Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin Cash Soars to $700, Coinbase Customers Threaten to Sue – Fortune
- Why a Bitcoin Fork Is Not a ’Stock Split’ – Coin Desk
- Bitcoin splits as new currency takes off – BBC
- Bitcoin Exchange Had Too Many Bitcoins – Bloomberg
- Globally, more people see U.S. power and influence as a major threat – Pew Research
- Protectionism Will Not Protect Jobs Anywhere – Project Syndicate
- Trump stock market performance eclipsed by Obama and Bush – Axios
- Stock Indexes Push Back Against Dual-Class Listings – WSJ
- Thank the Foreigners for Dow 22000 – WSJ
- Why Won’t Millennials Embrace the Stock Market? – Barron’s
- How Credit Raters Avoided Reform After the Financial Crisis – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump’s new top aide assures Sessions his job is safe – AP
- Pence says Trump is taking a ‘we’ll see’ attitude toward Russia – Washington Post
- The Great Political Divide Over American Identity – NY Times
- Trump’s big trade battle with China kicks off Friday – Axios
- Medicaid saved the Affordable Care Act. Liberals should take notice. – VOX
- Americans die younger despite spending the most on health care – Bloomberg
- Poll: Democrats surge ahead on generic ballot – Politico
- Canadian Kids Live Longer With Mom and Dad as Home Costs Soar – Bloomberg
- Chile presidential candidate Pinera would modify pension system – Reuters
- To Venezuela, This Week’s Sanctions Are a Joke – Pro Publica
- Venezuelan Default Fears Rise With Billions in Debt Coming Due Soon – WSJ
- Remember all those left-wing pundits who drooled over Venezuela? – LA Times
- Venezuela’s Unprecedented Collapse – Project Syndicate
Europe:
- Britain to create post-Brexit group to handle trade disputes – Reuters
- U.K. Budgets Millions to Train Inexperienced Trade Negotiators Ahead of Brexit – Bloomberg
- Venice, Invaded by Tourists, Risks Becoming ‘Disneyland on the Sea’ – NY Times
- Switzerland’s First-World Problem: What to Do With $750 Billion – WSJ
- Russia’s Banks Get Serious About Digital Currencies – Bloomberg
- Irish Brexit report sets out united Ireland proposal – BBC
Asia:
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- China chatbot goes rogue: ‘Do you love the Communist party?’ ‘No’ – FT
- US Orders All Passport Holders Out Of North Korea After September 1 – Zero Hedge
- Apple Caved to China, Just Like Almost Every Other Tech Giant – Wired
- China admits to disguised fiscal borrowing risk – FT
- Here are all the words Chinese state media has banned – Supchina
- India Cuts Rates as RBI Sees `Urgent Need’ to Boost Investment – Bloomberg
- How China’s biggest bank became ensnared in a money laundering probe – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- A Deal for an Australian Dairy Wrapped in Layers of Chinese Loans – NY Times
- Company fined record $660,000 for paying refugee worker as little as $3.50 an hour – The SMH
- One Nation breaches Queensland electoral laws multiple times, blames weather and computer – ABC
- Concerns MP may quit Coalition over marriage – Sky News
- ICAC finds three former NSW ministers corrupt – The SMH
- Amazon Is Opening A Huge Warehouse In Melbourne – Gizmodo
- Australia’s shortage of climate scientists puts country at serious risk, report find – The Guardian
- Taxing Australia’s 11% empty homes: a step towards affordable housing, but much more can be done – The Conversation
- Austrac alleges CBA in ‘serious’ breach of money laundering act – The Age
- Government loan to Adani could be tainted by interference, economists say – The Guardian
- Taking on Adani is not just about climate change. It’s taking back power from corporate plutocracy. – The Guardian
- Pumped hydro opportunities in Australia in the thousands, researchers say – ABC
- ‘Tax returns for water’: satellite-audited statements can save the Murray-Darling – The Conversation
- Dancing in the dark: The Liberal Party is shadow-boxing with itself on same-sex marriage – The Monthly
- ‘It’s time’: Nine Network Political Editor Laurie Oakes retires – 9News
- Donald Trump’s new US immigration plan to be based in part on Australia’s skilled workers system – ABC
- Affordable housing shortfall leaves 1.3m households in need and rising – study – The Conversation
- Tony Abbott says homeless should be moved on with ‘great vigour if necessary’ – The Guardian
- Australia’s city/country divide is not as wide as you may think – The Conversation
- Share by share: Crowdfunding offers new opportunities for Australian property investors – ABC
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‘Interest rate falls more likely than rises’ – Interest.co.nz
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