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YELLOW ***** WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 ~ VOL. CCLXIV NO. 78 WSJ.com HHHH $2.00 DJIA 17042.90 g 28.32 0.2% NASDAQ 4493.39 g 0.3% NIKKEI 16173.52 g 0.8% STOXX 600 343.08 À 0.6% 10-YR. TREAS. g 5/32 , yield 2.509% OIL $91.16 g $3.41 GOLD $1,210.50 g $7.00 EURO $1.2631 YEN 109.65 Smog Smog Getty Images TODAY IN PERSONAL JOURNAL Wipe That Smog Smog Off Your Face PLUS PLUS Keyboard Apps Are Put to the Test CONTENTS Careers.............................. B6 Corp. News.........B2-3,5,7 Global Finance.............. C3 Heard on Street........C18 Home & Digital ....... D1-3 In the Markets............. C4 Leisure & Arts..............D5 Opinion.................... A15-17 Property Report C12-16 Sports................................ D6 U.S. News................... A2-6 Weather Watch.......... B7 World News........... A8-14 s Copyright 2014 Dow Jones & Company. All Rights Reserved > What’s News i i i World-Wide n The Secret Service came under harsh criticism over the recent White House security breach and other lapses. A1 n Health officials diagnosed the first U.S. case of Ebola in a patient who arrived in Texas from Liberia 10 days ago. A1 n Pro-democracy rallies ex- panded across Hong Kong, threatening to raise the chance of confrontation. A1, A10-11 n The U.S. air campaign against Islamic State is cre- ating new strains on a tight- ening Pentagon budget. A4 n Britain carried out its first airstrikes in Iraq after Parlia- ment granted permission to join the U.S.-led campaign. A12 n Turkey prepared to debate a measure that would let the government order military op- erations in Syria and Iraq. A12 n Afghanistan signed secu- rity pacts with the U.S. and NATO, paving the way for foreign troops to remain. A8 n The U.S. and India agreed to forge closer defense and se- curity ties at a meeting be- tween Obama and Modi. A8 n California will become the first state to let relatives seek gun seizures from someone suspected of posing a threat. A4 n The U.S. is retaining some nuclear-warhead components for a possible defense against earthbound asteroids. A3 n Earth lost half its wildlife in the past four decades, ac- cording to a new study. A3 i i i E Bay said it would spin off PayPal by the end of next year amid escalating competi- tion in electronic payments. A1 n Investors suffered a set- back in their bid to sue the U.S. over treatment of Freddie and Fannie shareholders. C1 n The SEC granted Citigroup waivers on curbs that crimped sales of hedge-fund invest- ments and other activities. C1 n Drug and device firms paid at least $3.5 billion to U.S. doc- tors and teaching hospitals in the last five months of 2013. B1 n EU regulators laid out why they think tax deals for Apple in Ireland and Fiat in Luxem- bourg are illegal support. B3 n The Dow fell 28.32 points to 17042.90 but the blue chips, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all posted gains for the quarter. C1, C4 n U.S. consumer confidence fell in September to the low- est reading since May. A2 n Amazon.com appears to be close to settling a pricing dispute with Disney. B1 n Some small cable firms are dropping TV services as pro- gramming costs rise. B1, B4 n Microsoft offered a preview of Windows 10, the next ver- sion of its operating system. B2 n News Corp agreed to buy online real-estate network Move for $950 million. B5 n ConocoPhillips has begun exporting Alaskan oil, the first such shipment in a decade. B3 Business & Finance WASHINGTON—The Secret Service came under withering criticism on Tuesday over the re- cent White House security breach and amid new revelations that an armed felon rode an ele- vator with President Barack Obama days earlier. Fresh details of the Sept. 19 intrusion, aired at a House Over- sight Committee hearing Tues- day, revealed numerous security lapses that allowed Omar J. Gon- zalez to get farther into the White House than previously known after he had scaled a fence and darted across the lawn. Mr. Gonzalez knocked over a Secret Service officer and hop- scotched through the first floor of the executive mansion before finally being tackled and hand- cuffed outside the Green Room. He even briefly set foot in the East Room, where the president holds news conferences and en- tertains on formal occasions, just off a stairway that leads to the first family’s residence. The whirlwind trip through the White House was aided by two open front doors that couldn’t be automatically locked, an alarm system muted in order to avoid disturbing those in the executive mansion and a decision by Secret Service officers to sub- due the intruder, rather than fire shots or release guard dogs. On Tuesday, Mr. Gonzalez was indicted by a federal grand jury on three criminal counts, includ- ing unlawfully entering a re- stricted building while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 16 years in prison. He is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. Mr. Gonzalez’s lawyer de- Please turn to the next page By Brent Kendall, Jeffrey Sparshott and Reid J. Epstein Secret Service Draws Fire Over Lapses Obama Elevator Encounter Is Revealed As Details Emerge on White House Breach HONG KONG—Pro-democracy rallies, expanding farther across Hong Kong Wednesday in the early hours of China’s National Day holiday, threatened to esca- late beyond the aims of some organizers and raise the chance of confrontation. Both the government and pro- testers had dug into their posi- tions Tuesday: Protest organiz- ers called on Leung Chun-ying, the city’s chief executive, to re- sign by midnight or face grow- ing masses on the streets. Mr. Leung urged protesters to return home in his first public remarks since police cracked down on protesters Sunday. After the deadline passed, crowds fanned out to a provoca- tive new site—Golden Bauhinia Square, the setting for celebra- tions of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Re- public of China—despite the warnings of some protest lead- ers who feared alienating the public or inciting a government crackdown. Other organizers, in- cluding 17-year-old student Please turn to page A10 By Jason Chow, Fiona Law and Isabella Steger Hong Kong Rallies Expand As Holiday Raises Tensions Indian Leader Hails Partnership With U.S. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters How do a ping-pong table, a head and a ball go together? If you’re René Wegner, obvi- ously in a new sport. The concept is head tennis, or Headis, as dubbed by Mr. Wegner, and in- volves squatting, hands planted on the table, and us- ing the head to whip, spin and slam the ball back and forth across the net. The game has developed a fol- lowing in Mr. Wegner’s native Germany—it is now played in 20 universities—and is growing in popularity in other parts of Eu- rope as well, particularly among soccer players and skateboard- ers. About 2,000 Headis balls, which are softer than soccer balls, have been sold so far this year compared with a total of 1,300 last year, according to Mr. Wegner, who sells them. The game is a little bit ping pong and a little bit soccer (no hands). In September, a “Head- ness” tournament in Münster at- tracted 100 competitors. Alex “Lauchgesicht” (Leek Face) Bohn, 21 years old, was crowned champion of the event, which he prepped for by playing several hours every day the week before. Later in the month, he also won a competition among the top 20 Headis players. Mr. Bohn, a teacher in train- ing, played the game for the first time about 2-1/2 years ago while attending a seminar related to teaching. During breaks, the seminar trainers played Headis. “We said, ‘hell that’s crazy, we can’t do that,’ ” said Mr. Bohn. Please turn to page A12 BY SHIRLEY S. WANG This Game Requires Players To Use Their Heads, Only i i i No Hands Allowed in a German Version Of Ping Pong; ‘Leek Face’ Takes the Crown Headis ball CLOSER TIES: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, waving in front of the Mahatma Gandhi monument at the Indian Embassy, vowed to cooperate on key issues after a meeting with President Obama in Washington on Tuesday. A8 Coming competition in paying for everyday purchases with smartphones, including an ag- gressive entry from Apple Inc., pushed online retailer eBay Inc. to reverse course and set free its PayPal unit. On Tuesday, eBay said it would spin off PayPal to shareholders by the end of next year, a step ini- tially proposed by activist inves- tor Carl Icahn that it had repeat- edly rejected and which could spark a round of deal-making among potential rivals. EBay and PayPal both may prove attractive takeover candi- dates, said analysts. A stand- alone eBay would no longer have to hand over cash it generates to PayPal, Chief Executive John Do- nahoe said. Mr. Donahoe, 54 years old, will step down as CEO when the split is complete; he may join one or both companies’ boards. Competition in electronic pay- ments has escalated since Mr. Icahn first proposed the separa- tion in January. That challenged eBay’s plans to bring PayPal to more brick-and-mortar retail out- lets, where more than 90% of con- sumer purchases are made today. Apple this month introduces its new in-store payments service tied to its iPhone 6 models. Apple Pay will work at McDonald’s, Macy’s and other retailers, and promises to put mobile payments in the hands of tens of millions of more customers. “Everyone is out to eat Pay- Pal’s lunch,” said Jordan McKee, a senior analyst for mobile pay- ments at 451 Research. “Now more than ever, PayPal needs to innovate, be nimble and move Please turn to page A6 By Greg Bensinger, David Benoit and Daisuke Wakabayashi EBay to Split as Apple, Others Prepare to Challenge PayPal ...but its payment volumes are growing fast. $50 billion 0 10 20 30 40 ’13 ’14 2012 Sizing the Business PayPal generates less revenue than eBay’s retail business... The Wall Street Journal Source: the company Enterprise $0.3B PayPal $1.9B Market- place $2.2B 2ND QTR $55B 2ND QTR $5 billion 0 1 2 3 4 ’13 ’14 2012 Markets Review A resurgent dollar is remaking the investment landscape as Fed stimulus ends. Quarterly Report, C1, C7-10 Heard on the Street: EBay could become auction target ............ C18 City’s finance role hinders Beijing’s options.......................... A10 Teenage activist emerges as face of protests ............................ A11 Health officials diagnosed the first case of Ebola in the U.S. on Tuesday, bringing a dis- ease that has killed more than 3,000 people this year in West Africa to the middle of America. The patient, who officials de- clined to name but referred to as “he,” arrived in Texas from Liberia 10 days ago to visit fam- ily, developed symptoms of the disease on Sept. 24 and was ad- mitted to an isolation unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hos- pital in Dallas four days later, health officials said. Confirmation of the individ- ual’s illness was made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday. Officials have now launched an intensive medical and public-health effort both to treat the sick individual and to identify and monitor those people who he may have exposed to the disease in the four days between when he first developed symptoms and when he was placed into hospi- tal isolation. The patient isn’t the first to be treated for Ebola in the U.S. But he is the first to have be- come ill here, raising concerns that others may get sick, too, and spark an outbreak. Four other Ebola patients have been treated for the disease in the U.S. during the past two months, but all were evacuated from West Africa and trans- ferred immediately to hospital isolation units as soon as they arrived. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said the number of people Please turn to page A14 BY BETSY MCKAY AND ANA CAMPOY Ebola Diagnosed In Texas Patient; First U.S. Case C M Y K Composite Composite MAGENTA CYAN BLACK P2JW274000-5-A00100-1--------XA 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 P2JW274000-5-A00100-1--------XA

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World-WidenThe Secret Service cameunder harsh criticism over therecent White House securitybreach and other lapses. A1nHealth officials diagnosedthe first U.S. case of Ebola in apatient who arrived in Texasfrom Liberia 10 days ago. A1n Pro-democracy rallies ex-panded across Hong Kong,threatening to raise the chanceof confrontation. A1, A10-11nThe U.S. air campaignagainst Islamic State is cre-ating new strains on a tight-ening Pentagon budget. A4n Britain carried out its firstairstrikes in Iraq after Parlia-ment granted permission tojoin the U.S.-led campaign. A12n Turkey prepared to debatea measure that would let thegovernment order military op-erations in Syria and Iraq. A12n Afghanistan signed secu-rity pacts with the U.S. andNATO, paving the way forforeign troops to remain. A8n The U.S. and India agreedto forge closer defense and se-curity ties at a meeting be-tween Obama and Modi. A8nCalifornia will become thefirst state to let relatives seekgun seizures from someonesuspected of posing a threat.A4n The U.S. is retaining somenuclear-warhead componentsfor a possible defense againstearthbound asteroids. A3n Earth lost half its wildlifein the past four decades, ac-cording to a new study. A3

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EBay said it would spin offPayPal by the end of next

year amid escalating competi-tion in electronic payments. A1n Investors suffered a set-back in their bid to sue theU.S. over treatment of Freddieand Fannie shareholders. C1n The SEC granted Citigroupwaivers on curbs that crimpedsales of hedge-fund invest-ments and other activities. C1nDrug and device firms paidat least $3.5 billion to U.S. doc-tors and teaching hospitals inthe last five months of 2013. B1n EU regulators laid out whythey think tax deals for Applein Ireland and Fiat in Luxem-bourg are illegal support. B3nThe Dow fell 28.32 points to17042.90 but the blue chips,S&P 500 and Nasdaq all postedgains for the quarter. C1, C4n U.S. consumer confidencefell in September to the low-est reading since May. A2n Amazon.com appears tobe close to settling a pricingdispute with Disney. B1n Some small cable firms aredropping TV services as pro-gramming costs rise. B1, B4nMicrosoft offered a previewofWindows 10, the next ver-sion of its operating system. B2n News Corp agreed to buyonline real-estate networkMove for $950 million. B5n ConocoPhillips has begunexporting Alaskan oil, the firstsuch shipment in a decade. B3

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WASHINGTON—The SecretService came under witheringcriticism on Tuesday over the re-cent White House securitybreach and amid new revelationsthat an armed felon rode an ele-vator with President BarackObama days earlier.

Fresh details of the Sept. 19intrusion, aired at a House Over-sight Committee hearing Tues-day, revealed numerous securitylapses that allowed Omar J. Gon-zalez to get farther into theWhite House than previouslyknown after he had scaled afence and darted across thelawn. Mr. Gonzalez knocked overa Secret Service officer and hop-scotched through the first floorof the executive mansion beforefinally being tackled and hand-cuffed outside the Green Room.

He even briefly set foot in theEast Room, where the presidentholds news conferences and en-tertains on formal occasions, justoff a stairway that leads to thefirst family’s residence.

The whirlwind trip throughthe White House was aided bytwo open front doors thatcouldn’t be automatically locked,an alarm system muted in orderto avoid disturbing those in theexecutive mansion and a decisionby Secret Service officers to sub-due the intruder, rather than fireshots or release guard dogs.

On Tuesday, Mr. Gonzalez wasindicted by a federal grand juryon three criminal counts, includ-ing unlawfully entering a re-stricted building while carrying adeadly or dangerous weapon.The charges carry a maximumpenalty of 16 years in prison. Heis scheduled to appear in U.S.District Court on Wednesday.

Mr. Gonzalez’s lawyer de-Pleaseturntothenextpage

By Brent Kendall,Jeffrey Sparshottand Reid J. Epstein

Secret ServiceDraws FireOver LapsesObama Elevator Encounter Is RevealedAs Details Emerge onWhite House Breach

HONG KONG—Pro-democracyrallies, expanding farther acrossHong Kong Wednesday in theearly hours of China’s NationalDay holiday, threatened to esca-late beyond the aims of someorganizers and raise the chanceof confrontation.

Both the government and pro-testers had dug into their posi-tions Tuesday: Protest organiz-ers called on Leung Chun-ying,the city’s chief executive, to re-sign by midnight or face grow-

ing masses on the streets. Mr.Leung urged protesters to returnhome in his first public remarkssince police cracked down onprotesters Sunday.

After the deadline passed,crowds fanned out to a provoca-tive new site—Golden BauhiniaSquare, the setting for celebra-

tions of the 65th anniversary ofthe founding of the People’s Re-public of China—despite thewarnings of some protest lead-ers who feared alienating thepublic or inciting a governmentcrackdown. Other organizers, in-cluding 17-year-old student

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By Jason Chow,Fiona Law

and Isabella Steger

Hong Kong Rallies ExpandAs Holiday Raises Tensions

Indian Leader Hails Partnership With U.S.

Jonathan

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uters

How do a ping-pong table, ahead and a ball go together?

If you’re René Wegner, obvi-ously in a new sport.

The concept is head tennis, orHeadis, as dubbed by Mr.Wegner, and in-volves squatting,hands planted onthe table, and us-ing the head towhip, spin andslam the ball backand forth acrossthe net.

The game hasdeveloped a fol-lowing in Mr.Wegner’s nativeGermany—it is now played in 20universities—and is growing inpopularity in other parts of Eu-rope as well, particularly amongsoccer players and skateboard-ers. About 2,000 Headis balls,which are softer than soccerballs, have been sold so far thisyear compared with a total of

1,300 last year, according to Mr.Wegner, who sells them.

The game is a little bit pingpong and a little bit soccer (nohands). In September, a “Head-ness” tournament in Münster at-tracted 100 competitors.

Alex “Lauchgesicht” (LeekFace) Bohn, 21years old, wascrowned championof the event, whichhe prepped for byplaying severalhours every daythe week before.Later in themonth, he alsowon a competitionamong the top 20Headis players.

Mr. Bohn, a teacher in train-ing, played the game for the firsttime about 2-1/2 years ago whileattending a seminar related toteaching. During breaks, theseminar trainers played Headis.

“We said, ‘hell that’s crazy, wecan’t do that,’ ” said Mr. Bohn.

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BY SHIRLEY S. WANG

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CLOSER TIES: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, waving in front of the Mahatma Gandhi monument at the IndianEmbassy, vowed to cooperate on key issues after a meeting with President Obama in Washington on Tuesday. A8

Coming competition in payingfor everyday purchases withsmartphones, including an ag-gressive entry from Apple Inc.,pushed online retailer eBay Inc.to reverse course and set free itsPayPal unit.

On Tuesday, eBay said it wouldspin off PayPal to shareholders bythe end of next year, a step ini-tially proposed by activist inves-tor Carl Icahn that it had repeat-edly rejected and which couldspark a round of deal-makingamong potential rivals.

EBay and PayPal both mayprove attractive takeover candi-dates, said analysts. A stand-alone eBay would no longer haveto hand over cash it generates toPayPal, Chief Executive John Do-nahoe said. Mr. Donahoe, 54 yearsold, will step down as CEO whenthe split is complete; he may joinone or both companies’ boards.

Competition in electronic pay-ments has escalated since Mr.

Icahn first proposed the separa-tion in January. That challengedeBay’s plans to bring PayPal tomore brick-and-mortar retail out-lets, where more than 90% of con-sumer purchases are made today.

Apple this month introducesits new in-store payments servicetied to its iPhone 6 models. ApplePay will work at McDonald’s,Macy’s and other retailers, andpromises to put mobile payments

in the hands of tens of millions ofmore customers.

“Everyone is out to eat Pay-Pal’s lunch,” said Jordan McKee, asenior analyst for mobile pay-ments at 451 Research. “Nowmore than ever, PayPal needs toinnovate, be nimble and move

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By Greg Bensinger,David Benoitand DaisukeWakabayashi

EBay to Split as Apple, OthersPrepare to Challenge PayPal

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Markets ReviewA resurgent dollar is remakingthe investment landscape asFed stimulus ends.Quarterly Report, C1, C7-10

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Health officials diagnosedthe first case of Ebola in theU.S. on Tuesday, bringing a dis-ease that has killed more than3,000 people this year in WestAfrica to the middle of America.

The patient, who officials de-clined to name but referred toas “he,” arrived in Texas fromLiberia 10 days ago to visit fam-ily, developed symptoms of thedisease on Sept. 24 and was ad-mitted to an isolation unit atTexas Health Presbyterian Hos-pital in Dallas four days later,health officials said.

Confirmation of the individ-ual’s illness was made by theU.S. Centers for Disease Controland Prevention and the TexasDepartment of State HealthServices on Tuesday. Officialshave now launched an intensive

medical and public-health effortboth to treat the sick individualand to identify and monitorthose people who he may haveexposed to the disease in thefour days between when hefirst developed symptoms andwhen he was placed into hospi-tal isolation.

The patient isn’t the first tobe treated for Ebola in the U.S.But he is the first to have be-come ill here, raising concernsthat others may get sick, too,and spark an outbreak. Fourother Ebola patients have beentreated for the disease in theU.S. during the past twomonths, but all were evacuatedfrom West Africa and trans-ferred immediately to hospitalisolation units as soon as theyarrived.

Tom Frieden, director of theCDC, said the number of people

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Ebola DiagnosedIn Texas Patient;First U.S. Case

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