Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- FANG Stocks Tumble 6% in Unprecedented Selloff – Bloomberg
- Goldman Sachs computer model warns bear market is near but the firm’s analysts don’t believe it – CNBC
- Wall Street rethinks blockchain projects as euphoria meets reality – Reuters
- Lawmakers Don’t Understand How Stock Buybacks Work – Bloomberg
- Libor’s Rise Accelerates, Squeezing Short-Term Borrowers – WSJ
- Do we need to tackle monopsony powers in the labour market? – WEF
- OPEC, Russia consider 10-20 year oil alliance – Reuters
- Google Could Owe Oracle $8.8 Billion in Android Fight – Bloomberg
- UBS Says Welcome to the Machines in Credit Trading – Bloomberg
- Tech Stocks Tumble Again in Sudden Wave of Afternoon Selling – Bloomberg
- How The World Has Changed Since 2008 Financial Crisis – WSJ
Americas:
- Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall – Washington Post
- How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico – Politico
- Trump’s economic team needs to grow up — fast – Washington Post
- Consumer Enthusiasm for U.S. Stocks Lowest Since Trump’s Election Win – Bloomberg
- The US needs to borrow almost $300 billion this week – CNN
- One in five Americans wants the Second Amendment to be repealed, national survey finds – Washington Post
Europe:
- Top U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Accuses Russia Of Aiding Taliban – NPR
- Brussels to propose €50bn raid on ECB profits – FT
- French waiter says firing for rudeness is ’discrimination against my culture’ – The Guardian
- Germany at Odds With France Over Tariffs on U.S. Cars – Bloomberg
- Commission proposes to invest EUR 1 billion in world-class European supercomputers – Europa
- Macron: No chance of Turkey joining EU – BBC
- Brexit: UK government considers joining TPP trade agreement to help bolster economy after leaving EU – Independent
Asia:
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- China’s New Frontiers in Dystopian Tech – The Atlantic
- US ‘to curb Chinese takeovers by banning investment in some tech areas’ – SCMP
- China Deletes Posts About Article Calling on Academics to Resist Thought Control – RFA
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un leaves Beijing after surprise visit – SCMP
- Kim Jong-un says he is ‘committed to denuclearisation’ during Beijing talks – SCMP
- Alibaba and Ford unveil car vending machine in Guangzhou – SCMP
- Eco-friendly smart town opens in Yokohama – NHK
- Nearly half of Japanese think Abe should quit over land sale scandal: poll – Japan Today
Trans-Tasman:
- Matt Canavan to accuse Labor of talking down ‘beautiful’ coal industry – The Guardian
- The super-sized saving problem for Millennials – Domain
- Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line to stand alone in a decade: report – The SMH
- Bill Shorten has ‘no interest’ in changing asylum boat turnbacks policy – The Guardian
- Want to boost wages? Cut payroll tax for small business – ABC
- ACCC will force NBN Co to reveal more network details in revised quarterly reports – Tech Radar
- Half of uni students want to drop out – The Age
- Private health insurance premium increases explained in 14 charts – The Conversation
- Do you really need private health insurance? Here’s what you need to know before deciding – The Conversation
- Microsoft to train 5000 public servants in how to use the cloud – Canberra Times
- Australian home prices are still falling – Business Insider
- Cheating at cricket just one of the unthinkable things Aussies do now – The SMH
- ACCC won’t reveal NBN capacity purchased by telcos – Computer World
- To think clearly about the problems of an ageing population, take off the ideological glasses – My Student Voices
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Parliament votes to extend bright-line test by three years – Interest.co.nz
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How much tax did our largest companies pay last year? – The Spinoff