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We\u2019re deep in the arms of the pre-Eid news slowdown<\/strong>, the effect of which is magnified by it taking place during the last week of the last \u201creal\u201d month of summer. You\u2019ll want to pay close attention to the news on Thursday morning, though \u2014 what better time for corporations and regional governments alike to take bad news to the street than on the morning when journalists\u2019 thoughts are elsewhere with the start of a five-day weekend?<\/p>\n

Markets are rather sleepy, too:<\/strong> Turnover on the EGX yesterday was an anemic EGP 373 mn, or about 58% below the trailing 90-day average. That\u2019s just about the lowest turnover in the past year.<\/p>\n

Also appropriate to the time of year: A divorced couple take their son to college <\/strong>in this essay by former rocker-turned-writer and middle-aged mom<\/a> Laurie Lindeen for the New York Times. Though the resident 10-year-old has already chosen the university she wishes to attend, we\u2019re rather grateful to have a few years left before that\u2019s us in the car dropping the kid off.<\/p>\n

You know The Donald is losing business not when CEOs resign from his councils, but when they\u2019re pulling their money off the table. <\/strong>An analysis by the Financial Times found that \u201cExecutives and board members at the top six US banks have been consistent sellers of their own banks\u2019 shares this year,\u201d in a piece \u201cWall St\u2019s top bankers sell own groups\u2019 shares as Trump rally reverses<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d The piece says the share sales \u201csuggest former optimism about the economy and policy is fading.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u00f6ner kebab is not just Germany\u2019s unofficial national dish<\/strong> \u2014 one of us grew up on the stuff in North America, consuming a variety that was called \u201cdonair\u201d and (rather universally) slathered with a sauce sweeter than it was garlicky or fiery. (That flavor has even been immortalized in a potato chip.) Imagine, then, our joy at finding the beautifully photographed Biting into Berlin\u2019s Most Popular Dish (Not Schnitzel)<\/strong><\/a>, a five-restaurant tour of that nation\u2019s capital, one d\u00f6ner at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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