Global Macro / Markets:
- Tech race fueld bitcoin mining bubble – FT
- ‘Robot Overlords’ Job-Stealing Exaggerated: Jackson Hole Paper – Bloomberg
- Natural gas to gasoline for $1/gallon – SFGate
- Central Bankers Wrestle With Easy Money -WSJ
- Developing Nations Anxiously Watch Fed at Jackson Hole – Foreign Policy
- How Significant is the BRICS New Development Bank? – Naked Cap
- Corn and soybean yields are off the charts. – WSJ
- Warren Buffett is hoarding cash. Why aren’t you? – James Saft
- The transmission of unconventional monetary policy to the emerging markets – BIS
- DeLong on the mother of all black swans – Money Illusion
Americas:
- Fed Chair Yellen: Unemployment Rate “somewhat overstates” Improvement in Labor Market – Calculated Risk
- Bullard Sees ’Several Hundred Billion’ of Reverse Repos – Bloomberg
- 3 former bankers sentenced – Insurance news
- Shale gas in Argentina: Dead-cow bounce – Economist
- Argentina and Elliott – was it really a bond play? – FT Alphaville
- Argentina accuses U.S. Judge Griesa of “imperialist” attitude – Reuters
- Argentina’s Peso Weakening at Fastest Pace Since January – Reuters
- Home and Jobs Data Suggests Momentum – Reuters
- U.S. Probe Examines GM Lawyers – WSJ
- Bank of America is paying a record fine to put mortgage issues behind them. – Bloomberg
- Goldman Sachs junior bankers just got a big pay raise. – FT , Quartz
Europe:
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- Europe Fears Banks Lack Cash Cushion -NYT
- Kiev in – U-turn over Russian mech, as evidence fails to materialise – Daily Mail UK
- As Ukraine Presses Military Offensive, The Facts Are Fuzzy – NPR
- Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion after aid convoy crosses border – Reuters
- Geneva Banks Break 200-Year Silence to Unveil Earnings – Bloomberg
- Richest Jailed Putin Foe Says Ukraine Fears Sparked Prosecution – Bloomberg
- Russian Mass Brawl Over Watermelons Ends in Gunshots – Moscow Times
- Fiscal devaluation in the Euro area, a model-based analysis – EU
Asia:
- Prabowo goes home empty-handed after a dramatic day in Indonesia – Asian Correspondent
- Islamic State: British fighters make up a quarter of foreign jihadists – Independent
- Zhou Yongkang’s Early Years – Caixin
- China says factory arrears rising as economy stumbles – Reuters
Local:
- ATO cracks down on cash economy – AFR
- Call centre jobs ‘will not exist’ in five years, says Telstra’s Thodey – Business Day
- Nostalgia aside, the old BHP doesn’t exist – Pascoe
- Palmer outburst may threaten China FTA – AFR
- Newcorp’s worst story gets out – AFR
- Coalition ready for budget fight back – TheOz
- Wealth, jobs and rent all up in the mining boom – TheOz
Other:
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- How collaborative innovation led to the experimental serum for Ebola – The Week
- Fear and false alarms as Ebola puts Europe on alert – Guardian
- The world is getting old…fast. – CNN
- This Robot Butler Tried To Get Me Drunk – TechCrunch
- How Twitter Decides What to Place in Your Stream – recode
- Your Anonymous Posts to Secret Aren’t Anonymous After All – Wired
- WHO: Ebola outbreak underestimated – TheOz
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