Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Hedge funds turn bearish on oil and refined fuels – Reuters
- Warren Buffett just confirmed the death of retail as we know it – Business Insider
- Goldman says this may become the longest economic expansion in history – CNBC
- An Exchange Wants to Shake Up How End-of-Day Stock Trading Works – Bloomberg
- VIX Crashes To A 9 Handle – Lowest Level Since Feb 2007 – Zero Hedge
- Tech bubble is quietly bursting with overvalued ‘unicorn’ startups – Seattle Times
- Here’s why the Macron-inspired rally for global markets is fizzling – MarketWatch
- Saudi Arabia and Russia Signal Oil-Cuts Extension Into 2018 – Bloomberg
Americas:
- America’s growing news deserts – Columbia Journalism Review
- America Is Forgetting Why We Share Things – Bloomberg
- The good old days, when men were men and Republicans cared about deficits – Washington Post
- Donald Trump is turning liberals into conspiracy theorists – CNN
- Why Democrats should support radically simpler taxes – VOX
- These Federal Agencies Agreed To Conceal Some Of Their Communications From The Public – Buzz Feed
- Trump’s favorite fall guy: Barack Obama – Politico
- The Trump administration is making Obamacare more expensive – VOX
- Montreal declares state of emergency over flooding – CNN
Europe:
- Emmanuel Macron sets his sights on economic and eurozone reforms – FT
- Emmanuel Macron will be either savior or destroyer of the euro – Politico
- What does new French president mean for Brexit? – Sky
- Angela Merkel should seize this chance to remake Europe – The Economist
- French regulator lays out plan to capture London euro clearing – Risk
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel Expresses Caution on Emmanuel Macron’s Eurozone Ideas – WSJ
- Why Macron’s Win Is Good for Europe’s Worst-Off Banks – WSJ
Asia:
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- Chinese Stocks Head for Longest Losing Streak in Three Years – Bloomberg
- China is bent on world domination — but not in the way you think – Washington Post
- South Korea’s Powerful Family Business Ties Could Be Tough to Cut – NY Times
- Hong Kong as a shoppers’ paradise is so far behind the times – SCMP
- China Mulls 3 Mega Power Firms in $855 Billion Reshuffle – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Jailed former NSW Labor minister still collecting parliamentary pension ahead of Federal Budget promising to crackdown on welfare bludgers – ABC
- Federal budget to introduce demerit-point system for dole bludgers – Yahoo
- Australia doesn’t need Adani’s Carmichael coalmine, Westpac chief says – The Guardian
- The Government Wants You To Pay An NBN Tax – Kokatu
- Australia passes a ‘tipping point’ in energy crisis – The AFR
- Alan Joyce, Qantas CEO, cops a cream pie to the face – Courier Mail
- Fairfax boss Greg Hywood was paid as much as $7.2m in 2016 – The Guardian
- NSW Police Adopt US-Style ‘Confront and Neutralise’ Policy – Sydney Criminal Lawyers
- Lower dollar does little to stop surge in online sales – The SMH
- Millennials facing ‘cubby house syndrome’ – News.com.au
- Nearly half of Australians think university should be free – and that spells trouble for Turnbull – The Guardian
- Centrelink debt furore: police won’t investigate release of welfare recipient’s data – The Guardian
- Schools hit list revealed: online tool shows Gonski 2.0 winners and losers – The Guardian
- Government spending explained in 10 charts; from Howard to Turnbull – The Conversation
- Chinese bank ‘training money’ used as real Australian $100 notes in Darwin – ABC
- ‘We Are Ticking Time Bombs’: Inside Australia’s Meth Crisis – Time
- Budget to focus on fairness, opportunity and security – SBS
- Budget to focus on fairness, opportunity and security – Interest.co.nz
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‘More intensive approach’ to bank oversight by the RBNZ recommended – Interest.co.nz