Global / Macro / Investing:
- Jeff Bezos Says He Is Selling $1 Billion a Year in Amazon Stock to Finance Race to Space – NY Times
- The Flawed Case Against Pricing Carbon – WSJ
- Larry Summers: How Fat Cats Use Journalists and Think Tanks to Buy Credibility – The Fiscal Times
- Coal Is on the Way Out at Electric Utilities, No Matter What Trump Says – NY Times
- Retiring with robots? How your folks will get high-tech help – Cnet
- Billionaire investors didn’t get rich by using index funds, Leon Cooperman says – CNBC
- Global Shipping Fleet Braces for Chaos of $60 Billion Fuel Shock – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Democrat Ossoff rakes in huge amount in 6th District race – myajc
- Congressman Used A Wealthy Conservative’s Money To Spread Fake News Across Texas, Prosecutors Say – Huffington Post
- The Real Political Scandal? Actually, There Are Two – Bloomberg
- What Steve Bannon’s demotion tells us about the Trump White House – CNN
- 50% Of Americans Live Payday-To-Payday; 33% Can’t Write A $500 Emergency Check – Zero Hedge
- Half of US working families are living paycheck to paycheck – NY Post
- In California, Landlords Threaten Immigrant Tenants with Deportations – CityLab
- Manhattan Townhouse Sells for a Record $79.5 Million – Bloomberg
- Pence’s Obamacare diplomacy fails to yield a deal – Politico
- Americans are taking out the largest mortgages on record – MarketWatch
- Peak Auto? These Charts Point to Industry, U.S. Economy Concerns – Bloomberg
- Why the Refinancing Slowdown Matters for the Fed – WSJ
Europe:
- It’s now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown – Washington Post
- Drivers of employment generation and social inclusion in the EU – VOX
- Macron Slips Post Debate Making Him Tied With Le Pen, Poll Shows – Bloomberg
- The demand for private schooling in England: the impact of price and quality – IFS
- How do you stop fake news? In Germany, with a law. – Washington Post
- France investigating hundreds for tax fraud due to Panama Papers – Rfi
- Theresa May hints UK to allow temporary free movement after Brexit – Politico
- ECB Should Stick to Guidance on Stimulus, Says Vasiliauskas – WSJ
- Europe’s Addiction to Bailing Out Banks – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Kuroda likely favorite for new BOJ term, if willing – Reuters
- Trump once said he would bomb North Korea’s nuclear reactors – CNN
- Why Xi Jinping Needs to Tread Carefully When He Meets Trump – Bloomberg
- Chinese finance is storing up trouble for the rest of the world – FT
- China Has Its Worst-Ever Start to a Year For Defaults – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Centrelink inquiry told ‘income averaging’ creating incorrect welfare debts – The Guardian
- Centrelink debt recovery: FOI documents show lack of communication between Social Services Minister and key agencies – ABC
- Adani mine railway loan would breach government’s policy, says legal group – The Guardian
- Alt-Wrong — The Australian right is startling for its incoherence – The Monthly
- Government too stupid or too ideological to act on imprisonment rates: Labor MP – SBS
- Liberals were flying blind after Tony Abbott took power, party review finds – The Guardian
- NSW Government risks reputational stain over land titles registry sale – The Age
- Tony Abbott ‘used terror threat as political weapon’ – New Daily
- Poor polling will affect Malcolm Turnbull’s hold on top job: Peter Dutton – The Guardian
- 6 million Australians are about to get a rude shock when they find out the NBN is compulsory – Business Insider
- Exxon pays no tax, record dividends, as gas prices soar – Michael West
- Labor fires privatisation warning amid rail overhaul – Cessnockadvertiser.com.au
- Owner refuses to leave house after Cyclone Debbie blows it off stumps – ABC
- Is there a housing bubble or isn’t there? | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- WA has the worst set of finances since the Great Depression: McGowan – WA Today
- Credit card scam costs Victorian tourism operators $400k, likely ‘tip of the iceberg’ – ABC
- Trump’s ‘big data’ consultant to meet Australian government – Reuters
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Getting the nitty gritty on housing investment – Interest.co.nz
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Why houses in NZ have become so expensive and change will be so hard – Interest.co.nz