up the shortfall leavingsy witha combined €95 billion ($2 bllion}tomise. Germany’ biggestbankre- corded alossforthe third ‘quarter Deutsche Bank set ‘Bide almost evoom su. balion inthe period towards the legal feesitexpecisto incur fom investigations into the rigor scandal and other regulatory sues Inotherbankingnews vas, Switedand’s biggest bank, ‘booked ahefty Sis billion ($19 billion chargefor eval cossinitsearings.isdis cussing asettlementina wide- fanging probe intorigaed foceigmeurency makets Barclaysset asidets00m ($800) alsoforany possible ligation thatmight arise om. the forexprobe, which took the shine offasolid quarterly ‘amings port And Standard ‘Chartered sawits share price swoon, astheslowdownin coreemerging matketsate quarterly prof DeutscheBirse appointed Carsten Kengeterto take over aschiefewecutvewhenReto Francionisteps down next spring. MrKengeterused to ‘workior Goldman Sachs and ‘Uns andhasextersive expert fence ofcapital markets in Asia, ‘region into which the Ger- man exchangelsexpanding plans to open aclearinghowse Insingapore. ‘The Russian roublecontinued toblltonewlows against the dollar Eeonomiesanetions against Russa over theconflet {nulzaine areburting Mat- kets were spooked by reports thatRosnelthesiate ol gant, hnastequestod more emergen- cy aid from the government. Ajointofferffom josxphsafia, ‘a Rrarilanbanking tycoon, and Cutrale,2 Bazin range juiee producer, won thebiddingwarforChiquita,a bananadistibuordhat hasite rotsintheold United Frut (Company: Chiquita'sboard hhadGvouredamenger with Eyles, whichisbasedin Dub- Unand wouldhave allowed (Chiquita to benefit fom he- Tand'slowereoeporatetax. Inabid to samp outofshore taxevasion, counties signed an agreement tostart ‘exchanging ax information systematically omaon. An ‘ther 30 pledged to join later. ‘The dealisastep forward but containsloopholes,crtes ‘complained Fat Chrysler Automobiles decided to spin of Ferrari. I ‘willfloatio%of fs sharesin an tronextyearand distribute theremaindertoFatshare- ‘holders. The company ishop- ingtoreduceits debt andatthe sametime finance a bigeall- ‘outa neweats, Lica Cordero ‘diMontezemolo recently ‘stopped down as chairman of Ferra afterrepeatedly clas ingoverstratgy with Sergio ‘Marchionne,Fats boss, Sanofizemoved Christopher iehbacherasitschiofexee- ttve reportedly because ofan aloofmanagemen syle that Fedtoa fractousrelaionship with theFrench deugeom pany’ board. Mr Viehbacher.a ‘dual GermanCanadianciti zen,had movedhis oficeto Boston fom Paris during the Fuceb ookreported abigsurge in quartelyrevenue and prot a sales osefiom mobile, aversing The number of people who usethe social petworkon amonthlybasis expanded tox3s billion. ll nvestorswere unnerved by Faexbook’srisingcosts fom investngin businesses suchas virtual-reality headsets The Twitter jitters “Twitter's shares fallbelow the priceat whichit dosed onits Stockmarket debut a year apo. Rsthird-quarterearnings showed that although the rnumbercf people who use it ‘monthly hadrisent0284m, therate at which itwaserow- ing hed slowed again. Revenue doubled inthe quarterto yom, though thecompany reported anothernetloss and Tes yettoturnaprofit ‘ther economic data and news ‘ane feund on pages 24-85,