Thursday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Drop Ahead of Next Week’s Fed Meeting: Markets Wrap 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set for Weekly Gain as Sanctions Outlook Offsets Glut Woes

[Yahoo/Reuters] Trump advisers seek to shrink or eliminate bank regulators, WSJ reports

[Reuters] Trump trade adviser warns against currency manipulation as China mulls weaker yuan

[Reuters] China says will decide to hold military exercises around Taiwan "according to the situation of the struggle"

[Reuters] How Assad's army collapsed in Syria: demoralised conscripts, absent allies

[WSJ] Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators