Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Russia, Iran, Turkey form $7billion oil deal – Russia-Insider
- Central banker elite deliver back to back warnings – Bloomberg
- Cyclone in Texas hits oil hub, affecting 1 million gpd production – Bloomberg
- Hot new hedge fund flavor is “quantamental” – Bloomberg (I taste more 2/20 actually….)
Americas:
- Trump: A president at war with himself – CNN
- Trump under fire from Republicans for pardoning racist, neo-Fascist sheriff – ABC News
- Giant marijuana bundle launched over US/Mexico border – KCRA (trebuchet or catapult? Brilliant!)
Europe/Middle East/Africa:
- Putin’s approval rating at 83% in August – RT.com (what was that joke about the KGB agent on Channel Two?)
- Greece to use Brexit to try to bring stolen marbles back to Parthenon from UK – DW.com
- While Theresa May sets day she’ll quit as PM to see Britain through Brexit – DailyMirror
Asia:
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- Afghan villagers live in constant fear of drone attack – RT.com
- Japan probably can’t maintain current growth rate, says Kuroda – Bloomberg
- New wave of Chinese censorship, name registration for commenting – The Diplomat
Trans-Tasman:
- Thousands rally for gay marriage equality in Melbourne – Reuters (in a separate march, over a dozen Coalition MP’s demanded a return to the 1950’s)
- Asylum seekers face welfare crackdown – ABC (how very Christian of you Peter Dutton…)
- Its about time, not money – why Boomers want to keep their big homes – The Age
- Chinese investment in property drops 69% – The Age (ohnose Harry Highrise!)
- Shorten will turn us into Cuba – The Hyperbolic Australian
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