Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Warren Buffett hasn’t stockpiled this much cash since right before the financial crisis – The Week
- CEOs Who Cheat on Spouse Twice as Likely to Cheat at Work: Study – Bloomberg
- Wall Street slips as financials drag, trade outlook clouds – Reuters
- What is a fair CEO wage? A study on the gap between expectations and reality – The Sentiment
- Tax on super-rich a popular idea, except in the media – The Star
- Investors pull $13.8bn from EM securities in August amid trade tensions – CRE Herald
- U.S. yield curve inverts further, 30-year yields hit new record low – Reuters
- Why Tech Giants Lose Luster For Investors – Morning Star
- Design Patterns for Decentralization – Medium
- The Big Short’s Michael Burry Sees a Bubble in Passive Investing – Bloomberg
- Why Investors Should Forget About Nuclear Power – Energy & Capital
Americas:
- Walmart Outsources Accounting, Office Jobs to Indian H-1Bs visa holders – Breitbart
- Business Roundtable suffers from economic illiteracy – USA Today
- Tesla starts selling its own car insurance in California – CNBC
- Offshore Banking Gains Appeal as the U.S. Falls Out of Top 20 ‘Least Corrupt’ Countries – FX Street
- Homeowners are sitting on a record amount of cash – CNBC
Europe:
- EU warns Serbia to cancel free trade pact with Russia if it wants to join bloc – Euro News
- Arctic: There is no ice left on Northern Sea Route – Barents Observor
- ‘It was a shooting range’: Ukraine’s deadliest day – BBC
- Four European countries lose measles-free status after outbreaks – CNN
- Four European countries stripped of ‘measles-free’ status: WHO – Aljazeera
Asia:
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- India’s Economy Likely Expanded At Its Weakest Pace In More Than Five Years In April-June – YUV News
- Apple’s Data Shows a Deepening Dependence on China … – Stock Market News
- Foreign firms unprepared for China’s ‘life-or-death’ rating system: chamber – France24
- China will place tariffs on U.S. goods beginning Sunday – YouTube
- Indonesia Bans Food Labeled “Palm Oil-Free” in Move Welcomed by Palm Oil Industry – Mongabay
- ‘Now or Never’: Hong Kong Protesters Say They Have Nothing to Lose – Voa News
- India Eases Foreign Investment Rules for Several Sectors to Boost Growth – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Thousands of public servants want to quit Peter Dutton’s home affairs department – The Guardian
- ‘Right to repair’ laws for fixable electronics on agenda at consumer affairs meeting – ABC
- “Working-age Australians are underwriting the living standards of older Australians to a much greater extent than the Baby Boomers did for their forebears” – Grattan Institute
- David Jones to ‘aggressively’ close stores as profit plunges – The SMH
- Rich migrants pay $5 million to move to Australia. But how fair is that deal? – ABC
- Federal Coalition is white-anting Australia’s electricity governance – Renew Economy
- Australia’s greenhouse emissions set new seven-year highs on gas boom – The Age
- Adani mine would be ‘unviable’ without $4.4bn in subsidies, report finds – The Guardian
- Extinction debt: Urban biodiversity may be the answer – Independent Australia
- Smoke and mirrors: The nanny state critics behind the vape debate – ABC
