Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Hedge Funds Seek Fixes to Credit Default Swaps After Being Stung by Loopholes – Bloomberg
- Investors Beware, Nasdaq Strength May Be Last Hurrah for Stocks – Bloomberg
- Ten Years After the Bear Stearns Bailout, Nobody Thinks It Would Happen Again – WSJ
- VW Just Gave Tesla a $25 Billion Battery Shock – Bloomberg
- Trade Wars Can Be a Game of Chicken. Sometimes, Literally. – NY Times
- Havens Just Aren’t Safe Anymore, Goldman Says – Bloomberg
- This Commodity Investor Is Hoarding the World’s Cobalt Supply – Bloomberg
- Sea Change Is Underway in Money Markets for Banks, Investors – Bloomberg
- Don’t Mistake Market Calm for Being Out of the Woods – WSJ
- Bitcoin is not anonymous and is easy to track, says Met police chief – The Telegraph
- When an AI finally kills someone, who will be responsible? – Tech Review
Americas:
- Trump’s Personal Assistant Is Fired – WSJ
- Only Adult Left In Trump Administration Named ‘Mad Dog’ – The Onion
- Secretary Of State Fired After Inappropriately Weighing In On International Politics – The Onion
- Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo – Washington Post
- Why Did Trump Fire Tillerson Now? – The Atlantic
- ‘Rex, Eat the Salad:’ Inside the Awkward Relationship Between Rex Tillerson and Donald Trump – WSJ
- Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District – NY Times
- So Much for That Financial Early-Warning System – Bloomberg
- When the Fed Wishes for Inflation – WSJ
- U.S. Posts Biggest Budget Deficit Since 2012 – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov found dead at his London home – The Guardian
- Russian businessman and close associate of Boris Berezovsky found dead in Britain, lawyer says – The Telegraph
- The Crown Paid Its Queen Elizabeth Less Than Its Prince Philip – Vanity Fair
- UK growth ’to be slowest in G20’ – BBC
- Brexit threatens to undo Mifid II dark pool rules – FT
- EU’s Juncker says UK is to regret Brexit decision – Forex Live
Asia:
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- Trump demands aides pump up anti-China tariffs – Politico
- Trump seeking tariffs on up to $60 billion Chinese goods; targets… – Reuters
- Trump is considering imposing tariffs on $60 billion of Chinese goods – CNBC
- China’s sovereign wealth fund sells stake in Blackstone – FT
- How Blackstone Turned India Into Its Most Profitable Market – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin start-ups in Asia take aim at remittances market – Reuters
- Backlash grows over Chinese deals for Germany’s corporate jewels – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Workers don’t like being forced to be flexible by employers, study finds – ABC
- ‘Dirty little secret’: is the pokies industry Australia’s version of the NRA? – The Guardian
- FactCheck: would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out ‘many’ of 26,000 jobs? – The Conversation
- PM using pensioners as ‘shield’: Shorten – AFR
- The US isn’t a shining example for Australia when it comes to jobs – The Conversation
- Who is to blame for the housing crisis and how to solve it – The SMH
- How some of the wealthiest Australians pay ‘negative’ tax – The SMH
- ExxonMobil says it doesn’t expect to pay any Australian corporate tax until 2021 – The Guardian
- Companies defend charging $1000 for unpaid internships – The SMH
- Sydney Markets flicks the switch on massive solar installation – The SMH
- After phasing out Chinese phones, Australia’s defense department has banned officials from using WeChat – Business Insider
- Homelessness in Australia up 14% in five years, ABS says – The Guardian
- Claims Chinese researchers blocked from Australian universities – Canberra Times
- Immigration in Australia: Migrants are not addressing skills shortages, expert says – News.com.au
- The problem record immigration is supposed to solve doesn’t exist – The SMH
- Treasury considered dividend imputation policy reform before 2017 budget – The SMH
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What’s going on with immigration? – Interest.co.nz