Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Dollar holds near 4-week high vs yen, focus on U.S. inflation data – Reuters
- Market liquidity after the financial crisis – VOX
- Hackers’ Latest Weapon: Cyber Extortion – WSJ
- Is Blockchain Coming Of Age? – Forbes
- Former UBS Trader Arrested, Charged With Rigging Gold Prices – Zero Hedge
- Global Corporate Tax Cuts Widen Gap With U.S. – WSJ
- Bitcoin Doubts and Buffett Criticisms – Bloomberg
- OECD Sees More Dangers in Economy Than in 2007 – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin is a fraud that will blow up, says JP Morgan boss – The Guardian
Americas:
- The myths of recovery: Why American households aren’t better off – MarketWatch
- Trump Blocks China-Backed Fund from Buying U.S. Chip Maker Lattice – WSJ
- Trump Blocks China-Backed Bid to Buy U.S. Chip Maker – NY Times
- U.S. won’t issue some visas in four nations in deportation crackdown – Reuters
- Teflon Don confounds Democrats – Politico
- The Clinton Book Tour Is Largely Ignoring the Vital Role of Endless War in the 2016 Election Result – The Intercept
- Getting rid of all tax breaks could reduce the corporate tax rate to 26 percent, study says – Washington Post
- Editorial: More housing or more homelessness – San Francisco Chronicle
- What Hillary Clinton really thinks – VOX
Europe:
- Russian Trolls Promoted Trump While Trashing Black Lives Matter On Twitter – Talking Points Memo
- Italy’s main opposition parties call for new currency to flank euro – Euro News
- Fearing Russia, Sweden holds biggest war games in 20 years – Reuters
- I Bought a Russian Bot Army for Under $100 – Daily Beast
- EU lost up to 5.4 billion euros in tax revenues from Google, Facebook: report – Reuters
- Macron’s plan to make France less European – Capx
- Mass Evacuations in Russian Cities Continue After Bomb Threats – Moscow Times
- Turkey Signs Russian Missile Deal, Pivoting From NATO – NY Times
- Theresa May Takes Her Darkest, Most Desperate Turn Yet – Vanity Fair
Asia:
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- Singapore’s Temasek Mulls Investing in Magic Leap – Bloomberg
- China exploits the vulnerability of open democracy – FT
- Japan pushes for expedited talks on ’TPP 11’- Nikkei Asian Review – Nikkei
- Myanmar says 40% of Rohingya villages targeted by army are now empty – The Guardian
- China, US pledge concerted efforts to promote ties – Global Times
- North Korea’s Nuke Test May Have Been Twice as Strong as Thought – Bloomberg
- China’s ICO ban makes more sense in light of its history with… – Tech Crunch
Trans-Tasman:
- Jacqui Lambie says it is an “absolute disgrace” that the ABC is being targeted – The Age
- Drug-testing welfare recipients an ‘absolute disgrace’, Australian of the Year says – The Guardian
- Federal politicians ‘on the nose’ after committee stops short of calling for federal ICAC – ABC
- Marriage equality opponents have spent five times more on TV ads, analyst says – The Guardian
- ‘Wrong candidate elected’: Expert lashes NSW’s vote-counting method – The SMH
- Dozens of illegal workers detained by border force officers at Perth strawberry farm – ABC
- Man charged over tiny house allegedly stolen from Canberra, driven to Queensland – ABC
- Turnbull government secures deal to scrap media ownership controls – The Guardian
- Comparing Australia Day to Holocaust ‘offensive’, Federal Government says after Moreland council vote – ABC
- Australian welfare recipients spend proportionately less on alcohol – ABS – The Guardian
- Why the market doesn’t care about liar loans – The Age
- Workers living in limbo as questions remain over dairy factory’s future – ABC
- Melburnians, be warned: school holidays could bring road and rail chaos – ABC
- ‘Phenomenal’ jobs boom not yet cutting underemployment, boosting wages – ABC
Other:
- Facebook to clamp down on who can cash in on ads – Reuters
- The ‘wealth belly’ is the new dad bod – Moneyish