Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Goldman’s Chief Economist: Trump Won’t Jumpstart Economic Growth – Bloomberg
- ‘A World in Disarray’ Is a Calm Look at a Chaotic Global Order – NY Times
- Some Platinum hedge fund clients get hopeful sign from receiver – Reuters
- Does a High-Pressure Labor Market Bring Long-Term Benefits? – Atlanta Fed Macro Blog
- What You Can Learn From The World’s Most Innovative Companies Of 2017 – Fast Company
Americas:
- Millennials Are Less Mobile Than Young People Have Been in Decades – WSJ
- Key Republican Turns Back Request to See Trump’s Tax Returns – WSJ
- Trump under fire for lax security practices – Politico
- Top Wall Street Journal Editor Defends Trump Coverage – NY Times
- Can a ‘Wrecking Ball’ of a President Evolve? = Politico
- Will President Trump Ever Take Tough Questions From the Press? – Daily Beast
- Americans Say Trump Keeps Promises, Is Strong Leader – Gallup
- California crews rush to fix dam before new storms hit – Reuters
- U.S. Hits Venezuelan Vice President With ’Kingpin’ Act Sanctions – Bloomberg
- How to Solve the Riddle of Venezuela’s Economy – Bloomberg
- Maduro Kicks CNN out of Venezuela for Report on School Food Shortages – Panama Post
- Brazil’s Two Largest Newspapers Forced by President and Judge to Delete Reporting; We’re Publishing It Here – The Intercept
- Here’s why Trump is playing nice with Canada’s Trudeau on trade – MarketWatch
Europe:
- The Kremlin Is Starting to Worry About Trump – Foreign Policy
- German left-of-center majority edges ahead as Merkel prospects dim: poll – Reuters
- Renzi gambles on leadership contest to unite party – FT
- France on course to break EU budget rules – FT
- Mr. Regling’s “Alternative Facts” About the Greek Debt – Credit Slips
- Paris Riots Fuel French Presidential Campaign Rhetoric – WSJ
- Le Pen Calls Rioters Scum as Violence Roils Paris Suburbs – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Japan accepted 28 refugees in 2016 – FT
- Trump handled North Korea crisis in full view of diners and waiters at his private club – Think Progress
- Trump and North Korea – Foreign Affairs
- Trump, Abe discuss North Korea missile test in public – The Hill
- Huawei reportedly made less profit last year despite selling 30% more phones – Android Authority
- The Dangerous Myth That China “Needs” $2.7 Trillion in Reserves – Council on Foreign Relations
- India Coal Deal Risks Burning Investors’ Fingers – Bloomberg
- N Korean missile test ‘blows hole in China’s plans’ to stop THAAD roll-out – SCMP
- China mulls radical output cuts, port coal ban in war on smog – document – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Robo-debt: government plain wrong and misleading, says Andrew Wilkie – Canberra Times
- Childcare changes: Nick Xenophon Team blocks Federal Government’s omnibus bill – ABC
- Sir John Beddington warns anti-science is leading to poor policy decisions on climate change and GM crops – ABC
- Humans driving climate change 170 times faster than natural forces, scientists calculate – ABC
- Coalition to change native title laws to protect mining and agriculture deals – The Guardian
- ‘Disgraceful’: Human Services Minister Alan Tudge blames CPSU for pay dispute – Canberra Times
- Andrew Robb privately pushed minister Kelly O’Dwyer for bank royal commission ‘to say we have done it’ – The SMH
- Solar batteries ‘exploding’ in popularity with uptake tipped to triple in 2017, audit finds – ABC
- Lithium ion battery storage may banned inside Australian homes – Renew Economy
- Energy Australia boss ‘worried’ for customers over power bills after heatwave – ABC
- Conservatives attack chief scientist for failing to toe fossil fuel line – Renew Economy
- Record solar, wind “save” NSW consumers as coal, gas went missing – Renew Economy
- Australia Post is unreliable and its overpaid managers are to blame – The SMH
- Major parties to blame for One Nation rise, says Warren Entsch – The SMH
- Bill Shorten has just confirmed Labor will be pushing for a Federal ICAC – Change
- ‘Old king coal will still be fiddling with his lump as the world burns’ – The Age
- Company tax cut policy has two major problems – The Guardian
- Liberal MP Tim Wilson predicts Bill Shorten to win government with One Nation to control Senate at the next election – Daily Telegraph
- Signs down, lights out on Masters. Now the rebirth – Canberra Times
- Feisty, Protectionist Populism? New Zealand Tried That – Bloomberg
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‘Better housing gap estimate tough without being Soviet’ – Interest.co.nz
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Govt eyes urban development authorities – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Playboy is featuring naked women again – NY Post