Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews – NY Times
- A Foreign Threat to U.S. Treasuries That Dwarfs Fed’s Debt Hoard – Bloomberg
- Robots and jobs: Evidence from the US – VOX
- How Goldman Sachs Made More Than $1 Billion With Your Credit Score – WSJ
- There’s a Big Reason Volatility Might Be Coming Back – Bloomberg
- Tech’s High-Stakes Arms Race: Costly Data Centers – WSJ
- Nothing to Fear, But the Lack of Fear in Markets – WSJ
- The perilous politics of parking – The Economist
Americas:
- Donald Trump’s travel expenses in 10 weeks cost US taxpayers as much as Barack Obama spent in two years – The Independent
- America’s Retailers Are Closing Stores Faster Than Ever – Bloomberg
- Scoop: Trump’s potentially explosive trade play – Axios
- In Trump’s Visa Crackdown, Indian Students Weigh Canada, Ireland – Bloomberg
- The Roots of the New Urban Crisis – City Lab
Europe:
- Libor: Bank of England implicated in secret recording – BBC
- Citigroup sees Macron winning French vote, changing its earlier Fillon forecast – Reuters
- Le Pen says France not responsible for WWII round up of Jews – Yahoo
- Russia decries cancelled Boris Johnson visit and warns on further Syria attacks – The Guardian
- Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria’s Assad – Washington Post
- Russian computer programmer arrested in Spain: embassy – Reuters
- A French Town Known for Picking Presidents Sees Big Upset Ahead – Bloomberg
- ’It’s a shambles’: data shows most asylum seekers put in poorest parts of Britain – The Guardian
- Seeking trade deals, Britain strikes up some awkward friendships – The Economist
- Brexit’s Biggest Loser May Actually Be Poland – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China offers concessions to avert trade war with US – FT
- China offers concessions to avert trade war with U.S – Reuters
- How Chinese student boom has kept US public universities afloat – SCMP
- China’s top securities regulator vows to punish “iron roosters” with no dividend payout – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan’s yakuza aren’t disappearing. They’re getting smarter. – Washington Post
- Japan’s cherry blossoms are emerging increasingly early – The Economist
- Korea crisis deepens as the US dispatches the Carl Vinson strike group to the region – Navy Times
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- Great Barrier Reef at ’terminal stage’: scientists despair at latest coral bleaching data – The Guardian
- Great Barrier Reef: Two-thirds damaged in ‘unprecedented’ bleaching – BBC
- Excited QLD Premier Reveals Reef Nearly Dead Enough For Coal Ships To Crush Through – Beoota Advocate
- Overwhelming majority of voters want a federal ICAC, poll reveals – The SMH
- ‘Not reasonable or fair’ Ombudsman slams Centrelink’s robo-debt scheme – The SMH
- Christopher Pyne defends decision to award $2b missile contract without competition – ABC
- Greg Jericho: Coalition won’t budge despite chance to tackle housing policy – The Guardian
- How much? Sydney auction showcases soaring property prices – The Guardian
- Mounting concerns over Australian housing bubble – WSWS
- Distribution of debt poses new trigger to the property, housing market – ABC
- Scott Morrison says housing agreement a ‘one-way ATM’ that has failed to boost supply – The Guardian
- ‘A perfectionist with a steady hand: Jonathan Green remembers John Clarke’ – ABC
- CPSU survey reveals what DHS staff really think about “robo-debt” – Canberra Times
- Australian gas: between a fracked rock and a socially hard place – The Conversation
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Govt reviewing ‘technical’ RBNZ changes – Interest.co.nz
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Two thirds of Auckland homes sold at latest Bayleys auctions – Interest.co.nz