Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Where The World’s Ten Most Active Sovereign Wealth Funds Invest In Tech – Cb Insights
- Risk, surprises and safe-haven currencies – VOX
- In Davos, Anthony Scaramucci Translates Trump Message to Global Elite – WSJ
- At Davos, IBM Chief Predicts Artificial Intelligence Won’t Be a Job Killer – WSJ
- The World’s Most Expensive Stocks Cost More Than $2 Million a Share – Bloomberg
- Can a $26m-a-year fund manager really rethink executive pay? – The Guardian
- Bond Market Storm Builds Behind Wall Street’s Serene Yield Call – Bloomberg
Americas:
- An open letter to Trump from the US press corps – cjr
- Pressure mounts on GOP for post-Obamacare plan following CBO report – Washington Post
- Poll: the Affordable Care Act is now more popular than ever – VOX
- Is Trump ready for a national security crisis? – Politico
- Angst Simmers in Washington as Trump Presidency Nears – NY Times
- Trump inauguration boycott escalates – BBC
- Liberals and libertarians should unite to block Trump’s extremism – VOX
- President Obama Has Now Granted More Commutations than Any President in this Nation’s History – The White House
- Outgoing SEC Chair Says Congress Stifling Regulator’s Mission – WSJ
- Polls show Trump with historically low approval ratings – Politico
- Businesses Push Donald Trump to Salvage Pacific Trade Pact – WSJ
- Trump Threatens a Good Neighbor – NY Times
Europe:
- Extreme Brexit: This was May’s last moment of control – Politics.co.uk
- In ‘Brexit’ Speech, Theresa May Outlines a Clean Break for U.K. – NY Times
- The government’s negotiating objectives for exiting the EU: PM speech – Gov.UK
- Theresa May Brexit Speech: Economic experts react – The Independent
- What might Brexit do for tax havens and tax justice? – Tax Justice
- Irish Minister Sees Wave of Brexit Relocations by Mid-2017 – Bloomberg
- A bit of context on Trump, NATO, and Germany – Marginal Revolution
Asia:
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- Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bidet controls – The Verge
- China’s sovereign wealth fund wants to invest in the US infrastructure rebuild, chairman says – SCMP
- U.S. Ambassadors in Asia Make Final Plea for Dead Trans-Pacific Trade Pact – NY Times
- China President Xi Jinping: ’No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war’ – CNBC
- China’s President Xi Says Globalization Is a ‘Double-Edged’ Sword – Bloomberg
- Debate: Can China Survive Trump? – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Centrelink workers threatened with prosecution as bosses try to stem the leaks – Canberra Times
- Centrelink: Labor to push for Senate inquiry over debt-recovery program ‘debacle’ – ABC
- More than half of young Australians do unpaid work – The SMH
- Families, pensioners and disabled next on Centrelink’s hit list – Canberra Times
- How Australia squandered the mining boom – The New Daily
- One in three university students will take more than six years to finish a bachelor degree, data shows – ABC
- Greg Hunt announced as new Health Minister – ABC
- ‘It’s essential’: outback workers fight ABC decision to ditch shortwave radio – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull should axe Tony Abbott’s school chaplains program – The Age
- NBN Co says network build will be half finished by July – The SMH
- One in five homeowners will struggle with rate rise of less than 0.5% – News.com.au
- It’s time to target the top end of town and the obscene profits of the super-rich – The Guardian
- Neither Trump nor Turnbull can turn back the tide on renewables – The Guardian
- First home buyer loses deposit after NAB backflip over apartment size – The SMH
- Ipsos survey: Australians want a strong leader to take country back from rich and powerful – The SMH
- Federal anti-corruption body needed to restore faith in politics and democracy – The Age
- Australians delay retirement by 3 years – The AFR
- Doctors lobby Hunt to lift Medicare freeze – The Australian