Now with added Gunnamatta …
Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How The World Bank Broke Its Promise To Protect The Poor – Huffington Post
- Oil slips below $64 as ample supplies weigh – Reuters
- Big-Bank Profit Engines Accelerate – WSJ
- Why we need to rethink capitalism – TED
- Bonds beware as money catches fire in the US and Europe – Telegraph
- Apart from Big 3, iron ore miners face ‘existential’ threat: Goldman – Reuters
- China aluminum surplus to eat away global deficit – Reuters
- German 10-year yields fall close to 0% – CNBC…what the hell?…
- Bloomberg terminals experience outage – CNBC …hilarity ensued…
- Deals Postponed After Bloomberg Terminals Go Down Globally – WSJ
- That Old-Time Economics – NY Times, Krugman
- Emerging Markets: What has Changed – Marc to Market
- G20 warns of financial volatility risk as central banks diverge – Reuters
- Schlumberger Ltd axing another 11,000 jobs in second ‘wave’ of oil industry cutbacks – Financial Post
Americas:
- Ben Bernanke Will Work With Citadel, a Hedge Fund, as an Adviser – NYT
- and .. Citadel Trader Who Lost $1 Billion in 2014 Resigns – Bloomberg
- Fed Shies Away From June Rate Hike – Hilsenrath
- Fed officials lean all ways on rate hikes, data in focus – Reuters
- Lawmakers Introduce ‘Fast Track’ Trade Bill, Triggering Democratic Discord – WSJ
- Low Prices Cool Boom in U.S. Oil Production – WSJ
- Deal Reached on Fast-Track Authority for Obama on Trade Accord – NY Times
- Charted: the skyrocketing complexity of the federal tax code – Washington Post
- Substance abuse a problem for America’s workforce – CBS
Europe:
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- Yanis Varoufakis: We want a new deal with partners – business live – Guardian Live blog.
- Greek Bond Yields Climb Most Since Aftermath of Syriza Election – Bloomberg
- Lagarde dashes Greek loan respite hopes – FT
- Dumb money update, Greek edition – FT Alphaville
- Worst is over, Putin tells Russians – FT
- Ukraine ally of ex-President Yanukovych found dead – BBC
- Europe Stocks Fall Most in Three Weeks Amid Greece as Banks Drop – Bloomberg
- Eurozone deflation eases in March – FT
- U.K. Jobless Claims Hit 40-Year Low as Pay Growth Picks Up – Bloomberg
- UK unemployment plummets to six-and-a-half-year low – Telegraph
- Millionaire Turned Politician Poised to Take Power in Finland – Bloomberg
- Greece’s Binary Outlook Gives Markets a Headache – WSJ
- Types of EZ convergence: Nominal, real and structural – Vox
- The standoff between Germany and Greece goes on full display in Washington – Washington Post
- Greek crisis deepens as Lagarde shoots down hopes for payment relief – Telegraph
- Will natural gas cooperation with Russia save the Greek economy? – Bruegel
- Let’s face reality, Greece is bankrupt: Marc Faber – CNBC
- Ruble’s Rise Gives Russia Room to Cut Rates, Central Banker Says – Bloomberg
- Risks Ignored in Europe as Bond Buying Distorts Markets – Bloomberg
- Europe’s credit boom locks in mediocre returns – Reuters
- China warns EU to respect looming new trading status under WTO – SCMP
Asia:
- Iraqi PM warns Isis could become unstoppable as key city threatened – Guardian
- Vladimir Putin Defends Move To Approve Sale Of Missile System To Iran – Huff Post
- China Futures Tumble on Trust Curbs, Expansion of Short Selling – Bloomberg
- China jails journalist for seven years for ‘leaking state secrets’ – Reuters
- China Futures Tumble on Trust Curbs, Expansion of Short Selling – Bloomberg
- Debt defaults cannot be ruled out in Chinese property sector, S&P warns – SCMP
- Jho says it ain’t so: Malaysian tycoon denies role in 1MDB ‘heist of the century’ – Euromoney…how not to run a SWF….
- Why the US shouldn’t worry about the AIIB – CNBC
- China suspends rules on tech companies serving banks – CNBC…what do they know?…
- Toward Understanding China’s Reserves and Yuan as a Reserve Asset – Marc to Market
- China Halts New Policy on Tech for Banks – NY Times
- Why coal looms large in India’s future – Financial Post
Terra Ironoria :
- We have to raise revenue, not just cut spending – SMH
- It’s time to merge Australia and New Zealand – Business Day
- Netflix number to scare free-to-air TV – Business Day
- ASIC a sheep in wolf’s clothing – Business Day
- ‘Another nail in the coffin of thermal coal’ – AFR
- States want certainty on renewables – AFR
- ANZ says error behind $30m compensation – AFR
- Full Gonski or ‘schools will close’ – Oz
- ‘I must have been in another room’ – The Oz … LOL
- Jobs boost fuels rate optimism – The Oz .. More LOL
- Rio Tinto: we’ll thrive on lower iron ore prices while others suffer, says boss – Guardian
- How Weak Iron Ore Price Hurts Australia – WSJ, James Glynn and Steven Walters [JPM] (Video) ….worth a watch…
- New Zealand, Australia Economies Diverge – WSJ, James Glynn and Bill English (Video)…worth a watch…
- COAG: Talks end with no resolution over GST stoush, Colin Barnett describes meeting as ‘disappointing’ – ABC
- Former board member says Government inaction forced RBA to make harsh cash rate cuts – ABC
- Rio Tinto says Singapore office has nothing to do with tax planning – ABC
- ASIC has shown its systemic incompetence – Fairfax
- Sun sets on the west’s iron ore boom years – Fairfax .. It’s just the beginning . As many MB commentators are aware, Perth is turning into ground zero for economic contagion
Random:
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- Why humans love pet dogs as much as their children – Telegraph
- The US Government Asked Sony to Help Counter ISIS Propaganda – Motherboard
- Happy birthday to Moore’s Law – WaPo
- The police shooting video Chicago has paid $5 million for us not to see – Daily Kos
- Wikileaks has released a large cache of Sony Pictures – WaPo
- Is Slack Really Worth $2.8 Billion? A Conversation With Stewart Butterfield – NYT
- Rupert Murdoch Lists Manhattan Penthouse for $72 Million – WSJ
- Forget Paris, France. You’re Better Off in Paris, Texas – Bloomberg
- Big Oil Is About to Lose Control of the Auto Industry – Bloomberg
- Meaningful financial reform – Volcker, Washington Post
- The Mansions Owned by White-Collar Criminals – WSJ
- STATEMENT OF ADAM SIEMINSKI ADMINISTRATOR U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE APRIL 16, 2015 – US Senate (pdf)….well worth a read…