Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Hedge Fund Pro Bill Miller: ’Just About 50 Percent’ Invested in Bitcoin – Coin Desk
- The Real Danger To Civilization Isn’t AI. It’s Runaway Capitalism – BuzzFeed
- Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Hits $300,000 a Share – WSJ
- Berkshire Hathaway ‘A’ Shares Reach $300,000 for First Time – Bloomberg
- The Dow is about to set a record for setting records – MarketWatch
- $13 Billion Industry Uses Folded-Up Piece Of Paper To Determine Outcomes – Deadspin
- Chasing the Next Bitcoin, Investors Shell Out $700 Million for Coins With ‘No Purpose’ – WSJ
- Short Seller Says Naive Bitcoin Traders Open a Pathway to Profit – Bloomberg
- Cryptocurrencies Are Starting to Affect the Real Economy – Bloomberg
- WealthTech Trends to Watch in 2018 – Xtiva
- Yield Curve Inversions and Stocks Are a Toxic Mix – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Republican poll shows political challenges, possible benefits, of passing tax bill – Washington Examiner
- Last-minute real estate perk in tax reform prompts blowback for Corker – Washington Post
- Tax Plan Strikes at Tech Giants’ Foreign Profits – WSJ
- The tax bill became less bad as it went through the legislative process – Business Insider
- This One Weird Tax Trick Could Raise GDP, Shrink the Trade Deficit – WSJ
- The GOP’s final tax bill has four fatal flaws – The Hill
- Fed’s Kashkari Warns Rate Rises Could Drive Economy Into Recession – WSJ
- People Are Outraged About the GOP Tax Bill’s ’Corker Kickback.’ This Is Why – Time
- Divorce Is Making American Families 66% Bigger – Bloomberg
- Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False – Vice
- Puerto Rico Orders Review and Recount of Hurricane Deaths – NY Times
- As Venezuela Collapses, Children Are Dying of Hunger – NY Times
Europe:
- Brexit thinktank removes ’institute’ from its name – The Guardian
- EU to investigate Ikea’s tax affairs – BBC
- Passport applications from UK almost double after Brexit vote – Irish Times
- Norway’s Central Bank Could Raise Key Rate Before End-2018 – WSJ
- The UK’s Brexit options are limited – Flip Chart Fairy Tales
- ECB Reminds Brexit-Hit Banks That ‘Empty Shell’ Offices Won’t Do – Bloomberg
- David Davis to warn EU it cannot cherrypick in Brexit trade deal talks – The Guardian
- UK cannot have a special deal for the City, says EU’s Brexit negotiator – The Guardian
- Labour will push to remain part of customs union – The Times
Asia:
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- U.S. declares North Korea carried out massive WannaCry cyberattack – Washington Post
- Singapore’s Fintech chief warns on Bitcoin delusion – The Telegraph
- Are China’s Two Biggest Companies Nearing an E-Commerce Showdown? – WSJ
- Chinese tech groups look for edge in using artificial intelligence – The Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Peter Dutton’s Department Is Routinely Delaying Information Requests From Journalists And MPs – BuzzFeed
- Newspoll: Xenophon’s SA Best gains stunning lead over Labor and Liberal in South Australia – ABC
- BHP set to leave World Coal Association, threatens Minerals Council withdrawal – ABC
- Wage fraud claims dunk Retail Food Group to bottom of ASX 200 – Canberra Times
- Coalition dumps $580m in welfare reforms, but targets families in new ones – Canberra Times
- Chester dropped, Joyce set to become infrastructure minister in Cabinet reshuffle – ABC
- Coalition’s climate policy review reveals it will loosen pollution safeguard – The Guardian
- Mid-year budget update: Housing investment rates to fall, raising prospect of long-term downturn – The SMH
- Port of Newcastle chairman’s comments on coal are basically a call for help – The Guardian
- The Nationals rupture as Malcolm Turnbull reshuffles cabinet – The AFR
- Warnings of further poverty, trauma for migrants forced to wait longer for welfare – ABC
- Revealed: taxpayers foot $11.6 million bill for Parliament’s citizenship fiasco – The Age
- Slower debt growth nice but no cigar – or tax cut justification – The Age
- Rio Tinto Expanding Autonomous Truck Fleet In Australia As Part Of Cost-Cutting Measures – Clean Technica
- Government announces crackdown on after-hours GP visits – ABC
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