Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Coinbase: The Heart of the Bitcoin Frenzy – NY Times
- Bitcoin Explodes Above $14,000 – Korean PM Fears “Serious Pathological Phenomena” – Zero Hedge
- Stronger Labor Unions Could Do a Lot of Good – Bloomberg
- Move Over, Cushing: Houston Emerges as Key Oil Trading Hub – WSJ
- The 2018 Outlook for Major Central Banks – Bloomberg
- Largest Crypto-Mining Exchange Confirms It Was Hacked, Over $50 Million In Bitcoin Stolen – Zero Hedge
- Bitcoin Bears Are Excited About Futures – Bloomberg
- The Bitcoin bubble – how we know it will burst – The Conversation
Americas:
- United Nations official visiting Alabama to investigate ’great poverty and inequality’ – Al.com
- Patagonia CEO Explains Why They Are Suing President Trump – Time
- The U.S. leads in artificial intelligence, but for how long? – Technology Review
- Cuts to homeowner tax breaks could cost Republicans in 2018 races – Reuters
- Does the Senate tax bill really offer a tax break for private jets, as key Democrats claim? – Washington Post
- ’Holy crap’: Experts find tax plan riddled with glitches – Politico
- The GOP Tax Plan Would Make America’s Housing Shortage Even Worse – Bloomberg
- House Conservatives Warn About Spending After Backing Tax Cuts – Bloomberg
- What Happened to the American Boomtown? – NY Times
- Low Food Prices Are Hurting Farm State Economies – WSJ
- Not only are Americans becoming less happy — we’re experiencing more pain too – Washington Post
- Canada scraps plan to buy Boeing fighters amid trade dispute: sources – Reuters
Europe:
- ECB Caught In Sprawling Scandal After Bonds It Owns Implode – Zero Hedge
- It’s Official: Putin Says He’ll Run for Re-Election – Bloomberg
- ECB’s Mersch: Euro area recovery continues to be robust – ForexLive
- Plot to Assassinate U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May Is Foiled, Sky Reports – Bloomberg
- ECB’s massive bond-buying program is no longer crucial for Greece, prime minister says – CNBC
- UK has 48 hours to agree potential deal or Brexit talks cannot progress – The Guardian
- Jean-Claude Juncker ’fears Theresa May’s Government will collapse next week without Brexit deal’ – The Telegraph
Asia:
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- Japan Embraces the Robot Takeover – Bloomberg
- Sinopec sues as China loses patience with Venezuela – FT
- A Bitcoin Frenzy Like No Other Is Gripping South Korea – Bloomberg
- Japan rethinks care as it confronts ‘pandemic of dementia’ – FT
- A Chinese province next to North Korea is educating its citizens about nuclear war – Quartz
- China’s Infrastructure Binge Is Set for a Major Slowdown – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Blockchain Scores Major Win as Australian Exchange Plans Shift – Bloomberg
- Same-sex marriage bill set to pass Parliament without amendments, could be legal in days – ABC
- Defence tells Oakey residents toxic pollutants no health risk, just don’t eat the local produce – ABC
- Burning coal for power “like burning dollar notes” in era of cheap solar – Renew Economy
- Government shelves plans to drug test welfare recipients, citing lack of Senate support – ABC
- Canavan: QLD Labor ‘xenophobic’ for vetoing Adani loan – 9News
- Is this the end of the road for Adani’s Australian megamine? – The Guardian
- If you’re promised a tax cut this Christmas, read the fine print first – The SMH
- NSW government can build stadiums or get re-elected, but not both – The SMH
- Worst result since 2008: Bill shock shuts wallets across Australia – The SMH
- Australia’s first offshore wind farm wins international funding – The Age
- Australia’s biggest wind turbine blades trucked 530km to far west NSW wind farm – ABC
- Chinese influence on Australia is ‘fabricated’ by media, China claims – The Guardian
- ‘A Disgrace: Politicians have embarrassed themselves with the citizenship mess’ – The Monthly
- Energy regulator smashes illusion of “cheap” coal power in NSW – Renew Economy
- House values down in Auckland and Christchurch, up strongly in Wellington – Interest.co.nz
