Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Mounting wave of 18,400 lawsuits threatens Bayer’s Monsanto bet – Channel News Asia
- Facebook Admits to SEC that Libra May Never Actually Launch – BeInCrypto
- FTC Warns Consumers Of Companies Promising Debt Reduction – RTT News
- Procter & Gamble writes down Gillette business after “woke” campaign loses $5 Billion dollars – CNBC
- This chart shows the Fed is central banker to the world – MarketWatch
- What the Gold Spike Means for Silver – Gold Newsletter
- ‘Hidden’ debtors may be signaling trouble in the global economy – CNBC
- Morgan Stanley Warns Of Recession, Says Fed Rate Cut Might Be Too Late – IB Times
Americas:
- Trump switches from ‘maximum pressure’ policy to waivers for Iran nuke program – The Economy Club
- Fed Cuts Interest Rates For 1st Time Since 2008 – NPR
- A Decline in Capital Investment Reveals the False Promise of Trump’s Tax Bill – New Yorker
- The Fed has enabled an army of debt-laden ‘zombie’ companies – Business Insider
- Fed cuts key rate in its first reduction in more than decade – Yahoo
- As Deficit Explodes, GOP Demands Emergency Tax Cut for the Rich – Vanity Fair
- Agriculture Giant Cargill Reviews Business Amid Trade Spat – Bloomberg
- US to set up plan allowing prescription drugs from Canada – ABC
- A Massive U.S. Drug Price-Fixing Probe Has Hit Major Roadblocks Authorities have called it one of the biggest cases of corporate collusion in history – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Eurozone GDP up 0.2% in Q2 2019 – CRE Herald – CRE Herald
- As bourse battle rumbles on, Swiss stock exchange scores early win – Reuters
- Euro zone second-quarter growth halves, inflation slows despite jobless at 11-year low – CNBC
- Poland scraps income tax for young people in bid to tempt emigrants home – Independent
- British MPs condemn BBC for giving airtime to ‘racist’ Steve Bannon – Yahoo
- ‘UK’s ten hottest years since 1884 have all occured this century’ – Euro News
- Italy bars McDonald’s fast-food amidst monuments of ancient Rome – Reuters
Asia:
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- 1 in 5 corporations say China has stolen their Intellectual Property within the last year – CNBC
- China, US officials meet for trade talks in Shanghai – CNBC
- China Urges State Firms to Swap Debt for Equity to Clean Up Zombies – Yicai Global
- Beijing Throws Support Behind Hong Kong’s Leader – Washington Post
- India Pushes For Its Largest Ever Hydropower Project Despite Concerns – Monga Bay
Trans-Tasman:
- Nine newspapers decline to run Crown Casino “advertisement” hitting back at ‘deceitful’ investigation – MSN
- Australia’s retail and fast food workers face ‘epidemic’ levels of abuse and harassment – New Daily
- No, it’s not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a study – The Coversation
- Australia told to halt arms sales as Yemen catastrophe unfolds – The Guardian
- ‘More teeth than Jaws’: Jacqui Lambie considers ultimatum over stronger integrity commission – The Guardian
- Melbourne’s green spaces are being lost in rush to build more housing – The Age
- One in three Australian MPs own an investment property – The Guardian
- Julie Bishop announced as next chancellor of Australian National University – ABC
- Political inaction to blame for failure to meet road safety targets, peak motoring group says – ABC
- Health workers to strike as last-ditch talks fail over patient assaults – The SMH
- Chinese student, 24, who threw an echidna off a bridge before stoning it to death is SPARED jail, avoids a conviction and won’t be deported despite admitting horrific cruelty – Daily Mail