Trump survives second assassination attempt

September 18, 2024

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Ireland’s government has been told it needs to collect €14bn back in taxes from Apple, Embattled hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been arrested in New York, and Police make arrest in Ariki Rigby homicide investigation.

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Before The Bell

Markets

  • Asia shares rise; dollar, yields hurt by outsized Fed rate cut bets. (Reuters).

  • Barclays Sees Dollar Rallying 1% Ahead of Fed’s Crucial Decision. (BBG).

Earnings and Data

  • The Hong Kong government is preparing to issue its maiden policy statement on the use of artificial intelligence in finance. (BBG).

  • Microsoft approves new $60 billion share buyback program. (Reuters).

  • Ireland’s government has been told it needs to collect €14bn back in taxes from Apple. (BBC).

News Summary

  • The jury charged with deciding whether Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne murdered his wife are expected to begin deliberating their verdict tomorrow afternoon. (Herald).

  • Residents of affluent Auckland neighbourhood fed up with polluted, rat-infested creek. (Stuff).

  • Nomads gang kidnapping: Carlos Harris sentenced over abduction of Auckland woman made to dig own grave. (Herald).

  • Police make arrest in Ariki Rigby homicide investigation, man charged with murder. (Stuff).

  • Four men charged after pair allegedly kidnapped, tortured and shot in Sydney. (9 News).

  • Child abuse survivor’s parents wrote character reference for her perpetrator. (NCA).

  • A 75-year-old man has been charged after allegedly bringing a box cutter knife onto an international flight leaving from Sydney earlier this year. (9 News).

  • A gunman hid for nearly 12 hours in bushes before Donald Trump played an unscheduled game of golf at his oceanfront club in Florida – leaving locals stunned at what authorities say appears to be the second attempt to assassinate the former president. (BBC).

  • Among the last words heard from the crew of an experimental submersible headed for the wreck of the Titanic were “all good here”, according to a visual re-creation of the journey. (Guardian).

  • Embattled hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been arrested in New York City on unspecified federal charges, federal authorities told the BBC's US partner CBS. (BBC).

  • The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70% by 2050. (CNN).

Deal Flow

Investments / M&A

  • Flutter Agrees to Buy Playtech’s Italian Unit for €2.3 Billion. (BBG).

Equity Raises

  • Moove Lubricants Holdings, a unit of Brazil conglomerate Cosan SA, filed for a US initial public offering, disclosing growing revenue. (BBG).

  • Chinese home appliances maker Midea Group rose by up to 9.5% on its trading debut in Hong Kong on Tuesday after raising nearly $4 billion in the city's largest share offering in almost four years. (Reuters).

Debt

  • Borrowers are leaning on credit cards as other sources of credit have dried up. (WSJ).

  • China’s local government debt problems are a hidden drag on economic growth. (CNBC).

Daily Picks

  • Embattled hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been arrested in New York City on unspecified federal charges, federal authorities told the BBC's US partner CBS. (BBC).

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