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Perspective NYT - Rohingya Recount Atrocities: 'They Threw My Baby Into a Fire' - Jeffrey Gettleman 10/11 * Deeply disturbing. WSJ - Daily Shot: OECD - Global Obesity Rates (2015) 10/12 FT - The 30-second ad has had its 15 minutes of fame - Shannon Bond 10/11 * "The 30-second
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If you were to read only one thing… Bloomberg Businessweek - Ronaldo Is Hawking One of the World's Riskiest Derivatives - Donal Griffin 9/20 * The product: Contracts For Difference (CFDs) * "CFDs, called 'a volatile form of gambling' by an Irish judge in 2014, make up one
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If you were to read only one thing… FT - To coin a craze: Silicon Valley's cryptocurrency boom - Richard Waters 9/13 * "So-called initial coin offerings, or ICOs, like this have turned into the year’s most striking financial craze. More than $1.8bn has been raised
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: Houston is on some the nation's least absorbent soil 8/29 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice NYT - Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause - David Leonhardt 8/29 FT - A happier Japan is a concern for investors - Leo Lewis 8/28 * "A record
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Markets / Economy WSJ - Mutual Funds Mark Down Uber Investments by Up to 15% - Rolfe Winkler and Greg Bensinger 8/22 * "Vanguard Group, Principal and Hartford Funds all marked down their shares by 15% to $41.46 a share for the quarter ended June 30, according to the fund companies’
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Perspective FT - US haul from credit crisis bank fines hit $150bn - Kara Scannell 8/6 * "A single bank, Bank of America, has paid more than one-third of all recoveries to US authorities, according to an analysis by the Financial Times. Its $56bn in settlements with state and federal
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If you were to read only one thing… WSJ - Indexers Push Back Against Wall Street - Ken Brown 8/1 * "Give a small cheer to the index nerds at S&P. Their decision to ban companies that have different classes of stock is a rare instance of Wall Street
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Bloomberg View - Sharif's Ouster Is Bad News - Mihir Sharma 7/28 * "Whatever one thinks of Pakistan's former prime minister, the circumstances of his ouster are troubling." Markets / Economy WSJ - Daily Shot: Total US Mortgages Outstanding as % of GDP 7/
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Perspective NYT - The Cost of a Hot Economy in California: A Severe Housing Crisis - Adam Nagourney and Conor Dougherty 7/17 * "A full-fledged housing crisis has gripped California, marked by a severe lack of affordable homes and apartments for middle-class families. The median cost of a home
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If you were to read only one thing… WSJ - China's Bid to Curb Its Booming Housing Market Has Only Made It Hotter - Lingling Wei and Dominique Fong 7/12 * "The more China tries to rein in its roaring housing market, the more obsessed people get about buying.
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Economist - Buttonwood: Fund managers rarely outperform the market for long 6/24 Markets / Economy Economist - Investors in aircraft should get set for turbulence 6/22 * "Airliners could be the world's next big asset bubble." WSJ - Central Banks Give Sleepy Markets a
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Perspective WSJ - Wal-Mart to Vendors: Get Off Amazon's Cloud - Jay Greene and Laura Stevens 6/21 * "To do business with Wal-Mart, the retailer requires some tech providers to build the services on AWS cloud rivals." WSJ - Daily Shot: Brookings - Midlife mortality from "deaths