Global Macro
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel goes to Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley
- Meanwhile, ‘Distress 3.0’ looms as emerging markets falter. Bloomberg
- At least HTF is cooling – profits are down 35% year on year. New York Times
United States
- Ahead of tomorrow’s foreign policy debate, the threat of cyber war looms. Bloomberg
- Not that Romney has any ideas about defense or foreign policy according to this editorial. New York Times
- Indeed, Romney seems to channeling W. The Diplomat
- Vale Arlen Specter, Senator of Pennsylvania. Washington Post
Europe
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- How Starbucks avoids British taxes. Reuters
- And how Vladimir Putin avoids losing power. Quartz
- Scottish referendum countdown begins. Guardian
- Britain pushes to temper ECB’s banking union power. Reuters. Perfidious Albion.
- Malala Yousafzai flown to the UK. BBC
Asia
- Chinese exporters fear grim outlook. Financial Times
- And Chinese telco equipment maker ZTE gives a shock forecast. Wall Street Journal
- Just as Japanese mobile group Softbank makes bid for 70% of Sprint Nextel. Quartz
- Beyond China’s conveyor belt. Financial Times
- South Korea fills out its new administrative capital. Wall Street Journal
- Vale Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia. CNN
Australia
- Australia’s super system is third best in the world. The Australian
- Meanwhile, the future Fund bulks up on tobacco stocks. Business Day
- Craig Thomson faces civil charges. The Australian
- Ted Baillieu’s billion dollar China bonanza. The Age
Interesting/other
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- Azerbaijan uses J-Lo to prove it’s the anti-Iran. Washington Post
- Lessons from 50 years after the Sino-Indian war. Project Syndicate
- Felix Baumgartner’s 1,342km/h skydive. BBC