What We Read Today 03 October 2014

Econintersect: Every day our editors collect the most interesting things they find from around the internet and present a summary “reading list” which will include very brief summaries (and sometimes longer ones) of why each item has gotten our attention. Suggestions from readers for “reading list” items are gratefully reviewed, although sometimes space limits the number included.

• JPMorgan Says Data Breach Affected 76 Million Households (Alex Veiga, Associated Press, abc News) JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reported a huge cyber attack this summer which compromised customer information for about 76 million households and 7 million small businesses, the bank said Thursday. Names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses were stolen from the company’s servers but the data did not include account numbers, passwords, Social Security numbers or dates of birth. Only customers who use the websites Chase.com and JPMorganOnline and the apps ChaseMobile and JPMorgan Mobile were affected.

• Conservatives set to defy Europe on human rights (George Parker and Helen Warrell, Financial Times) The UK wants the European Court of Human Rights to allow that country to regard the court’s rulings as “advisory” and retaining human rights law sovereignty with the British government. Britain is unhappy with recent court rulings such as an edict that prisoners have the right to vote. UK Justice Secretary Chris Gatling said that if other countries disagreed with the British request then the UK would “simply walk away”.

• Investors See Positive Signs For Pakistan’s Democracy (Jon Springer, Forbes) What south Asian country has a stock market up approximately 300% since January 2010 without a single 10% pullback?

• Recent article about Scotland Independence and Other Movements

Alex Salmond announces plan to block poll tax collection (BBC News)

Europe must address Spain-Catalonia issue (The Guardian)

• Articles about conflicts elsewhere in the world:

Hong Kong leader stands firm, as both sides raise stakes (Al Jazeera)

Hong Kong Leader Willing to Hold Limited Talks With Protesters (The New York Times)

Hong Kong’s Protests Vs. Pakistan’s Protests In Pictures (Jon Springer, Forbes)

Ebola Plague? Stupidity is a real epidemic inside government (Armstrong Economics)

REPORT Women and Children for Sale A new U.N. report paints a terrifying picture of life under the Islamic State (Foreign Policy)

The Shape-Shifting Coalition (Micah Zenko, Foreign Policy)

Islamic State: Turkey MPs back Iraq-Syria deployment (BBC News)

Isis defies coalition air strikes in battle for town on Syria-Turkey border (The Guardian)

Exclusive: U.S. Special Ops Readied Syria Attack in June (The Daily Beast)

In New Front Against Islamic State, Dictionary Becomes a Weapon (The New York Times)

Islamist Terror Group Recruits Members With $50 And A Cell Phone, Study Finds (Huffington Post)

Islamic State committing ‘staggering’ crimes in Iraq: U.N. report (MSN News)

What ISIS Could Teach the West (The New York Times)

The 9 Biggest Myths About ISIS Debunked (The World Post)

Bush on ISIS: America has learned ‘lesson’ about Iraq (Fox News)

Iraq military gets advanced Russian air defense, flame weapons (RT)

Iran, the Thinkable Ally (The New York Times)

Ukraine rebels renew Donetsk airport offensive (BBC News)

Ukraine wary of fragile peace as patriotism surges (Associated Press, Yahoo! News)

Putin says ‘foolish’ sanctions will not hold back Russia (Reuters)

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