Asia
- x-Security Boss Zhou Yongkang Jailed for Life by Tianjin Court – Caixin
- Uber nears 1m trips every day in China – FT $
- Idle Home Builders Hold China’s Economy Back – NYT
- Southeast Asia’s economic surge lures Bangladeshis to sea – FT
- Curious world of North Korea’s exports – from badger furs to ‘strength pills’ – Guardian
- In China, Senior Citizens Take Stock Picking Classes – Signs of Bull Market Over-Drive – Value Walk
- What’s the chance China will collapse under its debts? About 15 per cent. – SCMP
- Weakness in China investment will add to calls for Beijing action – SCMP
Europe
- IMF quits Greek talks; EU tells Tsipras to stop gambling – Reuters
- IMF quits Greece talks amid ‘air of unreality’ as deal unravels – FT $
- Giving Greece a chance – Bruegel
- Ukraine’s government seizes Firtash’s assets – BNE
- Europe’s Selfishness Is Bigger Threat Than Putin – Bloomberg
- Greece: After a deal, work on a solution – CER
- UPDATE 1-Despite IMF walkout, Greece hopes for deal on June 18 – Reuters
- Spain’s “beautiful deleveraging” shows euro area’s limitations – FT $
- Why Iceland can now remove capital controls – Vox
- Draghi: ECB Didn’t Give Privileged Information to Fund Managers – Wall Street Journal
- Osborne’s bank profit claim challenged– FT $
- Is the UK’s austerity myth about to crumble? – Business for Scotland
- EU Readies for Default as Tsipras Drives Greek Finances to Brink – Bloomie
- Greece Can’t Plan a Barbecue, Let Alone a Currency, Nielsen Says – Bloomie
- Merkel urges Greece and creditors to keep pushing for deal – Reuters
- Fearful ECB starts countdown on Greek funding lifeline – Reuters
- Greek stocks suffer further pummelling – FT$
- Credit market disequilibrium in Greece (2003-2011) – EU
- Industrial production up by 0.1% in both euro area and EU28 – EU
- Strauss-Kahn acquitted of pimping – BBC
United States
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- he Foreign-Bribery Case Exposing the Freebies Doled Out by American Law Firms – Bloomberg
- U.S. household net worth increases to $84.9 trillion – Reuters
- Washington accuses Russia of ‘outright lies’ on Ukraine – Hurriyet
- Razor-edge U.S. Congress vote to decide fate of Obama Pacific trade pact – Reuters
- Moment of truth arrives for Obama trade deal – Politico
Americas
- Argentina’s “Me-Toos” Make Sure No Vultures Left Behind – Counterpunch
- Toronto’s Epic Condo Bubble Suddenly Turns into Condo Glut – Wolf Richter
Bozo Joe and Lobotomy Tones Land
- What price will the RBA pay for full and frank advice? – Pascoemeter
- Revealed: How the UN told Abbott government to back off on Gillian Triggs – FairFax
- Five-month-old baby born in Australia transferred to Nauru detention centre, Greens say – ABC
- Mother Mel’s lesson to Joe – FairFax
- BBY may have misused client funds – FairFax
- Six reasons rising house prices are bad for business – Business Day
- Bill Shorten to front union royal commission – AFR $
- Tony Abbott’s complaint about Rottnest wind turbine is the island’s first ever – Canberra Times
Commodities
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- Saudi Arabia ready to raise oil output further to meet demand – Reuters
- Global oil demand slowed to a crawl in 2014 – Reuters, Kemp
- U.S. should ditch ‘outdated’ oil export ban – Reuters
Global Macro
- Should we aim for budget surpluses? – Mainly Macro
- Efficiency wages, monopsony and labor demand – Angry Bear
- Goldman Gets Serious About High-Speed Trading – Bloomie
- World of zero interest rates seems to have run its course – SCMP
…and furthermore…
- Mathiness in economics – Bruegel
- WHAT IS CODE? – Bloomberg
- Bigger than Blatter – The Economist
- Report: Hack of government employee records discovered by product demo – Ars Technica
- Twitter’s CEO is stepping down. Here’s why the company’s in trouble. – Vox
- Rupert Murdoch preparing to step down as CEO from 21st Century Fox – CNBC
- Nordic Zombie Arguments – Demos
- How Do Companies Quietly Raise Prices? They Do This – WSJ
- Secret Cinema’s Empire Strikes Back review: An epic galactic voyage – Movies Review – Digital Spy
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