Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Markets set to continue the Macron rally – CMC Markets
- Short Seller Says Home Capital Needs to ’Clean House’ – Bloomberg
- The Electric Car Revolution Now Faces Its Biggest Test – Bloomberg
- A Tidal Wave is Coming – The Irrelevant Investor
- Has there been a sea change in the way banks respond to capital requirements? – Bank Underground
Americas:
- Trump willing to delay border wall push – Politico
- US retailers are on pace to close more stores in 2017 than in the 2008 Great Recession – Quartz
- Trump seeks 15 percent corporate tax rate, even if it swells the national debt – Washington Post
- Number of U.S. bank branches to shrink 20 percent in five years: real estate report – Reuters
- Reforming land use regulations – Brookings
- Venezuelans protest for elections, unrest enters fourth week – Reuters
Europe:
- UK tries to put EU nationals off applying for residency – FT
- Here’s The Latest Evidence That Russian Hackers Are Targeting Europe’s Elections – BuzzFeed
- Ivanka Trump faces skeptical audience in Berlin – Politico
- The interconnectedness between EU banks and shadow banking entities – VOX
- Russian Hackers Who Targeted Clinton Appear to Attack France’s Macron – NY Times
- Italian Politics Could Still Derail Markets – WSJ
- EU Toughens Brexit Position Again With Citizens’ Rights Demand – Bloomberg
- How the Election Split France – NY Times
- Number of migrant criminal suspects in Germany surged in 2016 – Reuters
- Crimintern: How the Kremlin uses Russia’s criminal networks in Europe – Ritholtz
- Confessions of a (Former) State TV Reporter – Codastory (audio too) …anyone thinking about the media coming out of Russia should be having a listen to this…
Asia:
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- Inside China’s Plans for World Robot Domination – Bloomberg
- China making full convertibility of its currency a priority, but warns US on trade barriers – CNBC
- For Journalism in China, a Millennial Shift – Medium
- N.Korean media issue threat to ’wipe out’ US – France 24
- China’s Hidden Debt Stirs Investor Angst as Defaults Rise – Bloomberg
- China’s Control Problem – Bloomberg
- China Threatens Retaliation To Trump’s Steel “Protectionism” – Zero Hedge
Trans-Tasman:
- Manus Island police chief says he has not been contacted by Peter Dutton or his staff – The Guardian
- Peter Dutton demands apology from media over Manus controversy – The Guardian
- Manus Island controversy: who said what and when – The Guardian
- ‘Ridiculous’: Peter Dutton contradicted for third time over Manus Island brawl explanation – The SMH
- Full-time a fantasy as Australians work fewer hours than ever before – The Guardian
- Adani coalmine at heightened risk of becoming a stranded asset, report says – The Guardian
- Broadband limbo remains as ACCC fails to break Telstra, NBN deadlock – The SMH
- ‘Enough is enough’: universities tell government to back off after $4bn in budget cuts – The Guardian
- Gold Coast paramedics threatened with syringe, kicked, spat on in latest assaults – ABC
- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits troops in Iraq and Afghanistan – ABC
- Push to unseat Liberal Kelly O’Dwyer while on maternity leave a coincidence, campaigner says – ABC
- ATO fails to rule out website blocking to enforce GST collection – ZD Net
- Andrew Forrest accused of lack of transparency over ad for cashless welfare card – The Guardian
- Broadband limbo remains as ACCC fails to break Telstra, NBN deadlock – The SMH