Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Mirror, Mirror, Which Asset Class Is the Sleepiest of Them All? – Bloomberg
- Investment-less credit booms – VOX
- A $1 Trillion Pain Trade in Treasuries Divides Top Bond Dealers – Bloomberg
- Do Credit Markets Watch the Waving Flag of – NY Fed
- The Oil Market Is Listening … For Now – Bloomberg
- Pressure Mounting For Humans To Step Down As Head Of Failing Global Ecosystem – The Onion
- Global Cyberattack Spreads as Experts Try to Limit Damage – WSJ
- Should We Fear the Stock Market’s Lack of Fear? – WSJ
- How to Boost Productivity and Make It Last – Bloomberg
- Fear Not the Fear of Complacency in Markets – WSJ
Americas:
- Trump’s trust problem – Politico
- State left in the dark about Tillerson statement on Post’s Trump report – CNN
- Pro-Trump media dismisses bombshell report the president shared classified info – CNN
- Trump’s Supposed Leak: The Worst Thing Yet? – Commentary Magazine
- 9 times Trump criticized others for mishandling classified information – Politico
- Ford to cut North America, Asia salaried workers by 10 percent: source – Reuters
- Republicans wary of Cornyn as FBI chief – Politico
- Brace for Chaos If U.S. Expands Airline Laptop Ban – Bloomberg
- Congress exasperated as White House in ’downward spiral’ – CNN
- Foreign Leaders Have Realized Trump Is a Pushover – The Atlantic
- Nattering Nabobs of NAFTA – NY Times
- Mexican journalist and CPJ awardee Javier Valdez Cárdenas murdered – Cpj
- “Kill us all,” a journalist defiantly told the drug cartels. Now he’s dead – Quartz
Europe:
- Putin undecided on what melody to play for Trump – RT
- When Trump Called Divulging Secrets to Russia Treason – The Atlantic
- ’Big Four’ Irish Banks Join Blockchain Payments Pilot – Coin Desk
- Portuguese Economy Expands More Than Forecast as Exports Rise – Bloomberg
- Macron and Merkel Meet, Pledging to Save European Unity – NY Times
Asia:
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- Contradicting Beijing’s data, UN says China imported N. Korean coal in March – NK News
- North Korea may have been behind global cyber hack – Mail Online
- The Ransomware Outbreak Has a Possible Link to North Korea – Wired
- China Still Wants To Import Commodities, Not Manufactures (Judging From The “Early Harvest” Trade Deal) – Council on Foreign Relations
- Singapore ’vending machine’ dispenses Ferraris, Lamborghinis – Reuters
- In South Korea, New President Faces a Tangle of Economic Problems – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Union boss wants underpaying employers jailed for ‘wage theft’ – ABC
- Millennial who doesn’t drink coffee wondering where his house is – Chaser
- Migrants Failing To Assimilate, 200-Year-Study Finds – The Shovel
- Research shows that Liberal electorates gain most from capital gains tax discount – The Guardian
- Australia may ban laptops on international flights, Malcolm Turnbull says – ABC
- Why 2℃ of global warming is much worse for Australia than 1.5℃ – The Conversation
- Euthanasia debate: NSW Parliament to consider drafted legislation on assisted dying – ABC
- The 95-year-old taking on Australia’s megamine ‘catastrophe’ – The SMH
- Q&A: Protesters interrupt Qanda Budget special in debate over young people being targeted – News.com.au
- Shipbuilding plan confirms skilled foreign workers ‘essential’ to rapid naval expansion – ABC
- Public service agency to be established in Orange, site of historic Nationals loss – Canberra Times
- Solar panels and the law: Can you sue your neighbour for blocking your sunlight? – RN – ABC
- CPA Australia money trail: Why accountants want a closer look at their organisation’s books – ABC
- Buoyant prices mean ever fewer Australians can buy a house – The Economist
- Elon Musk on track to world domination, Tesla’s solar panels shipping to Australia in 2018 – Techly
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Govt to build 34,000 Auckland houses – Interest.co.nz
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Reconciling New Zealand’s mortgage market – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- A Remote Paradise Island Is Now a Plastic Junkyard – The Atlantic