Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Fund giant warns over stock market highs – BBC
- Echoes of the Black Monday Crash of ’87 – Bloomberg
- The 4 Ds Of Robotization: Dull, Dirty, Dangerous And Dear – Forbes
- Dealing with a globalised banking sector – EU
- How Google’s Quantum Computer Could Change the World – WSJ
- Early Bitcoin Investor Has Some Advice On How Much Money to Hold in Bitcoin – Bloomberg
- Blockchain could be the key to revolutionizing our energy grid – Tech Review
Americas:
- Trump gives his own performance a Trump-sized endorsement – Politico
- Man rescued from Taliban: I thought my captors were kidding when they said Trump was president – The Hill
- Is Trump more media-accessible than Obama? – Politico
- The Health Plans Trump Backs Have a Long History of Disputes – Bloomberg
- Senator introduces repeal of 2016 law after “60 Minutes” opioid epidemic report – CNN
- Deficit hawks trampled in GOP tax cut stampede – Politico
- Northern California is facing catastrophic wildfires more typically seen in the south. Experts aren’t sure why – LA Times
- Misery in Puerto Rico: No power, no job, ’enormous’ lines – CNN Money
- Eisman of ‘The Big Short’ Warns Canada Housing Heading for Slump With CIBC Most Exposed – Bloomberg
Europe:
- ’No-deal’ Brexit likely to hit low-income families hardest – The Guardian
- Claims that UK can grow more food dismissed as ’tripe’ – The Guardian
- Crunching the numbers: Are voters really turning against Brexit? – Prospect
- At Least 3 Killed As Historic Storm Ophelia Hits Ireland, Turns U.K. Skies Red – NPR
- U.K. Fears Collapse of Brexit Talk Within Weeks – Bloomberg
- UK Watchdog demands ’constitutional right to equality’ to block post-Brexit discrimination – The Independent
- London’s Stock of Unsold Homes Under Construction at Record High – Bloomberg
- Catalans Defend Claim to Independence as Spain Prepares to Act – Bloomberg
- IKEA hikes UK prices as sterling slump drives inflation – Reuters
- Interest rate rise ’should be delayed’ – BBC
Asia:
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- EU endorses new sanctions on N. Korea – Yonhap
- As U.S. Confronts Internet’s Disruptions, China Feels Vindicated – NY Times
- China now rivals U.S. in VC investments – Venture Beat
- Fake paperwork, poor parts challenge China’s aerospace boom – Reuters
- ‘China is laughing about this situation’ – Politico
Trans-Tasman:
- Energy Policy: Australia To Be Entirely Powered By Tony Abbott’s Bullsh*t By 2020 – The Shovel
- Clean Energy Target dumped by Coalition in favour of Malcolm Turnbull’s new plan, a National Energy Guarantee – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull is playing a losing hand on energy policy – The Guardian
- There’s not going to be a CET, so what have we got instead? And what does that mean for consumers? – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull’s new energy policy aims to cut costs and mandate minimum ‘reliable’ coal, gas production – WA Today
- Cabinet rejects Finkel’s Clean Energy Target – ABC
- Why coal fired power stations don’t work so well when they are old – Renew Economy
- Fact check: Is Victoria set to legislate the strictest political donation laws in the country? – ABC
- How rooftop solar is saving billions on energy bills for all consumers – Renew Economy
- Channel Nine axes The Footy Show after 24 years on air – Illawarra Mercury
- Young entrepreneurs are filling Adelaide’s empty buildings – Commercial Real Estate
- Victoria almost reaches ‘holy grail’ of 95 per cent immunisation rate – ABC
- ASIC: Former banker James Shipton to replace Greg Medcraft as chairman – ABC
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NZ First ‘agrees on policy’, didn’t discuss which way to go – Interest.co.nz
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Real estate commission revenue thumped by sales slump – Interest.co.nz
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