Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Wall Street Borrows From Next Year’s Gains – Barron’s
- The value of trading relationships in turbulent times – VOX
- Some of the Wisest Words Ever Spoken About Investing – WSJ
- As Zimbabwe’s money runs out, so does Mugabe’s power – Reuters
- Think global, act local – VOX
- The founder of Vanguard on the power of indexing – Bloomberg
- How trade liberalisation fosters global innovation – VOX
- Euro, Dollar Flirt With Parity – WSJ
- Global Gasoline Consumption Has All But Peaked – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Buenos Aires says permit for Trump-linked project not authorized – Reuters
- Rents are plunging in the most expensive markets – Business Insider
- Trump Adds Economists, Private Equity Chief to Transition Team – Morning Consulting
- Donald Trump blasts Jill Stein ’scam’ Wisconsin recount, issues call to accept results – CNBC
- U.S. Officials Defend Integrity of Vote, Despite Hacking Fears – NY Times
- The Pretend Populism of Donald Trump – NY Times
- Fidel Castro was the last living symbol of the Cold War at its peak – VOX
- Fidel Knew the ’Cuban Model’ Couldn’t Last Forever – The Atlantic
- Farewell to Cuba’s brutal Big Brother – Washington Post
- Trump condemns Castro as ’brutal dictator’ – USA Today
- In Havana, Castro’s Death Lays Bare a Generation Gap – NY Times
- Hungry Venezuelans Flee in Boats to Escape Economic Collapse – NY Times
Europe:
- Putin is the one who really deserves that Nobel Peace Prize – Fox News
- Finland is going to ban coal within 14 years – Quartz
- Donald Trump ally backs free trade deal with Britain to show America’s ’solidarity with our indispensable ally’ – The Telegraph
- Britons could pay for EU citizenship after Brexit, says top negotiator – The Guardian
- Tax credit error costs families with disabled children £4,400 a year – The Guardian
- The Italian constitutional reform and legislative efficiency – VOX
- Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say – Washington Post
- London Home Values Surpass 14 Times Earnings for First Time – Bloomberg
- No bones about it: UK’s worst real earnings decline in at least 162 years – TouchStone
- Whatever happened to austerity? – BBC
Asia:
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- India central bank takes surprise action to soak up liquidity – Reuters
- Black Friday online sales to hit a record-breaking $3 billion, over… – TechCrunch
- China Issuing ‘Strict Controls’ on Overseas Investment – WSJ
- China Struggles to Steady Yuan’s Decline – WSJ
- Cash Ban the Best Thing to Happen to Indian Digital Payments – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- George Brandis: Greens call for parliamentary inquiry over ‘secret’ multi-million-dollar WA deal – ABC
- How clashing views of solicitor’s role cruelled WA interests – Yahoo
- Greens in radical new drug legalisation push – The SMH
- Australian government concedes evidence against asylum seeker was obtained by torture – The Guardian
- The world-changing Australian inventor no one has heard of. – The SMH
- How To Be Hateful And Idiotic And Remain In The Turnbull Ministry – New Matilda
- One in four workers who checked their wages through Union calculator found they are being ripped off. – Canberra Times
- Carmichael mine jumps another legal hurdle, but litigants are making headway – The Conversation
- When executives from BP Australia fronted the inquiry into corporate tax avoidance last year, they omitted to inform the senators presiding that their parent company had sucked out a $3.2 billion “dividend” to a tax haven – Michael West
- Keyboard warriors of the alt-right have Australia in their sights – The SMH
- Changes to Radio National are gutting a cultural treasure trove – The Conversation
- Australia Just Signed A Uranium Deal With A Nation At War With Russia – New Matilda
- Toyota launches hydrogen cars in Australia – Motoring
- Tiny houses an emerging Australian trend – ABC
- It’s time to choose, Sydney: which future do we want? – The SMH
- It’s time to choose, Sydney: which future do we want? – ABC
- A mining town after the boom – The Australian
- Morrison’s battle to save rating – The Australian
- Limits on foreign apartment buyers eased – The AFR
- Unit price ‘shakeout’ to hit next year – The AFR
- MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION AGENDA | Exploit migrants, undermine local workers, depress wages – The SMH
- Tony Abbott makes pitch for recall to the cabinet with free advice to Malcolm Turnbull – The Australian
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Why term deposit rates are rising – Interest.co.nz
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