Global Macro / Markets:
- Bitcoin stumbles on fears of China clampdown -CNBC , Bloomberg
- Whoa Did Warren Buffett Get This Massively Important Prediction Wrong – Matt Stoller , The Brooklyn Investor
- The top ten hedge funds by assets – CBNC
- Pimco Total Return Fund behind 87 percent of its peers so far this year – Reuters
North America:
- Fed should start rate hikes in first quarter 2015, Bullard says – Reuters
- BLS: State unemployment rates were “little changed” in February – Calculated Risk
- Final March Consumer Sentiment at 80.0 – Calculated Risk
- U.S. House Poised to Clear Sanctions Called Putin Warning -Bloomberg
- Official warns EU-US trade deal at risk over investor cases – FT
- Population continues to shift towards urban areas. – US Today
- Fed feels backlash over stress tests – FT
- Designed in California, taxed in never never land – FT
- Americans Must Adjust to a World Dominated by China – Fed’s Bullard – WSJ
- The great 1960s bowling bubble was so awesome – Quartz
- Inflation Slows Again, Bouncing Around Four-Year Low – WSJ
Europe:
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- Schäuble revives push for eurozone integration – FT
- Intesa Sanpaolo Posts Massive Loss – WSJ
- Ukraine bail-out delivers windfall to hedge funds and Russian banks – Telegraph UK
- Crimea Resolution Backed by U.S. Barely Gets UN Majority – Bloomberg
- Russian Buildup Stokes Worries – WSJ
- Bank of England says may revive securitisation to aid recovery – Reuters
Asia:
Local:
- House prices enter danger zone – AFR
- NDIS trial costs blow out by 30pc – The Oz
- Qantas puts loyalty at risk – Business Day
- Flight Centre fined $11m for attempted price fixing – AFR
- Paper bag keeps union boss in power – The Oz
- Building firms uncover dodgy deals – The Oz
- Canberra to pay sweeteners to states for selling off assets – AFR
- Plan for over-55s to work for dole – The Oz
- Insider trading jail terms too low, says ASIC head – AFR
- Hockey fund to help ‘infrastructure hole’ – Business Day
Other:
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- Meet the manic miner who wants to mint 10% of all new bitcoins – Ars technica
- Candidacy of former general polarizes Egypt – DW
- New iPhone likely out in September, Nikkei daily says – AFP
- Humans suck at driving, leave it to the robots – WaPo
- Google begged Steve Jobs for permission to hire engineers for its new Paris office. Guess what happened next… – Pando
- The G7 and the limits of Russia’s ‘political isolation’ – Reuters