The Traderszone Network

Air China is taking some heat today after posting some unusual “safety” tips for their travelers looking to visit London.  The controversial advice was posted in Air China’s in-flight magazine, Wings of China, and read as follows:

“London is generally a safe place to travel, however precautions are needed when entering areas mainly populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people.  We advise tourists not to go out alone at night, and females always to be accompanied by another person when traveling.”

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell told Hillary Clinton at the start of her tenure at the State Department that he used a personal computer to conduct government business, and took steps to avoid “going through the State Department servers.”
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Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz SE, speaking in a Bloomberg television interview
– The market pricing in around a 20 percent probability of a hike at the September meeting is “way too low”

Donald Trump tossed more praise to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday night.

Thanks to Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings thoughtful decision to release an email exchange between former Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton, we can now confirm that Hillary was well aware of the lack of security and the “real danger” before she made the decision to use a private email server.

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The yen held on to its recent gains as markets looked ahead to a speech by the BOJ Deputy Governor for clues on what the central bank might do.

July’s trade deficit in Australia comes in at 2410mln
– expected -2700mln
– prior was -3195mln
– Goods and services exports up 3% m/m,
– imports flat (0 change) m/m
Trade deficit not as wide as expected nor as wide as the previous month