- China stocks plunge again as hopes for economic recovery fade (Reuters)
- European Stock Gains Defy China Data That Hurt Metals; Oil Rises (BBG)
- Yen falls after Tokyo warning (Reuters)
- Soros Chart Signals BOJ Bond Buying Already Enough to Weaken Yen (BBG)
- Dollar Jump Catches Traders Short in One More Currency Calamity (BBG)
- Even China’s Party Mouthpiece Is Warning About Debt (BBG)
- Fed’s Evans sees U.S. growth picking up to 2.5 percent, favors ‘wait and see’ on rates (Reuters)
- Alberta Fire Set to Move From Oil-Sands Sites in Wind Shift (BBG)
- Canada hopes cooler weather aids battle with Alberta wildfire (Reuters)
- Noble Group Slumps Most Since ’11 After Fitch Debt Ratings Move (BBG)
- Bill Gross, Mohamed El-Erian Warn Against Counting the Fed Out (BBG)
- Euro zone finance ministers to start talks on Greek debt reprofiling: EU officials (Reuters)
- Greek lawmakers pass painful reforms to attain fiscal targets (Reuters)
- Greek reforms must be reviewed before any debt restructure: Germany (Reuters)
- Economic A-Team Down to Last Man as Erdogan Exerts His Power (BBG)
- Russia showcases Syria hardware in Red Square military parade (Reuters)
- For Rousseff-Hating Investors, a Bullish Trade Becomes Personal (BBG)
- Pentagon report reveals confusion among U.S. troops over Afghan mission (Reuters)
- Miami Faces Glut of Upscale Hotel Rooms as Brazilians Stay Home (BBG)
- Technicians from SWIFT left Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers – police (Reuters)
Overnight Media Digest
WSJ
– Twitter Inc cut off U.S. intelligence agencies from access to a service that sifts through the entire output of its social-media postings, the latest example of tension between Silicon Valley and the federal government over terrorism and privacy. (http://on.wsj.com/1Yhf496)
– Hillary Clinton is consolidating her support among Wall Street donors and other businesses ahead of a general-election battle with Donald Trump, winning more campaign contributions from financial-services executives in the most recent fundraising period than all other candidates combined. (http://on.wsj.com/1Yhf8FF)
– A California judge is expected to rule Monday on whether to dismiss the lawsuit challenging media mogul Sumner Redstone’s mental competency after he signaled Friday that the petitioner faced an uphill climb. Both sides filed court briefs over the weekend to sway the judge to their side. (http://on.wsj.com/1YhffRE)
– Beijing Higher People’s Court ruled in favor of U.S. social media giant Facebook Inc in a trademark case against a Chinese beverage company that owned the trademark “face book.” (http://on.wsj.com/1YhfhsQ)
FT
* The UK’s Pensions Regulator started investigating BHS’s pension scheme stretching back to the time when Philip Green sold the struggling business for 1 pound ($1.44) last year.
* Environment and Food Secretary Liz Truss said British whisky benefited from trade deals brokered by the EU to open up export markets and leaving the EU will place one of the UK’s most successful exports in jeopardy.
* Barclays will partner with Bottomline Technologies to offer UK companies the ability to send payments instantly to customers using their mobile phone number.
* The amount of whistleblowers complaining about UK companies not complying with pension laws rose nearly a third last year.
NYT
– The behind-the-scenes lobbying has become fashionable in Washington as the battle over encryption shifts to Capitol Hill between police and tech giants. It is the next phase of a bitter divide that spilled into public view this year when Apple refused to comply with a court order to help bypass security functions on an encrypted iPhone. (http://nyti.ms/23ADwDC)
– William C. Dudley, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York president, who helped pilot the Fed’s post-crisis stimulus campaign, believes that the central bank is on the right track and sounded pretty calm about the nation’s current economic situation. (http://nyti.ms/1OjEoFV)
– For two decades, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, was the architect of Saudi and OPEC cartel policies, including the one that has now sent the price of oil into a deep collapse. However, Naimi was unceremoniously ousted and replaced by Khalid al-Falih over the weekend. (http://nyti.ms/1O9TQcS)
– Manuela Herzer, a former lover of the ailing media mogul Sumner M. Redstone, who is waging a legal battle over his mental competency, made a last-ditch attempt over the weekend to keep her salacious lawsuit alive.(http://nyti.ms/23ABMu5)
Canada
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** Alberta’s oil sands have been spared a direct hit from the devastating wildfire that forced the shutdown of more than 1 million barrels per day of production, but it remains unclear when companies can restart operations. (http://bit.ly/1T6yAXJ)
** Toronto-based insurer Manulife Financial Corp is doing away with drawing blood, testing urine and collecting other biometric data for term life insurance policies of up to C$1 million ($774,233) purchased by new customers from ages 18 to 40. (http://bit.ly/1T6yG1q)
** The Canadian tourism industry is grappling with a demographic problem that could threaten its future: Millennials are spending far more of their travel dollars outside the country than at home. (http://bit.ly/1T6yKhE)
NATIONAL POST
** A legislative fix that appears to have been effective in reducing marriage fraud is about to be repealed for political and ideological reasons. (http://bit.ly/1T6zumU)
** Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said the massive Fort McMurray wildfire that forced 80,000 people to evacuate last week had stabilized to the point that she’s able to visit the devastated oilpatch city. (http://bit.ly/1T6zxPD)
Britain
The Times
Brexit will raise risk of world war, PM claims
David Cameron will today raise the spectre of war if Britain votes to exit the European Union as he asks whether leaving is a risk worth taking. (bit.ly/1Ojpxez)
Carmakers ‘will quit UK’ if steel crisis drags on
Nick Reilly, one of the British motor industry’s most senior executives, has warned that volume carmaking will disappear from the country if the steelmaking crisis is not resolved. (bit.ly/1O9scfY)
The Guardian
Offshore finance: more than $12tln siphoned out of emerging countries
More than $12 trillion (8 trillion pounds) has been siphoned out of Russia, China and other emerging economies into the secretive world of offshore finance, new research has revealed, as David Cameron prepares to host world leaders for an anti-corruption summit.(bit.ly/1Wj8VvG)
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Blacklisted workers win 10m pounds payout from construction firms
About 10 million pounds will be paid in compensation to more than 250 building workers who were “blacklisted” by some of Britain’s biggest construction firms under a settlement to be announced on Monday.(bit.ly/23AcUmh)
The Telegraph
Saudi Aramco plans London listing but doubts grow on $2.5 trillion claim
Saudi Arabia is planning a three-way foreign listing in London, Hong Kong, and New York for the record-smashing privatisation of its $2.5 trillion oil giant Aramco, anchored on a triad of interlocking ties with three foreign energy companies. (bit.ly/1NnH0rr)
Downing Street accused of ‘manipulating’ spy chiefs after they warn against Brexit
David Cameron has been accused of “manipulating” the former head of MI5 into warning that Britain’s national security would be put at risk by a Brexit. (bit.ly/24ECNav)
Sky News
Referendum Rivals Clash Over Single Market
Brexit campaigner Michael Gove has said the UK would be better off outside the single market, with the Chancellor hitting back and calling the prospect “catastrophic” for jobs and incomes.(bit.ly/1Txwjix)
Top pensions lawyer to aid MPs’ BHS probe
A leading pensions lawyer is being drafted in to assist a parliamentary probe into the collapse of BHS, the high street retailer, amid a furious row about the stewardship of its 20,000-member retirement schemes.(bit.ly/1VPEIUr)
The Independent
David Cameron to invoke war dead as he makes case for EU as guardian of peace
Pulling out of the European Union would usher in an era of British isolationism that would be a betrayal of our history and against our fundamental future national interest, David Cameron is to warn. (ind.pn/1WhLmmy)
TTIP trade deal under threat after Germany claims US not making ‘any serious concessions’
The controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has been thrown into further doubt after a senior German minister claimed the United States was not willing to make “any serious concessions”. (ind.pn/1WTVlxh)
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