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Sunday, June 3, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Sunday, June 3, 2018

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#WR Opinion: After a very good start, the global economy of 2018 looks with faded figures. @WSJ: “Stock indexes that rode accelerating global growth to fresh records in January are now hamstrung by a moderate but unmistakable slowdown in economic momentum in Europe & elsewhere.”

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#WR Opinion: Canada and US discuss like in a family feud. @Reuters wrote that Larry Kudlow, economy adviser of President Trump says "trade frictions between the United States and Canada are a “family quarrel,” Mr. Kudlow thinks that Canada’s Trudeau use insulting expressions.

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#WR Analysis: US-China without resolution! @WSJ says “The US and China moved closer to imposing tariffs on one another as negotiators made little progress in talks and Beijing threatened that it won’t abide by a deal on farm and other products if the US goes ahead w/ sanctions.”

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#WR Analysis: What will happen in the G7 meeting? @Reuters talks about the G7 meeting that will hold in Canada during the next days. It says that the EU Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici is not optimistic due to the conflict between US and allies. Everybody are upset now.

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#WR Analysis: Millions of Afghan children without school. @DWnews posted UNICEF report that says “some 3.7 million children between 7 and 17 years of age have missing out on school, with girls accounting for 60 percent of that number." Reasons: poverty, wars, sex discrimination.

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Saturday, June 2, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Saturday, June 2, 2018

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#WR Analysis: GOP Senators don’t trust in NK @WSJ says “Two Republican senators expressed doubts that North Korea would accede to President Trump’s demand of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Sens. Rubio and Flake are skeptical about any possible commitments from Kim Jong Un."

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#WR Opinion: Senator McConnell gave good advice to Donald Trump. According to Politico Magazine, the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell counseled President Trump on the matter: “If you’re a great deal maker, be interested in the details. Don’t get ‘snookered by North Korea”.

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#WR Analysis: Singapore acting as host of the Summit. @Reuters ‘Singapore will bear some of the cost of the planned summit between US President Trump and N.Korean leader Kim Jong Un, its defense minister Ng Eng Hen said on Saturday, after Trump put the meeting back on agenda.’

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#WR Opinion: The White House Agenda - Summits in series @WSJ wrote ‘The White House is planning for a potential summit between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, according to people familiar with the efforts.” How many summits are in the WH's plans?

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#WR Opinion: Will the new government fix Spain after the corruption scandal? @Reuters says‘Socialist Pedro Sanchez was sworn in on Saturday as Spain’s seventh head of government since its return to democracy in the late 1970s, taking over from veteran conservative Mariano Rajoy.'

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Friday, June 1, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Friday, June 1, 2018

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#WR Opinion: Good numbers for who eat statistics! @WSJ wrote “Unemployment Rate Falls to 18-Year Low; Solid Hiring in May - Nonfarm payrolls rose seasonally adjusted 223,000; unemployment rate at 3.8%”, Despite these figures, there workers without work or with very low incomes!

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#WR Analysis; Letter from the Nuclear Man @Reuters: ”A senior North Korean official is expected to visit the White House to hand over a letter for U.S. President Donald Trump from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the two adversaries try to put a derailed summit back on track.”

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#WR Analysis: Apple wants to increase revenues with e-ads @WSJ posted “Apple Looks to Expand Advertising Business With New Network for Apps’’. Before Apple was pride selling devices rather than relying on ads. Due to the low growth of iPhone sales, Apple looks for other incomes.

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#WR Opinion: How much will last the Italian government? @Reuters says ‘Giuseppe Conte was sworn in on Friday as Italy’s prime minister, heading western Europe’s first anti-establishment government bent on overhauling EU rules on budgets and immigration.’ Will Mr. Conte last long?

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#WR Analysis: Behaviors of the oil economy @WSJ posted ‘How OPEC and Shale Have Squeezed Out Volatility in the Oil Market”where it says ‘Even threats of war, sanctions and an economic crisis can’t rouse the sort of market movements that drive profits for traders and hedge funds.’

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