Asia
- In a first, Chinese hackers are arrested at the behest of the U.S. government – WaPo
- Beijing and Hong Kong lose to Washington-led free-trade deal – SCMP
Europe
- Germany, the eurozone’s economic engine, is sputtering as its biggest companies struggle – Financial Post
- Greece needs debt relief, significant extension of maturities: IMF – Reuters
- How Putin will Win in Syria – Counterpunch
- David Cameron on Saudi deals – Channel4
- VW scandal: Regulators investigate second emissions software program – New York Times
Americas
- Sowing the Seeds of War in Uruguay – Counterpunch
- Clinton proposal calls for breakup of ‘too-big-to-fail’ – Reuters
- Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Policy Being Shaped By Two Bankers – International Business Times
- U.S. Drillers Idle Rigs for 6th Week as Oil Lingers Near $50 – Bloomberg
- “Is 2015 Peak Renter?” – CalculatedRisk
Local
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- Demon of division must be denied – Fairfax
- The Sydney suburbs where investors are hiking rents – Domain
- Average NSW home loan jumps $78,100 in a year – Business Day
- Glencore’s got issues, but being a Lehman clone isn’t one of them – Business Day
- 7-Eleven begins terminating franchises for underpayment – Business Day
- Hedge funds bet rally won’t last – AFR
- Muslim community divided in response to violence committed in name of Islam – Guardian
- Wendy Whiteley’s ‘secret garden’ leased to local council for 30 years – ABC
- How Oil Search deal found trouble in Papua New Guinea – Business Day
Global Macro/Markets
- Mark Carney: Emerging market debt is the biggest risk right now -Telegraph
- Lagarde open to second term as IMF chief – FT
- Outsourced Monetary Tightening – Econbrowser
- Reason for low rates is real, monetary and financial – Martin Wolf
- The Liquidity Mirage – NY Fed
…and furthermore…
- First ancient African genome solves migration mystery – BBC
- Musk lashes out at Apple’s car ambitions – FT
- Qatar’s Wealth Fund Said Interested in Glencore Agriculture Sale – Bloomberg
- Fear and sadness in Silicon Valley – Fortune
- How WeWork Convinced Investors It’s Worth Billions – BuzzFeed
- Global obesity rise puts UN goals on diet-related diseases ‘beyond reach’ – Guardian