Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- You may be higher up the global wealth pyramid than you think – The Economist
- Treasury Yields Surge to Sixteen-Month High on Economic Data – Bloomberg
- ’Extraordinarily hot’ Arctic temperatures alarm scientists – The Guardian
- Sea ice reaches a new low – The Economist
Americas:
- Trump to Accept Inauguration Funds From Corporations and Big Donors – NY Times
- How long before the white working class realizes Trump was just scamming them? – Washington Post
- Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’ – Inet
- The ‘ownership society’ came and went – MarketWatch
- The numbers are in: Trump wins Michigan by 10,704 – freep.com
- Demographics, Not Hacking, Explain The Election Results – FiveThirtyEight
- Soaring Consumer Confidence: Are Americans Happy It’s Trump, or Just Happy It’s Over? – Bloomberg
- Democrats neither can nor should ditch “identity politics” – VOX
- The top 0.1% of American households hold the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90% – Business Insider
- Mexican cement maker ready to help Trump build border wall – Reuters
- Trudeau government faces ’cash-for-access’ criticism – BBC
Europe:
- France’s would-be Thatcher is short on reform – Politico
- Inside the Pipeline That Transfers 2.7 Billion Euros a Minute – Bloomberg
- Bond Market Is Right to Worry About Italian Vote – Bloomberg
- UK has highest rates of cocaine use and gonorrhoea in Europe – The Guardian
- ECB seeks to lend out more bonds to avert market freeze: Sources – CNBC
- Germany’s Merkel ’not happy’ Pacific trade pact in danger – AP News
- Italy’s Third-Biggest Bank Is Running Out of Time – Bloomberg
- Greek businesses move abroad to escape austerity – Reuters
Asia:
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- Japan Has the World’s Gloomiest Millennials – Bloomberg
- China’s Ctrip.com to buy Skyscanner in $1.74 billion deal – Reuters
- SCMP appoints technology leader Liu to spearhead 113-year-old publication’s digital evolution – SCMP
- Chinese officials are ’licking their lips’ at Trump’s decision to kill the TPP – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- WATCH: Aussie Hero Who Caught A Crim Gives A Bloody Ripper Of An Interview – Pedestrian TV
- ABC staff move no confidence motion against management over radio cuts – The Age
- Pie Face goes up for sale after second collapse in two years – The Age
- NASA director debunks Malcolm Roberts’ theory on climate data manipulation in polite letter – ABC
- Some jobs are going but it’s automation, not free trade, that’s the problem – The Guardian
- Tesla Powerwall 2 battery storage opens for orders in Australia – Renew Economy
- Battery storage may have started mass market take-up in Australia – Renew Economy
- Peter Dutton says Labor has ‘misrepresented’ his remarks about Lebanese Muslims – The Guardian
- Backpacker tax: Senator Jacqui Lambie in bust-up with National Farmers’ Federation – ABC
- Adani to build ‘one of world’s most advanced’ solar farms near Queensland mining town – The Guardian
- Australia’s first vertical forest apartment complex coming to Brisbane – City Green
- Are we waiting for a ‘real Malcolm’ moment? I’m not holding my breath – The Guardian
- Victoria Coalition may vote against “fairer” solar feed in tariffs – Renew Economy
- Australian Government releases Value Capture Discussion Paper – Urban Analyst
- Transition to road user charge inevitable – The AFR
- Government, IBM settle over ‘census fail’ – ABC
- Damning census review effectively puts ABS boss ‘on probation’ – Canberra Times
- Having spent $200bn to export LNG, is Australia about to import gas? – ABC
- Greens leader Di Natale hit by office staff exodus – Canberra Times
- Malcolm Turnbull has lost control of the ‘irrational’ Nationals – Canberra Times
- We underestimated Aldi’s impact, says Woolworths boss – Canberra Times
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Housing investors back right off – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The Islamic State has been a catastrophe for Sunnis – Washington Post
