Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Oil jumps three percent to $63 as energy firms slash investments – Reuters
- Bankers See $1 Trillion of Investments Stranded in the Oil Fields – Bloomberg
- The Conventional Wisdom On Oil Is Always Wrong – Five Thirty Eight
- Iron Ore Shipping Rates, Prices Slump to 5-Year Low on China – Bloomberg
- Economic Outlook – A Rising Tide Lifts Most Boats – PIMCO
North America:
- The Blacklist That Rules Wall Street’s Loan Market – Bloomberg
- U.S. Must Defend U.S. Culture From North Korea – New York Mag
Europe:
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- Swiss franc hits two-year low as SNB cuts rates to negative – Reuters
- Putin Strikes Uncompromising Stance Over Crisis Gripping Russia – Bloomberg
- Russians Quit London Luxury-Homes as Only Super Rich Stay – Bloomberg
- A Big Safety Net and Strong Job Market Can Coexist. Just Ask Scandinavia – New York Times
- Swiss National Bank to Adopt a Negative Interest Rate – New York Times
- North Sea oil sector near ’collapse’ – BBC
- EU’s Greek Drama Needs a Final Act – Bloomberg View
- Putin’s Year of Defiance and Miscalculation – Wall Street Journal
Asia:
- What Bad-Loan Crisis? China Banks Jump Most Since 2009 – Bloomberg
- China is Planning to Purge Foreign Technology and Replace With Homegrown Suppliers – Bloomberg
- Look: ’China’s Hogwarts’ completed, open for art students in Hebei – shanghaiist.com
Local:
- Prime Minister Tony Abbott to spend weekend pondering frontbench reshuffle – Fairfax
- Sephora not living up to promises on price – Fairfax
- Housing market coming off the boil, with growth set to slow in 2015 – Fairfax
- NAB chair Michael Chaney backs Murray report – Fairfax
- RBA says job losses in mining industry are not a bad thing – Fairfax
- Alcoa mill workers ready to hand in their passes for the final time – ABC
- New bauxite mine to open in Tasmania – ABC
- NSW Unveils $16 Billion Power-Asset Leasing Plan – Bloomberg
- Woodside courts India for new LNG sales – The AFR
- All gassed-up and nowhere to go – The AFR
- Oil shock risk to energy exports – The AFR
- The only real tax reform is lower tax – The AFR
- Sydney packs ’em in – The Australian
- Times too tough for GST hike: Hockey – The Australian
- A weaker currency a good thing? Think again – The Australian
- Don’t neglect our aging poor – The Drum
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