Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- U.S. Libor Replacement, Two Weeks After Debut, Has Some Issues – Bloomberg
- Wall Street’s $6 Trillion Man Fink Is Finally Worth $1 Billion – Bloomberg
- Tesla Is Temporarily Shutting Down Model 3 Production. Again. – BuzzFeed
- How Tesla’s Elon Musk Makes a Strategy Out of Defiance – WSJ
- If Fed Moves Unlock Billions at Banks, Here’s Who Might Win Most – Bloomberg
- Sharp Drops in Currencies Hint at Spreading Volatility – WSJ
- Wall Street Economists See Global Growth Cresting Not Collapsing – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump puts the brakes on new Russian sanctions, reversing Haley’s announcement – Washington Post
- Corporate America poised to unveil record buybacks – FT
- There’s a ‘tsunami’ of companies applying for relief from Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs – Washington Post
- American Muslims Thrive in the Age of Trump Rhetoric and Hate Crimes – National Geographic
- Tax Overhaul Remains Unpopular, Poll Shows – WSJ
- Homebuilding Isn’t Keeping Up With Growth, Development Group Says – WSJ
- A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States and Cities Are Short on Cash – NY Times
- ‘Assault’ by Biggest Loan Buyers Could Spell Trouble in Downturn – Bloomberg
- Boise, Idaho, Feels the Growing Pains of a Surging Population – WSJ
- No Taxpayer Bailout for Puerto Rico’s Creditors – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Germans find ’Harald Bluetooth’ treasure – BBC
- Undercover author finds Amazon warehouse workers in UK ’peed in bottles’ over fears of being punished for taking a break – Business Insider
- Russian reporter dies after mystery fall – BBC
- ECB asks Deutsche Bank to gauge investment banking exit costs: source – Reuters
- Russia’s Putin predicts global ’chaos’ if West hits Syria again – Reuters
Asia:
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- U.S. bans American companies from selling to Chinese phone maker ZTE – Reuters
- China May Be Set for Rare Property Defaults, Neuberger Says – Bloomberg
- U.S. Weighs New Trade Action Against China – WSJ
- China’s Xi Jinping says he is opposed to life-long rule – FT
- Japan’s workers win biggest pay raises in 20 years – Nikkei
- China is winning the 5G race – Axios
- China Is Nationalizing Its Tech Sector – Bloomberg
- China’s Communists Rewrite the Rules for Foreign Businesses – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Fed govt rejects call to legalise cannabis – 9News
- Wages survey: most major employers want to freeze pay or offer cut in real terms – The Guardian
- Migrant underpaid 93 weeks’ pay, worked seven days and took rubbish home – The Age
- Fracking given green light by NT government – NT News
- Darren’s NBN service was so bad, he went back to his old cable internet – ABC
- The housing affordability lesson the government needs to learn from a video game – Domain
- Australia’s Treasurer Has Had To Ask The Acting PM To Stop Calling Him “Santa” – BuzzFeed
- Australian minister claims foreign aid spending too unpopular to increase – The Guardian
- 40 degrees in April: Why this autumn has felt more like summer – ABC
- NBN complaints surged by more than 200% in second half of 2017, report finds – The Guardian
- Banking royal commission told 90% of financial advisers ignored clients’ best interests – The Guardian
- Live exports could be dramatically reduced if animal cruelty case succeeds – The Guardian
- Government debt hit $523.4 billion on Friday – Twitter
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Foreign buyers ban ‘unlikely’ to impact housing affordability – IMF – Interest.co.nz