Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The world’s deepest oil well is over 40,000 feet deep – Business Insider
- Can a Country Survive Without a Strong Middle Class? – The Atlantic
- Dow and S&P post first 1% fall in 5 months as banks tumble, health care reform worries remain – CNBC
- U.S. must stick to WTO rules when overhauling tax code: EU, German officials – Reuters
Americas:
- Why Trump’s Tax Cut May Be Later and Smaller Than Investors Think – WSJ
- U.S. reverses course and offers new dates for NATO talks – Reuters
- Why Trump Thinks Passing a Terrible Health Bill Makes Sense – NY Mag
- What’s at Stake in a Health Bill That Slashes the Safety Net – NY Times
- Trump’s penchant for vengeance casts shadow on health care vote – Politico
- Carbon tax debate exposed rift among Trump’s aides – Politico
- Reality is creeping into the Trump show – Washington Post
- For decades ‘Sesame Street’ brutally parodied Trump, who wants to defund PBS – Boston Globe
- Trump’s budget targets rural development programs that provide a quiet lifeline – Washington Post
- How the White House Got James Comey Wrong – NY Mag
- One-third of Americans say they’d have trouble coming up with an emergency $2,000 – Market Watch
- Canada Sees Increase in Migrants Entering Illegally From U.S. – WSJ
Europe:
- Bank that lent $300m to Trump linked to Russian money laundering scam – The Guardian
- A Russian Lawyer Involved In A US Prosecution Mysteriously Plunged From His Apartment Window – Buzz Feed
- Goldman Sachs to move hundreds of staff out of London due to Brexit – The Guardian
- Italy calls for G7 to challenge Donald Trump on trade – FT
- UK flight ban on electronic devices announced – BBC
- UK wages will soon lag behind prices – The Guardian
- Brexit: EU will take UK to International Court if it refuses to pay £50bn divorce bill, ’leaked document’ says – The Independent
Asia:
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- North Korea has no fear of U.S. sanctions move, will pursue nuclear arms – envoy – Reuters
- FBI wiretapped Russian gambling ring headquarted at Trump Tower – NY Daily News
- China’s Bike-Sharing Companies Don’t Make Economic Sense – Fortune
- Japan looks to require more JGB bids from primary dealers- Nikkei Asian Review – Nikkei
- China poised to challenge the US in tech revolution – Boston Globe
Trans-Tasman:
- Downer EDI’s takeover of Spotless explained – ABC
- Sydney’s Central station to be transformed with underground concourse – ABC
- Adani facing growing pressure on fears investors may have been misled – ABC
- Former Greens leader Bob Brown to launch alliance to oppose Adani coalmine – The Guardian
- Australian shares drop steeply, ‘days or weeks’ of selling possible – ABC
- Government confident childcare reforms will pass Senate – ABC
- Land titles: the folly of privatising an essential monopoly – Michael West
- “The latest ideas to use super to buy homes are still bad ideas” – The Conversation
- The big bike helmet debate: ‘You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare’ – The Guardian
- Former Howard minister Peter Reith rushed to hospital after suspected stroke – The Age
- WA election: Liberals’ ability to scrutinise WA Government compromised by landslide loss – ABC
- Property bubble called by economist and former Liberal leader John Hewson – ABC
- Real estate agents warn of property money laundering – The AFR
- Police blitz nabs ‘alarming’ number of truck drivers under the influence of drugs – The Age
- A population crush is pushing-up house prices – New Daily
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How to fix NIMBYs, the RMA & property taxation in NZ – Interest.co.nz
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