Asian firm confidence at 3-year low as Singapore and India drive wealth gap

Below are my top twelve news stories for the day with added commentary.

1 - Asian firms’ confidence sinks to near 3-year low on trade war fears

Representing the six-month outlook of 104 firms, the

Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian Business Sentiment Index

fell to 58 for the July-September quarter, its lowest since the fourth quarter of 2015, from 74 three months…