Monday's News Links

[Reuters] Stocks sink on dismal economic data, mixed trade signals

[Reuters] European stocks sink after weak business surveys

[CNBC] Chinese theft of trade secrets on the rise, the US Justice Department warns

[MarketWatch] Stock market’s eerie parallels to September 2007 should raise recession fears

[Reuters] ECB's Knot: New economic stimulus program 'disproportionate'

[AP] Travel chaos, jobs lost as UK firm Thomas Cook collapses

[Reuters] Hong Kong mops up after fresh violence, braces for October 1 anniversary

[NYT] In the Decade Since Madoff, Ponzi Schemers Try New Tactics

[Bloomberg] Euro-Area Economy Comes Close to Stalling as Factories Suffer

[Bloomberg] Life in China Is Getting Harder, and Xi Jinping Should Worry

[Bloomberg] China Steps Up Government Presence at Alibaba, Private Giants

[Bloomberg] President Trump Doubles Down on Call for Negative Interest Rates

[Bloomberg] Draghi’s Highway to Inflation Goal Risks Ending in Taper Tantrum

[WSJ] Fed Adds $49.7 Billion to Financial System

[WSJ] Your Meat Is Getting Pricier Because China Is Peckish for Protein

[FT] Shadows loom over China’s 70th birthday celebrations

[FT] Eurozone economy stalls as data trigger fears of recession