Global Macro / Markets:
- Democracy, Oligarchy, and the Fractile Nature of Inequality – Pieria
- Omnicom, Publicis call off proposed $35 billion merger– Reuters
- Apple in talks for $3.2bn Beats deal – FT
- More signs the market is losing steam – Dynamic Hedge
- Hedge funds are not having a good year. – WSJ, Barry Ritholtz
- Anecdotal signs we are in the midst of a tech bubble. – Adam Lashinsky
North America:
- Re-Made in the U.S.A. – Bloomberg
- BLS: Jobs Openings at 4.0 million in March – Calculated Risk
- JPMorgan Joins Wells Fargo in Rolling Out Jumbo Offerings – Bloomberg
Europe:
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- ECB professes alarm over falling inflation but still holds fire – Ambrose
- Monetary Policy: Deflation Threatens Europe. Policy Makers Wait. – NYT
- ECB stimulus talk knocks euro, peripheral yields – Reuters
- Berlusconi begins community service – BBC
- London Taxis Plan 10,000-Car Protest Against Uber App Use – Bloomberg
Asia:
- Chinese experts ‘in discussions’ over building high-speed Beijing-US railway – Guardian
- Everything is broken: Long in crisis, Thailand is close to the brink – Economist
- Tensions rise as protesters march in Bangkok – Asian Correspondent
Local:
- Cuts to $10bn business welfare – TheOz
- NBN faces serious issues: chairman – AFR
- Revealed: Fairfax job-loss – TheOz
- En garde: Clive Palmer lawyer’s Citic cash demand – TheOz
- Budget threatens to increase unemployment – Pascometer
- Grey line divides pension haves and have-nots – TheOz
- ABS and NAB employees charged with insider trading – SMH
Other:
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- Price jump threatens to make salmon a luxury buy -FT
- Antibiotic-resistant genes are widespread in nature, study finds – Washington Post
- Net neutrality pressure mounts inside, outside FCC – Politico
- Alibaba IPO Grew Out of ’80s Chaos and Guy From Goldman – Bloomberg
- Financial illiteracy is a global phenomena. – The Atlantic, PragCap