Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Overstock.com drops 10% after revealing SEC investigation into cryptocurrency token sale – CNBC
- Libor surge is nearing danger level for debt-drenched world – The Telegraph
- Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse? – NY Times
- Stocks Fall as Trump Looks to Impose Steel Tariffs: Markets Wrap – Bloomberg
- U.S.-China Trade War Could Hinge on Feeding Pigs – WSJ
- This $1 Trillion Money Manager Just Joined the Crypto Frenzy – Bloomberg
- The dangers of pluralism in economics: the case of MMT – Mainly Macro
- Risk Is Just Fine, U.S. Government Tells Wall Street Lenders – Bloomberg
- World’s Biggest Ad Agency Suffers Worst Stock Drop Since 1999 – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Reaches Major Scaling Milestone as Users Adopt Upgrade – Bloomberg
- Einhorn’s Greenlight Hedge Fund Down 12% After February Loss – Bloomberg
- Why International Investors Aren’t Buying U.S. Debt – WSJ
- These 6 Eye-Popping Charts Show How the World is Improving – Visual Capitalist
Americas:
- Trump’s Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll – NY Times
- FBI counterintel looks at Ivanka Trump business deal – CNN
- Trump declares his trade war: targets steel, aluminium – Axios
- Trump to Impose Stiff Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum – NY Times
- Trump’s tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit – Politico
- What you need to know about the Trump steel tariffs – FT
- Trump steel tariffs to hit these 8 countries the hardest (China is not one of them) – MarketWatch
- Harvard Blew $1 Billion in Bet on Tomatoes, Sugar, and Eucalyptus – Bloomberg
- Pimco economist Clarida seen as front-runner for Fed – Reuters
- Boom in Share Buybacks Renews Question of Who Wins From Tax Cuts – WSJ
- US solar company to lay off 10 percent of workforce after Trump tariffs – The Hill
Europe:
- Secret Documents From Russia’s Election Trolls Leak – Daily Beast
- Britain’s White-Collar Cops Are Getting Too Good at Their Job – Bloomberg
- Draft text: NI may be considered part of EU customs – RTE
- Goldman May Sell Its $1.4 Billion New European HQ in London – Bloomberg
- May: UK cannot agree to EU Brexit draft – BBC
- Russian millions laundered via UK firms, leaked report says – The Guardian
- UK living standards hit harder than thought by crisis – FT
Asia:
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- China’s constitutional conundrum – Brookings
- North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas in 90s – sources – Reuters
- Xi Jinping May Be President for Life. What Will Happen to China? – New Yorker
- China to Crack Down on Cryptocurrency Trading Loophole – Bloomberg
- China Envoy Seeks to Defuse Tensions With U.S. as a Trade War Brews – NY Times
- As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- If Americans can rise up against guns, why can’t we act on pokies? – The SMH
- Senate rejects Cormann’s pitch for urgent company tax cuts – Canberra Times
- Corporate tax cuts open rift in business community – ABC
- Scott Ludlam joins Guardian Australia as a columnist – The Guardian
- UN expert ‘astonished’ at the Turnbull Government’s anti-democratic slide – Hlrc
- “Astonishing And Reckless”: The Tasmanian Government Wants To Roll Back Gun Laws – Junkee
- Govt to give easier access to cannabis – SBS
- New arrivals face three-year wait for welfare – The West
- Telstra is doubling all its customers’ NBN speeds — for free, now – Business Insider
- Holden confirms hundreds of thousands of cars affected by Takata airbag recall – ABC
- Who is to blame for Australia’s stalled wages? – The Guardian
- NSW public school students placed in scripture classes against parents’ wishes – The SMH
- Rio Tinto faces $84bn shareholder revolt over membership of Minerals Council – The Guardian
- Australian free trade agreement ignores geographic facts; won’t make up for leaving EU, Nick Clegg claims – News.com.au
- Price spikes, demand records and the Tesla battery: How the energy market saw off summer. – Radio Australia
- New dwelling consents in Auckland up 40% compared to a year ago – Interest.co.nz
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Bill English bows out after almost 30 years in politics – Interest.co.nz