Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bill Gates vs. the Robots – WSJ
- Why Future Emphasis Should be on Algorithms – Trend in Tech
- A Correction Now Might Not Be So Bad, Some Investors Say – WSJ
- OPEC, non-OPEC to look at extending oil-output cut by six months – Reuters
- Populism is the result of global economic failure – The Guardian
Americas:
- Trump Puts a Presidential-Size Spotlight on His Brand – NY Times
- The Tax Reform Damage – WSJ
- Donald Trump voters: We like the president’s lies – The Star
- Trump to Begin Reversing Obama-Era Cutbacks in Carbon Dioxide – Bloomberg
- Two months out of office, Barack Obama is having a post-presidency like no other – Washington Post
- Republicans turn fire on each other – Politico
- ’People aren’t spending’: stores close doors in ’oversaturated’ US retail market – The Guardian
- Foreign Robots Invade American Factory Floors – WSJ
- Metropolitan Area Per Capita Personal Income – St Louis Fed
- How a snowstorm exposed Quebec’s real problem: social malaise – Macleans
Europe:
- White House denies report that Trump handed Merkel a bill for NATO services – CBS
- Trump handed Merkel ‘outrageous’ NATO bill: report – Politico
- UK set to keep EU regulations after Brexit – FT
- Thousands Protest Corruption in Russia in Challenge to President Vladimir Putin – WSJ
- Russia Anti-Graft Protests Draw Biggest Crowds Since 2012 – Bloomberg
- State Dept. condemns crackdown on Russia protests – Politico
- Russia protests: Opposition leader Navalny arrested – BBC
- Kremlin publicly threatens to leak U.S. intel, if Trump-Russia secrets keep coming to light – Palmerreport
- U.K. Criticizes Tech Firms in Wake of Terror Attack – WSJ
- Labour to set out tough new conditions for backing Brexit – The Guardian
- EU looks at revealing negotiating positions for Brexit – FT
- France’s Le Pen says the EU ’will die’, globalists to be defeated – Reuters
- Merkel’s conservatives win Saarland vote in boost for national campaign – Reuters
Asia:
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- Rich Chinese Stampede for a U.S. Golden Visa – Bloomberg
- On The Edge Of An “Uncontrollable Liquidity Event”: The Definitive Guide To China’s Financial System – Zero Hedge
- Why China’s Latest Cash Crunch Is Scarier This Time – WSJ
- Microsoft Modifies Windows 10 for China’s Government – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Underemployment of young people is the highest it has been in 40 years – The SMH
- Australia’s career political class: Rising number of Australian MPs are former staffers and ministerial advisers – The SMH
- Overseas Investor Outbids 8 Aussie Families To House He’ll Never Step Foot In – Betoota Advocate
- Millions of Australian adults are unvaccinated and it’s increasing disease risk for all of us – The Conversation
- Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce proposes opening protected zones to logging to save Heyfield timber mill – ABC
- Company tax cut has a not-so-dirty little secret – Canberra Times
- How inner city apartment developments have killed Australian rock’n’roll – Domain
- Government announces review into retail electricity prices – ABC
- Coalition asks ACCC to investigate energy prices – The Guardian
- New cars far less fuel efficient than manufacturers claim – The Guardian
- ‘In the battle for the planet’s climate future, Australia’s Adani mine is the line in the sand’: Bill McKibben – The Guardian
- Turnbull urges Labor and crossbench to back China extradition treaty – ABC
- Penalty rates cut could cost budget $650m over four years, thinktank says – The Guardian
- Family home ‘should be in pension assets test’ – ABC
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The message is clear from the housing market – Interest.co.nz