Global Macro/Investing/Economics
- Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes Gulf of Alaska – Earthquake.gov
- Netflix crosses $100 billion market capitalization as subscribers surge.Netflix Inc snagged 2 million more subscribers than Wall Street expected in the final three months of 2017, tripling profits at the online video service. – Reuters
- Banks and Fintechs Are Duelling In a ‘War For Talent’ – Bloomberg
- t Has Been a Near-Perfect Investing Environment. But It May End Soon. – WSJ
- Productivity and secular stagnation in the intangible economy – VOX
Americas
- Trump used accent to imitate India’s prime minister Narendra Modi – The Hill
- Canadian Government Spending $50Million to teach K-12 students and their teachers coding. – CBC
- Russian spy ship spotted 100 miles off North Carolina coast – CNN
- FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure – Axios
- “Another Nut Job”: Trump Fumes That Kelly “Thinks He’s Running Things” – Vanityfair
- Ecuador’s president calls Julian Assange ‘more than a nuisance’ – WaPo
Europe/Middle East
- German Union Steps Up Fight for ‘Modern’ 28-Hour Workweek – Industryweek
- British Competition Watchdog Says Fox Takeover of Sky Not in Public Interest – Variety
- At Davos, 6 Feet of Snow Brings Limousines to a Crawl – NYT
- Enemy states using hybrid “weapons” ranging from assassinations and cyber attacks to the use of fake news and corruption now pose a greater threat to the UK and the West than terrorism, the head of the British Army has warned. – Independent
- Terror cops across Europe on alert after truck carrying 34,000 litres of bomb-making chemicals is stolen in Belgium – Mirror
- In Israel, Pence says US aims to pull out of Iran nuke deal – APNews
Asia
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- China just overtook the U.S. in scientific output for the first time. – ScienceAlert
- North Korean officials ransacking farmers’ homes to find food for Kim’s hungry army, report says – Fox
- Singapore Soars Up Innovation Rankings, U.S. Falls Out of Top 10 – Bloomberg
- China, Unhampered by Rules, Races Ahead in Gene-Editing Trials – WSJ
- Should Germany Be the New Model for European Banks? – WSJ
- South Korea aims to prevent thousands of suicide cases over the next five years in a bid to tackle the leading cause of death among teenagers and young adults. – UPI
Australia/New Zealand
- Former Australian leader thinks the invasion and massacre of aboriginals was a ‘”good thing” for everybody – Newsweek
- BBC News: Kim Dotcom sues New Zealand government for damages – BBC
- Rupert Murdoch concerned about the political bias of social networks. – Engadget
- Clive Palmer transferred $170m from Queensland Nickel late last year, documents reveal – ABC
- ATO looking into taxes for Cryptocurrencies valued over $10K, business users – Gizmodo
- Property speculation slows as prices stagnate – SMH
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- Facebook says it can’t guarantee social media is good for democracy -Reuters
- New evidence suggests Australia was once part of Canada: Geologists believe Columbia, also known as Nuna and Hudsonland, was one of Earth’s ancient supercontinents, 2.5 to 1.5 billion years ago. Researchers now believe a remote part of Australia was once part of Canada. – Digital Journal
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour – Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. – York AC
- A one-cent increase in spending on social services for every dollar spent on health care increases life expectancy and cuts premature death, according to a new Canadian study. – The Star