Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- SoftBank plans to lend $20 billion to its employees amid volatile markets – Mazech
- “Enough is enough”: Apple files lawsuit against Corellium for copyright infringement – Mazech
- On negative rates… – Medium
- Bernie Madoff whistleblower says GE is a bigger fraud than Enron – CNN
- $3,5 bln Bitcoin Ponzi scheme Plus Token pressures the markets – Forex Brokerz
Americas:
- Two-thirds of Americans favor raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour – PEW Research
- US Breaks Gasoline Consumption Record 2nd Time this Summer – You Tube
- Many Americans Think Economic Inequality Is A Problem — Just Not The Most Pressing One – FiveThirtyEight
- Trump Is Warning Of An Economic Crash If He Loses Reelection – Yuv News
- From Trump Boom to Trump Gloom: The smart money thinks Trumponomics is a flop. – NY Times
- US housing starts drop for third straight month – CNBC
- Recession: ‘It’s Here,’ and There’s Not Much Left To Do – Bipartisan Press
- JC Penney reports mixed second-quarter results as sales decline at a faster-than-expected pace – CNBC
- High cost of housing cuts into food, utilities study says – OC Register
- Trump, banking on strong economy to win reelection, frets over a possible downturn – Washington Post
- Trump Recession Trend Is Going to Stick – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Not for sale: Danish MPs ridicule idea of Trump buying Greenland – Reuters
- Finland, the poster child for healthcare, has collapsed. – Legal Insurrection
- Operation Chaos: Whitehall’s secret no‑deal Brexit preparations leaked – The Times
- A memorial for the first Iceland glacier lost to climate change – Gulf News
- EU calls on both sides of Hong Kong crisis to enter into talks – Politico
- France: The World’s First Solar Road Has Officially Crumbled Into a Total Failure – Science Alert
- Germany: Merkel thanks Hungary for its role in fall of Berlin Wall – DW
Asia:
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- China sets new market-oriented benchmark lending rate – FT
- BSP Supremo Warns Modi Government On The Possibility Of Economic Recession On The Country – Yuv News
- Huawei Is Developing A “Mapping Service” – Yuv News
- India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Increased By $ 1.620 Billion – Yuv News
- Japan overtakes China as the biggest creditor to the US – SCMP
- Economist: Hong Kong’s tycoons ‘are the problem’ underlying recent unrest – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Hundreds rally in Sydney in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters – The Guardian
- Brisbane City Council redistribution gives Labor a ‘glimmer of hope’ – Brisbane Times
- Call for Australia’s Pacific membership to be suspended over coal – The SMH
- University funding to be tied to graduate jobs as freeze lifts – SBS
- Universities urged to not rely on international students for revenue – SBS
- Vast majority of Australians support ban on misleading political advertising – The Guardian
- Newstart recipients have been urged to go regional in order to find jobs — but could that work? – ABC
- The construction crisis isn’t just a Sydney problem. How bad could it be in your state? – ABC
- Anti-Hong Kong democracy protest in Sydney marred by ugly confrontations – The SMH
- Newstart and life on $40 a day: ‘It’s not living, it’s surviving’ – The Guardian