Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- One of the hottest areas of finance now has its own stock market index – Business Insider
- Why Markets Could Get Even Scarier – Money Morning
- Largest US Pension Fund Suffers Worst Annual Return Since Financial Crisis Due To Heavy Stock Losses – Zero Hedge
- New digital currency sees 2,000% price rise in a week – MarketWatch
- Six wealthiest countries host less than 9% of world’s refugees – The Guardian
- The most popular way of measuring stock market value is being misused – Yahoo
- Oil Producers Prepare for Second-Half Slump as Rally Sputters – Bloomberg
- US exports gas to the Middle East – FT
- What’s the Problem With Protectionism? – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- Trump fundraiser resigns in anger after floor eruption – The Hill
- Melania Trump’s RNC Speech Follows Michelle Obama’s Nearly Verbatim – Talking Points Memo
- The Republicans waged a 3-decade war on government. They got Trump. – VOX
- The End Of A Republican Party – FiveThirtyEight
- Clinton: Trump is the most dangerous man to ever run for president – CBS News
- GOP rep: Trump ‘doesn’t have any ideas’ – The Hill
- Democrats Put Financial Transactions Tax Back on the Table – US News
- How Obama & Clinton are trying to save the Dem establishment – Politico
- Guess how many African American delegates are going to be at the Republican convention – Washington Post
- Venezuela’s Inflation Is Set to Top 1,600% Next Year – WSJ
- My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starving Land – Bloomberg
- Canada’s Oil Heartland Is In the Midst of its Worst Recession on Record – Bloomberg
- It’s Not a Housing Bubble, It’s Just Expensive – Bloomberg
Europe:
- The Brexit minister David Davis thinks the Republic of Ireland is part of the UK – New Statesman
- How to fix Italian banks – VOX
- North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, flew up to 600 km: South Korea – Reuters
- Teenage Afghan refugee attacks train passengers with an AXE in Germany – Mail Online
- McDonnell unveils £500bn investment plan to win over Brexit Britain – Labour List
- Brexit the way forward for Britain – London.eu
- The man who killed TTIP – Politico
- Russia May Face Olympics Ban as Doping Scheme Is Confirmed – NY Times
- Statistics and ‘leprechaun economics’ – Irish Times
Asia:
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- Yuan’s Best Forecaster Says This Currency Slump Is Close to Over – Bloomberg
- Chinese takeover of Norway’s Opera fails, alternative proposed – Reuters
- Freedom of navigation patrols may end ’in disaster’: Chinese admiral – Reuters
- Helicopter Cash Clues Lie in Life and Death of Japanese Viscount – Bloomberg
- China Economy Tilts Further in Wrong Direction – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Obese fathers pass on metabolic disease to children – Canberra Times
- Malcolm Turnbull Claims He’s ‘Turned Around’ An ‘Utterly Failed’ NBN – Huffington Post
- Queensland to disclose political donations in real time – ABC
- Pizza chain Eagle Boys collapses into administration – The SMH
- New $650m wind farm approved in Victoria – Sky News
- The ‘Failure’ Of The Greens: More Myth Than Maths – New Matilda
- Want to fight xenophobia? Then speak clearly about Islamism – WA Today
- How wind and solar removed major price spikes in South Australia – Renew Economy
- Solar power: Bill shock looms as lucrative tariffs roll back, advocates warn – ABC
- Factional ‘Dalek’ Kim Carr faces the axe in Labor frontbench reshuffle – The SMH
- Labor wins north Queensland seat of Herbert, recount to follow – ABC
- Luxury new car sales in WA hit record levels as Perth’s elite splash out – Perth Now
- An absolute outrage, right under our noses – The Monthly
- Five key answers from the PM’s post-election 7.30 interview – ABC
- Melbourne homelessness spike prompts funding boost – ABC
- Rental review reveals tenant-landlord tensions – ABC
- A sombre mood has settled over Canberra and the Turnbull government – Canberra Times
Other:
- Netflix blew its Q2 subscriber numbers, and blamed it on press about its price hike – Recode
- Uber reaches 2 billion rides six months after hitting its first billion – Quibb
- What Happened to the Ice Bucket Challenge? – New York Mag
- Rio 2016’s record-breaking haul: 42 condoms per athlete – The Guardian