Friday, October 12
Hot on the Terminal:
Eddie Lampert Rode the Worst Trade of His Life All the Way Down (Bloomberg)
Turks tell U.S officials they have audio and video recordings of Khashoggi being “interrogated, tortured, and then murdered.” (Washington Post)
U.S. Treasury to Find China Isn’t Manipulating Yuan (Bloomberg)
Rush to Beat Tariffs Fuels Record China Trade Surplus With U.S. (Bloomberg)
Goldman’s Powell No Longer Being Considered for Trump UN Post (Bloomberg)
White House Reality TV: Kanye says this is the real him and he’s off his meds. Piece of advice, take them. (USA Today)
Weekend Read: Automating the Wall Street Rainmaker (Bloomberg)
Weekend Arts.
I went to see the film “Daniel Patrick Moynihan” last night. It reminds me that one of his better known quotes could have just as easily been said about him: “The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it is so rare.” Sam Roberts of the New York Times has more to say.
Read (and watch) more on Bloomberg London winning the coveted Stirling Prize architecture award:
Daily Mail: ‘World’s most sustainable office’ wins architecture prize
Financial Times: Bloomberg HQ in London wins Stirling prize for architecture
Guardian: Norman Foster’s Bloomberg office in London wins Stirling prize
Dezeen: Watch walk-through footage of Foster + Partners’ Stirling Prize winning Bloomberg HQ
Building: Foster creates record with third Stirling Prize win for Bloomberg HQ
Metro: Bloomberg, London, declared world’s most sustainable office building
Best of late night.
On Kanye West’s visit to the White House:
“It’s like Trump is sitting across from his own Twitter account come to life.”
—Jimmy Kimmel
“That’s right, Trump met with Kanye at the White House, and whilst they spoke, both Trump and Kanye’s assistants looked at each other and said, ‘Man I thought my boss was nuts!’”
— Jimmy Fallon
For more Best of Late Night from The New York Times, click here.