Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history – Recode
- Central Bankers Can’t Agree on Cryptocurrencies – Bloomberg
- The Tech Company That Couldn’t Invest Straight – Barron’s
- Nasdaq is open to becoming cryptocurrency exchange, CEO says – CNBC
- Econ Critics Are Stuck in the Past – Bloomberg
- Two-Year U.S. Yields at 2008 Highs Are Scarier Than a 3% 10-Year – Bloomberg
- Nix the C-suite, soon blockchain will let armies of free agents run companies – CNBC
- Why an Investor Is Predicting Bitcoin Could Hit $700,000 – Fortune
- Pimco’s New Bond King Could Be a Robot in Austin – WSJ
- A $3 Trillion Credit Market Has Corporate Bond Investors on Edge – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Adults Are Terrorizing San Francisco On Tiny Electric Scooters – WSJ
- ICE has become Trump’s personal bullying squad – Washington Post
- U.S. Sees First Net Private Employment Loss in Seven Years – Bloomberg
- Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online – MSN
- Ford to stop selling every car in North America but the Mustang and Focus Active – TechCrunch
- How the Trump Show Gets Old – Politico
- Why High-Flying U.S. Home Prices Are About to Get Another Jolt – Bloomberg
- Financial Deregulation Throws Fuel on Already-Hot Economy – WSJ
Europe:
- Macron embraces Trump — and elegantly knifes him in the back – Washington Post
- Finland Has Second Thoughts About Giving Free Money to Jobless People – NY Times
- Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal – BuzzFeed
- Customs union: the battleground set to decide the fate of Brexit – FT
- UK among worst in Western Europe for freedom of press after ‘staggering decline’, Reporters Without Borders index claims – Independent
- Macron attacks nationalism in US speech – BBC
Asia:
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- North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Is Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say – WSJ
- Wanted at Chinese Start-Ups: Attractive Women to Ease Coders’ Stress – NY Times
- North Korea’s nuclear test site has collapsed – SCMP
- Huawei Under Criminal Investigation Over Iran Sanctions – WSJ
- The $7 Trillion Debt Pile Looming Large Over Chinese Households – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Greens release grand plan to fix Australia’s recycling crisis, phasing out single-use plastic – ABC
- How the Coalition ran interference for the banks – The SMH
- Border force ‘obstructed’ medical transfers from Nauru – The Guardian
- Contactless card technology like payWave, payPass costing us millions to ‘tap and go’ – ABC
- Instant cash loan machines may target most vulnerable with quick dollars, financial counsellor says – ABC
- Banking inquiry: Westpac shares tumble over mortgage doubts – SBS
- New free range egg laws come into effect today. Here’s what you need to know – ABC
- Medicare levy turnaround ‘a win for all’, Scott Morrison claims, as disability sector presses for detail – ABC
- The brave new world of ‘surveillance capitalism’ – SBS
- Medicare levy turnaround ‘a win for all’, Scott Morrison claims, as disability sector presses for detail – ABC
- Coalition’s tax cuts could win final two votes from former NXT senators – The Guardian
- House prices drop 1.2 per cent across Australia with Darwin leading the charge: Domain Group – Domain
- APRA announces plans to remove investor lending benchmark and embed better practices – APRA
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$28 billion Auckland transport funding package announced – Interest.co.nz