Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- U.S. Investors Just Gave Up on the Bull Market – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history – Recode
- Crypto Billionaire Sued by Sequoia After Funding Deal Goes Awry – Bloomberg
- The Numbers Behind WeWork’s Growing Empire – Bloomberg
- WeWork May Pay Up in Its $500 Million Junk-Bond Market Debut – Bloomberg
- Pimco’s New Bond King Could Be a Robot in Austin – WSJ
- Electric Buses Are Hurting the Oil Industry – Bloomberg
- How artificial intelligence is transforming the world – Brookings
- Netflix Turns to Junk-Bond Market to Raise Cash – Barron’s
- Who creates a nation’s economic value? – FT
- Apple loses $64 billion in stock value as Wall Street is in ’full panic mode’ on iPhone demand – CNBC
- How 3% Yields Could Reshape the Investing Landscape – Bloomberg
Americas:
- The housing crisis isn’t just about affordability—it’s about economic mobility, too – Curbed
- Flight Records Illuminate Mystery of Trump’s Moscow Nights – Bloomberg
- Trump’s next $100 billion tariff dilemma: hit Wal-Mart or Apple Store? – Reuters
- The Next Threat Stalking American Farmers Is the End of Cheap Money – Bloomberg
- People Voted for Trump Because They Were Anxious, Not Poor – The Atlantic
- Americans don’t trust tech companies on data privacy – Axios
- Even as Trump’s Tariffs Crimp Growth, Solar Jobs Are Rising – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Everything Is for Sale in Cyprus, and China’s Buying – Bloomberg
- ’Beyond belief’: Brexit app for EU nationals won’t work on iPhones – The Guardian
- Finland to end basic income trial after two years – The Guardian
- Germany’s Jews urged not to wear kippahs after attacks – BBC
- Merkel: Germany has new anti-Semitism problem – Deutschland
- Swiss court denies Berlin’s attempt to retrieve lost East German millions – DW
Asia:
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- The $7 Trillion Debt Pile Looming Large Over Chinese Households – Bloomberg
- Hong Kong Adds Dual-Class Shares, Paving Way for Tech Titans – Bloomberg
- Trump to Send Mnuchin to China For Trade Talks Next Week – WSJ
- China issues ‘Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017’ – Xinhuanet
- Wanted at Chinese Start-Ups: Attractive Women to Ease Coders’ Stress – NY Times
- Modest basement flats in coveted area of Beijing are selling for over 10 million RMB – China.org
- Trade war with US could be the tipping point for China’s $14 trillion debt-ridden economy – CNBC
- Student says Peking university trying to silence her over rape claim petition – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Cannabis use and psychosis: what is the link and who is at risk? – ABC
- Let’s take cannabis out of the hands of criminals – Daily Advertiser
- ‘Wake-up call’: microplastics found in Great Australian Bight sediment – The Guardian
- Blood and poetry on western front as Turnbull beaten in battle of the words – The Guardian
- China wants to increase its military presence in Vanuatu. Relations between China and Oz are strained. – Business Insider
- NBN Co to create a class war on its network – IT News
- NAB planners falsifying forms a ‘social norm’ – The Age
- The Australian Bureau of Statistics Tracked People By Their Mobile Device Data – Medium
- Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane populations soar but growth drivers differ – Big Australia – ABC
- NBN prepares for Q4 launch of G.fast services on FTTC – ComputerWorld
- A celebrity planner’s world comes crashing down over ‘risible’ advice – The Age
- Queensland poised to pass tougher land-clearing laws as early as next week – The Guardian
- Regulator ASIC has a ‘culture of subservience to the big banks’, says former employee – ABC
- As migrants pour in, locals are forced out – The Australian
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Why the Government is holding back on migration – Interest.co.nz