Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin is embroiled in a civil war – Business Insider
- Bitcoin Acceptance Among Retailers Is Low and Getting Lower – Bloomberg
- Inevitability of the need for economic growth—the nth time. – Global Inequality
- Climate change means more flooding for coastal cities – Bloomberg
- The case for free-market anticapitalism – Capx
- Someone Just Made An “Unprecedented” Bet On An Imminent Surge In Bond Volatility – Zero Hedge
- Investors Find Major Oil Deposit in Gulf of Mexico – WSJ
- Sign of the Bottom? New ETFs Will Bet Against Beaten-Down Retail Stocks – WSJ
- Central banks could be moving us closer to the next financial crisis – Business Insider
- Bond Trader Bets $10 Million That Volatility Revival Is Imminent – Bloomberg
Americas:
- In blow to moderates, Medicaid cuts remain in Senate health care bill – NBC
- Denver mayor announces housing experiment that could bring affordability back to city – Denver Channel
- Waking Up to the Trumpian World – NY Review of Books
- Democratic reps file article of impeachment against Trump – Fox News
- ‘World’s first robot lawyer’ now available in all 50 states – The Verge
- “Canada Is In Serious Trouble” Again, And This Time It’s For Real – Zero Hedge
- The Bank of Canada Shows It’s the Federal Reserve of the North – Bloomberg
Europe:
- British Chambers of Commerce says business growth static, urges Brexit clarity – Reuters
- Bitcoin just got a vote of confidence from Switzerland’s legendary banking system – CNBC
- Swiss private bank Falcon introduces bitcoin asset management – Reuters
- Europe’s most dangerous volcano is on fire – The Independent
- Bank of England deputy governor ’not ready’ to vote for a rise in interest rates – Press & Journal
- Google Wins Tax Case in France, Avoiding $1.3 Billion Bill – NY Times
- Why Theresa May’s gamble at the polls failed – LSE
- Hate-filled abuse is poisoning Britain – The Guardian
- Samsung business chooses Berlin over London because it’s ’not a fun place to live unless you are really rich’ – The Independent
- Firms are ’bored of Brexit’ and continuing to hire, Robert Walters says – Apple News
- Grenfell Tower ’stay put’ advice lasted nearly two hours – BBC
- UK unemployment drops to 1.49m – BBC
- How Brexit is set to hurt Europe’s financial systems – Reuters
Asia:
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- Firebrand Hindu Cleric Ascends India’s Political Ladder – NY Times
- China’s Push to Foster Tech Startups at Risk From Net Crackdown – Bloomberg
- Chinese trade with North Korea jumped 10% in the first half of this year, according to China Customs data – CNBC
- China’s Booming Housing Market Proves Impossible to Tame – WSJ
- BOJ to bump up economic growth forecast- Nikkei Asian Review – Nikkei
- Apple to Build China Data Center to Meet New Cybersecurity Law – WSJ
- Asian refiners tweak their Qatar oil loadings to side-step Gulf spat – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- It’s gas, not renewables, that is pushing up electricity prices, report finds – The Age
- Renewable energy will kill people this winter, Liberal MP Craig Kelly says – ABC
- Commentators who don’t understand the grid should butt out of the battery debate – The Guardian
- Oil poured over popular Melbourne bike track – ABC
- Space agency on the cards as Government announces review of Australia’s capabilities – ABC
- Barnaby Joyce: I’ll support a clean energy target if coal can be included – The Guardian
- Exposed: big tobacco’s behind-the-scenes ‘astroturf’ campaign to change vaping laws – The Age
- Stop trying to save the planet, Matthew Canavan tells Queensland government – The Guardian
- Network Ten’s future is all about media power, not economics – The Conversation
- Immigration, home ownership and other reasons young Aussies are drinking less – ABC
- States may go it alone on clean energy target, says Victoria’s energy minister – The Guardian
- Renters are being left out in the cold on energy savings: Here’s a solution – ABC
- $100 million plant Lithium battery plant planned for Top End – NT News
- The only hope for democracy is for politicians to stand up to political parties – ABC
Other:
- Antarctica Is Melting at a Dangerous Pace—Here’s Why – National Geographic