Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin Approaches $8,000 Level as March Slump Accelerates – Bloomberg
- Wall Street bonuses rise 17% to pre-crisis levels – FT
- There is no Next Warren Buffett – The Reformed Broker
- Twitter to ban crypto ads as online crackdown widens – Reuters
- How Long Can a Good Fund Underperform Its Benchmark? – Morningstar
- The fintech revolution is democratising finance – City AM
- Wall Street Bankers’ Average Bonus Jumps to Highest Since 2006 – Bloomberg
- This New Blockchain Platform Aims to Give Gold a Digital Edge – Bloomberg
- Bond Traders Face Gut-Check in Record $300 Billion U.S. Auctions – Bloomberg
- As Trade War Heats Up, Biggest Currency Whales Make Their Move – Bloomberg
- Sliding Silver Sends Scary Signal – WSJ
Americas:
- CNN Poll: 42% approve of Trump, highest in 11 months – CNN
- White House Probes Loans to Kushner’s Business – WSJ
- The New York Fed Needs a New Perspective – Bloomberg
- America’s Libor Replacement Is Ready for Its Debut – Bloomberg
- 247,977 stories in the Vacant City, priced out of reach for most – NY Daily News
- U.S. Recession May Come Just in Time for Trump’s Re-Election Bid – Bloomberg
- Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots Into Bee Farms – Huffington Post
- Reports of Williams Heading to New York Fed Spur Backlash – Bloomberg
- Edward Glaeser on Joblessness and the War on Work – Econtalk
Europe:
- UK set to be left behind by European productivity revival – FT
- Blockchain is on a collision course with EU privacy law – The Next Web
- EU competition chief holds threat of breaking up Google – The Telegraph
- Brexit delivers longer blow to bank sentiment than global crisis – Reuters
- The Brexit whistleblower: ‘Did Vote Leave use me? Was I naive’ – The Guardian
- Europe’s AI delusion – Politico
Asia:
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- The Bike-Share Oversupply in China: Huge Piles of Abandoned and Broken Bicycles – The Atlantic
- How Alibaba and Tencent became Asia’s biggest dealmakers – FT
- China’s Attempts to Supplant Dollar Face Historic Difficulties – WSJ
- Global Trading Giants Dip Toes in China Oil Futures on Debut Day – Bloomberg
- North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Visiting China, Sources Say – Bloomberg
- China Imports of U.S. Ethanol Surge Ahead of Tariff Threat – Bloomberg
- China steps up effort to avert US trade war – FT
- China Wants Its Own Brains Behind 30 Million Self-Driving Cars – Bloomberg
- Will U.S. tax reform lure U.S. companies away from China? – Bruegel
Trans-Tasman:
- More is spent keeping the wealthiest households wealthy than on Newstart or the disability support pension – The Guardian
- Malcolm Turnbull Really, Really Doesn’t Want To Talk About The NBN’s HFC Problem – Gizmodo
- Dutton should prioritise refugees on Nauru, not white South Africans, UNHCR says – The Guardian
- ACCC won’t reveal NBN capacity purchased by telcos – Computer World
- Let Australians die as they want to, says Productivity Commission – The SMH
- We need an inquiry into ASIC – it’s an embarrassment – The SMH
- Mercer superannuation trying to keep members in high fee accounts against their best interests, documents show – The ABC
- Hanson deserves Liberal preferences: Abbott – Sky News
- Four Corners are investigating out of pocket private health costs and wants you to send them your bills – ABC
- Labor signals changes to cash refunds policy with plan to ‘protect pensioners’ – ABC
- Retail scrap for NBN services to get clearer – IT News
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