Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- All You Need To Know About Today’s CME Bitcoin Futures Contract Launch – Zero Hedge
- Is Bitcoin Just For Fun? – Forbes
- Cryptocurrency jobs are popping up like crazy – The Next Web
- Bitcoin Takes Bigger Wall Street Stage With Smooth CME Debut – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Fees Have Become Infeasible – Bitcoin
- Hedge Funds Are Pulling Out of Gold and Seeking Thrills Elsewhere – Bloomberg
- A decade after it hit, what was learnt from the Great Recession? – The Economist
- Second bitcoin futures debut could lure volume to wild market – Reuters
Americas:
- Voters Increasingly Favor Democrats for Congress, New Poll Shows – WSJ
- Russians Tried to Recruit Black Students to Bash Hillary Clinton – Daily Beast
- How Putin’s proxies helped funnel millions into GOP campaigns – Dallas News
- As Venezuela Collapses, Children Are Dying of Hunger – NY Times
- Republicans confident tax bill to become law this week – Reuters
- Homeowners Have Had It Good. Too Good, Says the Tax Bill. – NY Times
- Will Your Taxes Go Up or Down? A Calculator for the New Tax Bill – NY Times
- The Next Crisis for Puerto Rico: A Crush of Foreclosures – NY Times
Europe:
- UK diplomat found murdered in Lebanon – BBC
- Former diplomat to lead remainers’ bid to shift public opinion on Brexit – The Guardian
- Why business could prosper under a Corbyn government – The Guardian
- Lack of eurozone reform outranks Brexit as the EU’s biggest threat – FT
- BMG/Independent Poll: Shift towards Remain at height of Brexit negotiation tensions – BMG Research
- Boris Johnson exclusive interview: Russia, Yemen, Brexit… beavers – The Times
- Far right wins key posts in Austria cabinet – BBC
- Norway is planning to decriminalise drugs – The Independent
- Britons now back Remain over Leave by 10 points, exclusive poll shows – The Independent
- Estonia, the Digital Republic – NY Mag
- Call off Brexit bullies or face defeat, Tory peers tell Theresa May – The Guardian
Asia:
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- BOJ’s Massive Bond Holdings Pace Seen Expanding Even More Slowly in 2018 – Bloomberg
- Japan exports record twelfth straight month of growth – FT
- Chinese IPOs in the U.S. Are Saddling Investors With Big Losses – WSJ
- Why Are Little Kids in Japan So Independent? – CityLab
- Thousands disappear as China polices thought – AP
Trans-Tasman:
- Queensland wants to build its own NBN aka FTTH – IT News
- ‘This is getting out of hand’: underpayment woes surface at franchise giant – The Age
- Newcastle: world’s biggest coal export port announces shift away from coal – The Guardian
- Brandis to be named UK high commissioner – Sky News
- The secret scourge of family violence and murder in Australian Hindu and Sikh communities – ABC
- Adani scraps Downer deal after loan veto – News.com.au
- Home loan switch could cause economic headaches as housing screws tighten – ABC
- MYEFO: Federal deficit improves by $5.8b, with $2.1b saved through higher education changes – ABC
- Welfare payments stripped from migrants – Yahoo
- ACT’s four MPs bill taxpayers for more than $300,000 in expenses – Canberra Times
- Secret Woolworths deal with Shoppies union cuts wages – The Age
- The Chinese Communist Party’s power and influence in Australia – ABC
- NSW Police issued with assault rifles to protect New Years Eve crowds from terror threat – ABC
- Australia’s population growth outpaces world as migrants rush in – Reuters
- Does the housing ban go too far? – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Journalists around the world sit behind bars for telling the truth – Washington Post