América Móvil in â?¬7.2bn KPN bid || Chinaâ??s consumer inflation steady || News Corp Australia chief resigns after less than two years || Lending to UK landlords is surging to a near five-year high || JPMorgan in talks with the SEC over a rare admission of wrongdoing over the London ... (more)

YES! Another awesome/crazy/doesn’t-mean-much survey! My fave ;) This time up is Credit Karma (why are they always from credit score places?) who hired a company to research how people feel about their looks vs debt. And the findings are just as interesting as the survey we last posted about on ... (more)

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An interesting aside to the consumption tax argument from BNP Paribas’ Ryutaro Kono — why have JGB markets been so calm? It was only recently that their flighty side was being discussed. So why has there been so little reaction to reports that Abe et al might change the timing ... (more)

Elsewhere on Friday,

- Want to revive the economy with â??the values of economic freedom”? Releasing imprisoned businessmen seems like a good start.

- Municipal contagion in Michigan.

- The animals are also getting fat.

Itâ??s interesting when people let their barriers slip out in their actual language. Usually, they donâ??t even realize theyâ??re doing it. But Detective Sethi is on the case: Guy 1: â??So you started going to the gym?â?? Guy 2: â??Yeah, I actually kinda like it now.â?? Guy 1: â??So youâ??re ... (more)

Asian stocks were mixed as investors await Chinese industrial production data, with the Nikkei flat despite a 15% fall in Nikon’s shares as it lowered its full-year operating profit guidance from ¥85bn to ¥65bn. (Bloomberg)(FastFT)

China’s consumer inflation steady. CPI rose 2.7% in July from a year earlier, the same ... (more)

Rio Tinto’s problems with its aluminium business are well documented.

But things could have been worse without all that warehousing shenanigans from Goldman et al.

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