Global Macro/Markets:
- Lehman Brothers collapse, five years on: ‘We had almost no control’ – Guardian
- Insane financial system lives post-Lehman – Financial Times
- Banks Allying With Hedge Funds as Capital Rules Bite – Blomberg
- Market Disruption Seen Sign of Times After Nasdaq Mishap – Bloomberg
- Worried about stock correlation ? – Shaeffers Trading Floor
- Noone likes the BRICs anymore – Bloomberg
- Verizon bond sale, largest in history – Policymic.com
- Goldman Sees Risk of Gold Below $1,000 on U.S. Economy – Bloomberg
North America:
- Friday: Retail Sales, PPI, Consumer sentiment – CalculatedRisk
- Obama to nominate Summers as Fed chief: Nikkei – Reuters
- Boehner Wants Joint Talks on Debt, Budget – WSJ
- House Republicans go for broke in fiscal battles – Reuters
- SEC calls for plan to beat exchange failures – FT
- Retail sales growth slowed in August. – Calculated Risk, Bespoke
- Why Lehman Wasn’t Rescued – New York Times
Europe:
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- Italy Industrial output – Cigolo via Twitter , and the Eurozone
- ECB Monthly bulletin September – ECB
- European Parliament could delay banking union – Speigel
Asia:
- China is telling business ‘Don’t mess with us’ says expert – BBC
- China announces plan to curb pollution – CNN
- Japan minsters disagree on sales tax offset package – Reuters
- Fukushima ‘not under control’ says Tepco official – Euronews
Local:
- Hockey’s plan for budget stimulus – AFR
- NBN warns it needs another $1.6bn – AFR
- Carbon tax to blame for loss: Kelty – TheOz
- Albo joins race as ALP hardens on Abbot – TheOz
Other
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- Early schooling damaging children’s wellbeing, say experts – Guardian
- Syria crisis: Geneva talks on chemical weapons enter second day – BBC
- A Plea for Caution From Russia – New York Times
- Obama’s Humiliating Defeat- Glen Ford
- U.S., Russia to push for new Syria peace talks – Reuters
- Elite Syrian Unit Scatters Chemical Arms Stockpile – WSJ
- Twitter fails to answer key IPO questions – FT, but what they learned from FB Pando Daily
- Voyagr 1 Treks past Solar System – Bloomberg