Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Deutsche Bank Says Junk Bonds Are a Buy, But Be Ready to Get Out – Bloomberg
- Wall Street pioneer takes out ad in WSJ to warn of bitcoin trading perils – MarketWatch
- One bitcoin is selling for almost $14,000 in Zimbabwe – VICE
- Yale’s Swensen Sees Low Volatility as `Profoundly Troubling’ – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin is a market for criminals and millennials, Dennis Gartman says – CNBC
- You Can Now Mine Cryptocurrency to Bail People Out of Jail – Vice
Americas:
- Assaults against Muslims in U.S. surpass 2001 level – Pew Research
- IRS plans to keep Trump’s tax returns in a safe – The Hill
- Dear Lord Would Joe Biden Be A Terrible Candidate For These Times – Daily Beast
- Republicans May Use Cuts in Entitlement Programs to Reduce Deficit – NY Times
- Porn star, Coolio launching 2020 White House bid – The Hill
- The Democrats’ old-people problem – Axios
- DOJ probe into Russian laundering gone quiet – CNN
- How a New Inflation Measure Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class – WSJ
Europe:
- Greece Offers Bond Swap in a Charge Toward Financial Freedom – NY Times
- Signs of Russian Meddling in ‘Brexit’ Referendum – NY Times
- HSBC to pay $352m to settle tax evasion charges in France – ICIJ
- What shall become of Northern Ireland? The economic challenges of Britain’s weakest region – Vote Watch
- A Radioactive Cloud Wafts Over Europe, With Russia as Chief Suspect – NY Times
- Brexit: an ECB supervision perspective – EU
- Goldman Partner Says U.K. Would Be ‘Like Cuba Without Sun’ Under Corbyn – WSJ
Asia:
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- The Complete Idiot’s Guide To The Biggest Risks In China – Zero Hedge
- Record $2.2 Billion Hong Kong Land Sale Shows Market Still Hot – Bloomberg
- Goldman Sachs’s China Deal Prompts Questions About Country’s U.S. Investment – NY Times
- China Will Send Envoy to North Korea, Likely to Urge Nuclear Talks – NY Times
- China is about to take the entire global economy for a wild ride – Business Insider
- U.S. Congress urged to require Chinese journalists to register as agents – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Child vaccination exemption letters from doctors banned in Victoria under No Jab, No Play crackdown – ABC
- WOW! Government shocked as postal vote provides 2012 opinion poll results – Chaser
- Tony Abbott backpedals and takes credit for SSM – Star Observer
- Australian diplomat plunges to his death while drunkenly playing ‘trust fall’ game on New York City terrace – NY Daily News
- ‘Ringing alarm bells’: Australia near the bottom of the heap for climate action – The SMH
- Government senators cross the floor over Cory Bernardi anti-abortion ploy – The Age
- How Telstra and others “overcharged” NBN customers – IT News
- ‘I landed headfirst on a rock with no brain damage — keep bike helmet use mandatory’ – ABC
- Andrew Bartlett faces questions over eligibility due to university job – ABC
- Genetically-modified crop ban in SA set to be extended to 2025 – ABC
- Autonomous, driverless vehicle trials about to set off in Adelaide: to take you from station to office, and deliver parcels – Computer World
- NAB sacks 20 bankers for selling 2,300 ‘liar’ home loans – ABC
- Peter Martin: Maybe we no longer want long lives – The SMH
- Auckland properties show average gain in value of 45%, according to latest official valuations – Interest.co.nz
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Breadth of tax review ‘currently being discussed’ – Interest.co.nz
- ‘This government is committed to making life better for tenants’ – Interest.co.nz
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Sales take a tumble at Barfoot & Thompson auctions – Interest.co.nz