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Early Bird Headlines 13 September 2019
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Key Articles
Global
- Asia stocks rise amid optimism on US-China trade, ECB stimulus (CNBC) Stocks in Asia rose on Friday as investors digested a series of overnight developments on the U.S.-China trade front as well as the European Central Bank (ECB). The U.S. dollar index was lower at 98.191 following a slip from highs above 98.8 seen yesterday. Oil continued to decline with Brent crude futures contract slipping 0.3% to $60.20 per barrel and U.S. crude futures declining 0.24% to $54.96 per barrel. Spot gold rose 0.4% to $1,503.93 per ounce as of 0725 GMT. Prices are down about 0.3% so far this week in what could be their third straight weekly drop. Treasury yields closed higher (bond prices lower).
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U.S.
- Winners and losers from the third Democratic debate (The Washington Post) The Democrats met in Houston on Thursday night for the third Democratic debate of 2019, this time all on one night. After nearly three hours of sparring between the 10 candidates who qualified, here’s who won, who lost, and what it means moving forward.
Winners:
- The Democratic Party
- Elizabeth Warren
- Pete Buttigieg
- Barack Obama
Losers:
- Castro’s big attack on Biden
- Prosecutors Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar
- Complaints about arguing
- Andrew Yang’s gimmick
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- Burning AOC ad during Democratic debate sparks outrage (Washington Examiner)
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Other important articles
U.S.
- Trump Says He Plans to Unveil Middle-Class Tax Cut in Next Year (Bloomberg)
- Fact-Checking the Democratic Debate (The New York Times) Spoiler: What the candidates said was mostly true.
- Conservatives offer stark warning to Trump, GOP on background checks (The Hill)
- Why Do So Many Republican Voters Support Trump? A Theory (NPR)
- Elizabeth Warren’s False Claim about the Assault Weapons Ban (NPR)
- Why US health care costs more, but isn’t better than other countries: Study (ABC News)
EU
UK
- No-deal Brexit is now the most likely outcome for the UK, survey of finance execs says (CNBC)
- Brexit: What are the backstop options? (BBC News)
- Brexit frustrations make snap election a big gamble for Johnson (Reuters)
- Britain’s last tin mine could reopen amid growing demand (CNN)
France
Turkey
India
China
- US-China trade deal coming soon? Big companies are not buying it (CNBC)
- Trump says he would consider an interim trade deal with China (CNBC)
- Huawei chief offers to share 5G know-how for a fee (BBC News)
Taiwan
Bahamas
- 1,300 people are listed as missing nearly 2 weeks after Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas (CNN)
- New storm hits hurricane-ravaged Bahamas, could become tropical storm (Reuters) See also Live: Severe Weather Events Issued On 13 Sept 2019 – Friday And Saturday Forecast to track storm with LIVE reports.
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