Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bernie Madoff Is The Hot Chocolate King Of Prison – Deal Breaker
- Do Markets Work in Health Care? – NY Times
- How Day Traders Play the Trump Tweet Effect – WSJ
- Attack of the zombie firms – The Economist
- If you want to earn more, work less – BBC
- Asset Managers Face Stricter Rules for $77 Trillion Industry – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Millennials earn 20% less than Boomers did at same stage of life – USA Today
- Millennials Falling Behind Their Boomer Parents – AP News
- American Hospitals Are Disappearing – Bloomberg
- Tax cuts threaten America’s triple-A rating, Fitch warns – The Times
- The unprecedented unpopularity of Donald Trump – Washington Post
- Donald Trump Sets a Bar for Russia and China – WSJ
- Trump team struggles for cohesion on tougher China policy – Reuters
- How Cruz and Trump learned to like each other – Politico
- Trump said he’d do a lot — fast. Expectations, meet reality. – Washington Post
- Trump adviser: TPP ’dead,’ will move quickly on bilateral trade deals – Reuters
- Commentary: Making America’s risk of a financial crisis great again – CBS News
- Cubans sold everything to reach U.S., now hundreds stranded – Reuters
Europe:
- Putin’s DNC Hackers Actively Targeting French Elections – Defense One
- German court calls synagogue torching an act to ’criticize Israel’ – Jpost
- Why Preparing for Brexit Just Got Harder – Bloomberg
- Brexit: Theresa May’s Article 50 plans could be delayed by months due to Stormont crisis legal challenge – The Independent
- Europe’s Biggest Fund Manager Says U.S. Stock Bulls Got It Wrong – Bloomberg
- Europe calls for mandatory ’kill switches’ on robots – CNN Money
- EU negotiator wants ’special’ deal over access to City post-Brexit – The Guardian
Asia:
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- One Chinese city built more skyscrapers in 2016 than the entire U.S. – Curbed
- What If China’s Money Stream Stops Flowing to Hollywood? – The Hollywood Reporter
- China’s Bitcoin Exchanges Quietly Made Trading Policy Updates Overnight – Coin Desk
- Chinese tabloid says U.S. needs to ’wage war’ to block off South China Sea islands – Reuters
- Trump risks ’war’ with Beijing if US blocks access to South China Sea, state media warns – The Guardian
- India’s Low-Cost Airline to Buy Up to 205 New Boeing Planes – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Paul Keating castigates Rex Tillerson over comments on China – The Guardian
- Turnbull talks up free trade – The AFR
- PM must end age of entitlement – The Australian
- PM unveils crackdown on expenses – The Australian
- Welfare debts vs pollies’ expenses: Could they be more out of touch? – The Age
- Transparency plan plus a watchdog: Greens – The Australian
- Fast rail to seek green light – The Australian
- Abbott: PM wrong to abandon tax reform – The Australian
- Holden axe to fall in 9 months – The Australian
- Private health insurance crisis – The Australian
- Scandal a disaster for Malcolm Turnbull – but it has a siver lining – Canberra Times
- Lessons still to learn as 10-year anniversary of GFC approaches – Canberra Times
- Are global markets headed for a meltdown? – The Age
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‘Auckland house prices can’t keep falling’ – Interest.co.nz
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Retail spending hits record high – Interest.co.nz
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