Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The creator of $17 billion cryptocurrency litecoin has sold his entire stake – Business Insider
- Bitcoin freeze as insider trading probed – BBC
- The Global Bond Market Is Having a Lousy Year-End – Bloomberg
- Intangible assets are changing investment – The Economist
- The bond market begins to figure things out – Calafia Beach Pundit
- Bitcoin Regulation Conundrum, Explained – Benzinga
Americas:
- Democrats’ 2018 advantage expands – CNN
- House Republicans quietly investigate perceived corruption at DOJ, FBI – Politico
- Real average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent from November 2016 to November 2017 – BIS
- Trump administration approves lethal arms sales to Ukraine – Washington Post
- The Best Parts of a Dreadful Tax Bill – NY Times
- How tax reform will end the nonprofit executive pay scam – CNBC
- Stop Exaggerating the Importance of Donald Trump – National Review
- On the Front Lines of the GOP’s Civil War – Esquire
Europe:
- Five arrested for spreading ransomware throughout Europe – EU
- May Heads to Poland to Seek Brexit Ally After Firing Her Deputy – Bloomberg
- Be more patriotic about cheese, says Gove – BBC
- Lagarde Defends IMF’s Brexit Forecasts After Experts Dismissed – Bloomberg
- U.K.’s Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green Resigns – Bloomberg
- Germany’s Powerful Finance Post Is Back in Play and Here’s Why – Bloomberg
- ’We got it right on Brexit’ the IMF’s Christine Lagarde tells Brexiteers – The Independent
- France bans fracking and oil extraction in all of its territories – The Guardian
Asia:
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- There’s a Flip Side to Asia’s Dollar Bond Boom – Bloomberg
- US making plans for ’bloody nose’ military attack on North Korea – The Telegraph
- US and China broach sensitive topic of N Korea regime collapse – FT
- China to Shake Up Global Market With Yuan-Based Oil Futures Contract – WSJ
- China Shrugs Off Debt Worries as Xi Takes Firmer Economic Grip – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Sydney Cancer Scientist named as one of the world’s top 10 people who matter in science – The SMH
- Snowy Hydro 2.0 could actually cost as much as $4.5b — more than double the initial price tag – ABC
- Egg farmers accused of colluding with NSW Government to sabotage moves to outlaw battery hens – ABC
- DNA reveals Aboriginal people had a long and settled connection to country – The Conversation
- Fact check: Does Australia run the most generous refugee program per capita in the world? – ABC
- NBN Co’s HFC freeze hits more than 500,000 homes – ITNews
- HMAS AE1 World War I submarine found after century-long search – ABC
- We must stop the ill-conceived Apple store in Melbourne’s cultural heart – The Guardian
- SA Government slashes 750 public service jobs following bank tax failure – ABC
- Police ‘lured’ into Melbourne backstreet battles, internal memo shows amid fears of gang merger – Yahoo
- China’s embassy in Canberra issues safety warning for Chinese nationals in Australia – ABC
- Commonwealth Bank accused of misleading Privacy Commissioner – ABC
- Who will clear up ANZ’s mess? – Interest.co.nz
- GDP grew 0.6% in September quarter – Interest.co.nz
- What lies ahead in 2018 – Interst.co.nz
- ‘Mortgage sale! Hurry’ – Inteerst.co.nz