Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Coinbase warns that banks now process credit-card crypto purchases as ‘cash advances’ – MarketWatch
- How Blockchain Can Transform The Future Of Entertainment – Forbes
- Hybrid Stock-Bond Mutual Funds Suffer Worst Week in 17 Months – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Hits 2018 Low as Concerns Mount on Regulation, Viability – Bloomberg
- As Strongmen Steamroll Their Opponents, U.S. Is Silent – NY Times
- Bitcoin slides as Facebook ad ban, India clampdown unnerve investors – Reuters
- Shell Makes as Much Money at $60 a Barrel as When It Was $100 – Bloomberg
- Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up – NY Times
- Bitcoin, Blockchain, and How You’re Getting Swindled – Wired
Americas:
- Federal Reserve Plans Tougher Big-Bank Stress Tests This Year – WSJ
- FBI memo firestorm engulfs GOP retreat – Politico
- Top diplomat leaves void at State, opens door for Cuba, Venezuela hawks – McClatchy
- The Many Failed Vindications of Donald J. Trump – The Atlantic
- The most export-dependent places in the U.S. are small counties – Pew Research
- U.S. factory activity slows; labor market tightening – Reuters
- High-Interest Lenders Benefit From Trump’s Deregulatory Stance – WSJ
Europe:
- Is the Euro Out of Danger? – Conversable Economist
- Exclusive Leaked Brexit analysis reveals EU migration will fall by 40,000 a year under free trade deal – The Telegraph
- Russia is plotting its midterms attack – Mother Jones
- Poland’s Senate passes Holocaust complicity bill despite concerns – Washington Post
- It’s a good time for Britain to talk trade with China – The Times
- EU referendum in Italy is not an option, says euroskeptic M5S party leader Luigi Di Maio – CNBC
Asia:
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- Chinese investments in UK fail to materialise – FT
- China and the US are bracing for an AI showdown—in the cloud – Tech Review
- Alibaba is picking up 33% of Ant Financial, its fintech affiliate that’s valued at over $60B – Tech Crunch
- The Swift Rise of a Chinese Battery Giant – Bloomberg
- HNA of China, in Need of Money, Raises Funds From Employees – NY Times
- China’s 2015 GDP Was Exaggerated By Fake Data, Analysis Shows – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Miners receive twice as much in tax credits as Australia spends on environment – The Guardian
- The Australian government cannot handle its own data securely, why give it yours? – Zdnet
- Australian citizens wrongfully detained because of immigration failures, report finds – The Guardian
- Batman byelection: Greens pressure Labor to reverse electricity privatisation – The Guardian
- Suspicions Adani altered lab report while appealing fine for Abbot Point coal spill – The Guardian
- Cabinet files story shows Australia still needs to be more open about the debates that shape the nation – The Conversation
- Big, impersonal and opaque: how Jobactive is failing jobseekers – Inside Story
- 71% of redundancies were given to Men, when they are only 51% of the work force. ATO data – Twitter
- Wet season storms cause cashless welfare card chaos on Tiwi Islands – ABC
- Coalition accused of creating ‘alternative facts’ on negative gearing – The Guardian
- China reacts to ASIO claims of ‘extreme threat’ with a joke – The Age
- The truth about political donations: there is so much we don’t know – The Conversation
- Don’t study law unless you really want to be a lawyer, Malcom Turnbull says – ABC
- Victorian Greens vow to stop new Apple store at Melbourne’s Federation Square. – SBS
- The great public school squeeze: more students, fewer schools, as parents make the switch – The SMH