Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin’s Price Hits A New High Just Below $1,500 – Coin Desk
- You might not know it, but you’re already using Artificial Intelligence – Access AI
- David Einhorn says sentiment around Tesla is euphoric… – Medium
- These risky new ETFs can quadruple your gains – CNBC
- Populist Attacks on Elites Are a Dead End – Bloomberg
- Why Greenspan’s Bond Market Conundrum Looks Like the New Normal – Bloomberg
- Oil Forecast to Fall Sharply if OPEC Doesn’t Extend Production Cuts – WSJ
- Global Trade Growth Is About to Roll Over – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Fed holds interest rates steady, downplays economic weakness – Reuters
- The Parts of America Most Susceptible to Automation – The Atlantic
- From Reagan to Trump: How the Heritage Foundation has influenced policy – Market Place
- Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal – VOX
- Congressional exemption from GOP healthcare plan to be addressed separately – The Hill
- The New Study That Shows Trumpcare’s Damage – NY Times
- Treasury Department Shoots Down Fannie and Freddie Obamacare Conspiracy Theory – Breibart
- House to vote Thursday on Obamacare repeal bill – Politico
- Republicans’ new health amendment lets insurers charge sick people more, cover less – VOX
- Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government bankruptcy – Reuters
- Puerto Rico Bond Prices May Show Which Issues Will Be Hardest Hit – Bloomberg
- Puerto Rico declares bankruptcy. Here’s how it’s going to unfold – USA Today
- Armored Car Hits Crowd as Venezuela Riots Leave 300 Injured – Bloomberg
- Venezuela Is Heading for a Soviet-Style Collapse – Foreign Policy
Europe:
- The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May – The Guardian
- Macron’s economic advisors on VoxEU – VOX
- Le Pen and Macron Clash in Vicious Presidential Debate in France – NY Times
- Macron, Le Pen spar in acrimonious final debate – France24
- Macron, Le Pen clash on euro, terrorism, in French pre-election TV showdown – Reuters
- Russia, Feeling Slighted by Trump, Seeks a Reset – NY Times
- How Sweden Became “The Most Alt-Right” Country In Europe – BuzzFeed
- Paris Migrants ’Blame Europe’ for the Migrant Crisis – Breibart
- The British and their exceptionalism – CER
- Putin Meets Erdogan as Russia Pursues Syria Diplomacy Blitz – Bloomberg
- U.K. Farms Need EU Deal to Avoid Risk of ‘Disastrous’ WTO Terms – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Why Trump’s Budding Bromance With Xi Is Doomed – NY Times
- North Korea is building mysterious artificial islands that would be perfect for missile launches – LA Times
- Japan’s Missing People: On the Trail of the Johatsu – Time
- Oil Traders Idled as China Refiners Fall Foul of Smog Fight – Bloomberg
- Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Dutton’s powers unchecked and unjust, former Liberal immigration minister says – The Guardian
- Why the Coalition’s university changes are just a great big new income tax – Greg Jericho
- Malcolm Turnbull Admits He Went To University For Free – Buzz Feed
- Shocking footage shows cruel treatment of cows on Australian abattoirs – Yahoo
- For teachers, there are bigger problems in our classrooms than Gonski – The ABC
- NDIS complaints mount, disability service providers demand urgent improvements – ABC
- Fairfax boss Greg Hywood the target of striking journalists’ anger as cuts backlash continues – ABC
- Merged minor parties chase votes on the right as identity crisis grips Coalition – The Conversation
- Adani faces multi-million dollar fine over sediment water – ABC
- Scott Morrison scuttles investor bid to shift BHP listing from Australia, deeming it illegal – ABC
- Allegedly International Students Are Working As Prostitutes in Chinese Karaokes – Crossing the Wall
- Almost 52,000 Australian households are at risk of defaulting on their mortgages in the next 12 months – ABC
- We need a strategy to stop the war on young people – The Guardian
- Tony Abbott claims ‘cultural cowardice’ in politics at heart of voter discontent – The Age
- Labor MPs urge Opposition to consider Buffett rule minimum tax on wealthy – ABC
- Tony Abbott slams Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for keeping him on backbench – Herald-Sun
- Kiwis deserve a fairer go from their cousins – Herald-Sun
- Malcolm 2.0 is all about fairness. He’s not fooling anyone. – The Guardian
- Education Minister Simon Birmingham heckled at National Press Club address over university cuts – ABC
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Chinese buyers notable by their absence – Interest.co.nz
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Auckland Council questions urban development plans – Interest.co.nz
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