Bloomberg TicToc

August 21 2019

💦 India's city of Chennai is so dry it needs trains to bring in water

Financial Times

August 21 2019

Together, Marc Rowan and Imran Siddiqui created one of the most lucrative investments of the past decade at Apollo. But their partnership ended up a curse. Read more in today’s Due Diligence newsletter

The Wall Street Journal

August 21 2019

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric ever to be jailed for child sexual abuse, has lost his appeal

Bloomberg

August 21 2019

Politics sparked the Hong Kong protests, but economic dissatisfaction — especially over a pricey housing market — has increased the tensions https://t.co/SFQbXn4gWl via @BW

Guardian news

August 21 2019

Growing up in air-polluted areas linked to mental health issues

Reuters Top News

August 21 2019

China's Geely posts 40% slump in first-half profit, sees uncertain demand outlook

The Economist

August 21 2019

Viewpoint: Protests are a signal to Beijing that it hasn't cultivated Hong Kong’s “political middle”, says former politician Christine Loh #OpenFuture

ABC News

August 21 2019

Torrential monsoon rains in northern India forced officials to open the floodgates along a dam on the Beas River. Local media reported that 18 people have been killed by heavy rainfall in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

CNN

August 21 2019

“Just having golf at Howard University ⁠— I think that will be huge just in terms of the opportunities it can create for... specifically black golfers,” says Otis Ferguson, a Howard U. student who inspired NBA star Steph Curry to sponsor golf teams there.

The New York Times

August 21 2019

In Opinion @tomfriedman writes, "The Palestinian-Israeli peace process has become a pathetic festival of magical thinking, performance art, reality denial, political fund-raising and outright political fraud"

Yahoo Finance

August 21 2019

4 ways Trump can forestall a recession https://t.co/IGAicUi98c by @rickjnewman

Google

August 21 2019

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MSNBC

August 21 2019

CEOs from nearly 200 major corporations say the top goal of a corporation is no longer to serve shareholders.

SCM

British supermarkets start to embrace plastic-free ‘nude’ shopping

SCMP

August 21 2019

British supermarkets are beginning to bow to pressure from increasingly environmentally conscious consumers by taking steps to strip their shelves of plastic wrapping over concerns about saving the oceans from waste.“Nude zones” and “Food in the Nude” campaigns are already being rolled out in places such as New Zealand and South Africa, where many fresh fruits and vegetables are grown within relatively easy reach.Now retailers in Britain – where even bunches of bananas are often sealed in…

NPR

August 21 2019

ICYMI: Julián Castro is now the 10th presidential candidate to qualify for next month's Democratic primary debate.