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Market Snapshot: Stock futures edge higher as investors watch yield curve, U.S.-China trade fight

Stock-index futures trade slightly higher Wednesday as investors assess the potential recession signal offered by the yield curve, while also gauging the fallout of an intensifying U.S.-China trade war. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YMU19, +0…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Singapore

WOHA’s singapore pavilion for expo 2020 dubai is an oasis in the arabian desert

singapore-based architecture firm WOHA has been selected to design the singapore pavilion for the 2020 world expo, held in dubai. located in the expos sustainability district, the pavilion is inspired by its theme of nature. nurture. future., showcasing singa…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey aims to boost trade with Russia to $100bn

Bilateral trade already exceeds $25 billion, but that does not reflect the cooperation potential, according to Erdogan. Also on rt.comTurkey embraces Russias national payment system credit card MirThe two countries are currently drafting an intergovernmental…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Into the Woods hews a fresh, intimate path into Stephen Sondheim’s musical

In Look, I Made a Hat, the second volume of his lyrics and musings about his work, Stephen Sondheim notes the unlikely genesis for Into the Woods: he and book writer James Lapine had concocted an idea for a TV special mashing up characters from similar comedi…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

11 shows worth seeing in Toronto theatres this fall

Yes, fall is coming. The lazy days of summer are fading, as are the blockbusters, music festivals and pop bangers that define them. With the onslaught of a full fall cultural calendar, we’re here to help you decide what to see at the theatre. And because we u…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

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We’re still not getting voice assistants right

We should be thinking bigger Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The BBC is launching its own voice assistant, appropriately called Beeb (though the efficacy of that wake word is completely suspect in a world where people might talk about Justin Bie…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Bubble

‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ Nails the Dystopian Roller Coaster of Being Australian in America

This time last year, I was living in a loft apartment above a working glue factory in Bushwick, sweltering in unbearable heat, wearing nothing but an oversized tropical shirt. I had moved from my hometown of Perth (Western Australia) to Brooklyn (New York) to…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Feudalism

Book Review: The First Marx: A Philosophical Introduction by Douglas Burnham and Peter Lamb

In The First Marx: A Philosophical Introduction, Douglas Burnhamand Peter Lamb bring together Marx’s early writings in order to shape them into a distinct political philosophy. This is a diligently and rigorously researched work, writes Tarique Niazi, that wi…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

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In praise of the office

I'm a long-term fan of flexible working. I’ve never been at my most productive before 10.00am and, following an afternoon lull, nearly always feel most alert and energetic from about 4.00pm to 7.30pm. Getting away with these hours sometimes used to require a …

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Links 8/28/19

Dont Kill the Umps! American Conservative. Say it ain’t so! The Provocations of Camille Paglia City Journal Pigeon treat TLS Police urge residents in Texas town to vacate homes during nearby SpaceX rocket launch The Hill (The Rev Kev) County: We are right…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Market Snapshot: Stock futures edge higher as investors watch yield curve, U.S.-China trade fight

WOHA’s singapore pavilion for expo 2020 dubai is an oasis in the arabian desert

Turkey aims to boost trade with Russia to $100bn

Into the Woods hews a fresh, intimate path into Stephen Sondheim’s musical

11 shows worth seeing in Toronto theatres this fall

We’re still not getting voice assistants right

‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ Nails the Dystopian Roller Coaster of Being Australian in America

Book Review: The First Marx: A Philosophical Introduction by Douglas Burnham and Peter Lamb

In praise of the office

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