Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin is an important asset for investors to own – Yahoo
- Understanding the destination-based approach to business taxation – VOX
- Investors Are Underestimating Global Risks, Singapore’s Central Bank Warns – Bloomberg
- Will Earnings Season Expose the Stock Market’s ‘House of Cards’? – WSJ
- The S&P is about to do something it hasn’t done since Lyndon Johnson was in the White House – CNBC
- How this startup plans to use blockchain to revolutionize the coffee supply chain – Fortune
- Blackstone May Double Assets to $800 Billion in Five Years – Bloomberg
- Russia will increase oil output in 2018: energy minister – Reuters
- Inequality Is Biggest Danger for Global Growth, Warn Top Economists – Bloomberg
Americas:
- McConnell allies declare open warfare on Bannon – Washington Post
- A Half-Century Later, Papers May Shed Light on J.F.K. Assassination – NY Times
- President Trump Wanted to Rename a Mountain. Alaska Was Not Happy About It – Time
- U.S. widens surveillance to include ’homegrown violent extremists’ – documents – Reuters
- Americans Are Sending Too Much Stuff to Houston – The Atlantic
- Puerto Rico death toll from Hurricane Maria rises to 51 – CNN
- Water-borne infections push Puerto Rico death toll higher – CNN
- Is a NAFTA showdown approaching? – Washington Post
- Nafta Uncertainty Already Hurting Growth, Bank of Canada Says – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Bank of England chief is ’enemy of Brexit’, says Jacob Rees-Mogg – The Guardian
- Brexit transition period likely to be limited to 20 months, EU officials say – The Guardian
- NHS to pay people up to £1,000 a month to house post-op patients – The Guardian
- North Korean official: Take hydrogen bomb threat ’literally’ – CNN
- Russia will increase oil output in 2018: energy minister – Reuters
- Osborne left the Tories a housing timebomb – The Times
- Catalan Separatists Warn “The Moment Has Come” As Puigdemont Suddenly Cancels Parliament Appearance – Zero Hedge
- Moody’s Brexit Monitor: Growth Further Stabilises in the UK in Q3 – Moodys
Asia:
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- Kyle Bass Says History Will Remember Xi for Reckless Policies – Bloomberg
- Singapore now has the most powerful passport in the world – SCMP
- Xi Jinping opens door to long-term China rule – FT
- China Refuses to Admit It Has a Rape Problem. I Would Know – Foreign Policy
- China has grand ambitions to dethrone the dollar. It may make a powerful move this year – CNBC
- Breakdown in North Korea talks sounds alarm bells on Capitol Hill – NBC
Trans-Tasman:
- The Panama Papers yields $50 million, with criminal cases still to come – The AFR
- ‘Thousands’ to join class action against Peter Dutton over detention regime – The SMH
- Michaelia Cash refuses to say if she and PM discussed her resignation – The SMH
- Bishop’s department did not know of North Korea letter before public release – SBS
- $78m government spent on Darling water buyback nearly double its valuation$78m government spent on Darling water buyback nearly double its valuation – The Guardian
- Journalists Claim Michaelia Cash’s Office Tipped-Off Media About AFP Raids – Buzz Feed
- “You Have To Resign”: Cash Under Fire After Media Were Tipped Off About AWU Raids – Buzz Feed
- Pressure on Andrews as Northcote voters back push for Great Forest National Park – The Age
- NSW government undertakes to improve renters’ rights in the new year – The SMH
- Paul Budde: and so the NBN blame games start – Michael West
- International infrastructure survey ranks Australia lowest for broadband satisfaction – The Age
- Pressure mounts on Malcolm Turnbull as 60 per cent vote ‘yes’, according to new poll analysis – The Age
- Nothing but truthiness: Adani and Co’s post-truth push for the Carmichael mine – The Conversation
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Labour’s house buying ban already being worked on – Interest.co.nz