Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Meet Tesla’s new bondholder: Billionaire George Soros – Reuters
- Capital Spending Boom Is No Great Boost to Capital Markets – WSJ
- Satellite data strongly suggests that China, Russia and other authoritarian countries are fudging their GDP reports – Washington Post
- Two Berkshire Takeaways and Thoughts on Competitive Markets – Base Hit Investing
- Number of billionaires worldwide surged to 2,754 in 2017 – The Guardian
- U.S. Bond Yields Jump to Fresh Highs on Retail Sales – WSJ
- This chart shows what $63 trillion of world debt looks like – WEF
- China’s Holdings of U.S. Treasuries Increase to Five-Month High – Bloomberg
- The effects of legalising undocumented immigrants – VOX
- Private Equity’s Plan to Beat the Low-Cost Investing Robots – Bloomberg
- Tesla To Shutter Model 3 Production, Stock Extends Losses – Zero Hedge
- How the World’s Biggest Companies Are Fine-Tuning the Robot Revolution – WSJ
Americas:
- Where Graduates Move After College – WSJ
- Volcker Rule Rewrite Is Said to Drop Key Trading Burden on Banks – Bloomberg
- White House eliminates top cyber adviser post – Politico
- Trump administration preparing to hold migrant children on military bases – Washington Post
- At top of Fed, a dispute on policy picks up steam – Reuters
- GOP golden boy mails it in – Politico
- Collapsing Venezuela oil exports seen to be pushing prices higher – FT
- Argentine Peso Tumbles as Central Bank Changes Strategy – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Trump threatens to use US trade talks to force NHS to pay more for drugs – The Telegraph
- EU Sees $23.5 Billion in Revenue From Financial-Transaction Tax – Bloomberg
- UK must swallow the unpalatable Irish backstop – Centre for European Reform
- In India, Facebook’s WhatsApp Plays Central Role in Elections – NY Times
- Brexit seen threatening UK links in EU supply chain – Reuters
Asia:
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- China gave Trump a list of crazy demands, and he caved to one of them – Washington Post
- North Korea Says U.S.-South Korean Military Exercises Imperil Summit – WSJ
- Just about everything is odd about Trump’s support of Chinese firm ZTE – Washington Post
- Is China Straight-Up Bribing Donald Trump? – Vanity Fair
- North Korea Postpones Talks With South Korea; Decision Is Surprise – NY Times
- How the west should judge a rising China – FT
- Michael Bloomberg launches China-linked rival to Davos – FT
- China’s customs says has stepped up inspections of U.S. pork imports – Reuters
- Trump’s grand bargain on China – Axios
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian millennials’ faith in politics and big business collapsing, poll finds – The Guardian
- $30m to Fox Sports, $84m from the ABC: A tale of two broadcasters – The New Daily
- Government sell-off threatens accuracy of weather radars, Bureau of Meteorology warns – The SMH
- The pensioners retiring overseas because they can’t afford Australia – ABC
- ‘Rich whingers’ not as hard done by as Morrison would have you think – The SMH
- Wages rise 2.1 per cent, falling short of expectations – The SMH
- Live exports won’t be banned in coming months – ABC
- Sydney’s major universities languish at bottom of the pile for student satisfaction: survey – The SMH
- Tax inspector-general to investigate ATO garnishee orders – ABC
- Damning report finds NDIS complaints ignored for months – The Guardian
- Labor Right pushes for conference majority as Shorten faces test of leadership – The Guardian
- Super-fast 5G not a threat to NBN: Telstra – WA Today
- Queensland’s biggest solar farm connects to the grid – Renew Economy
- It’s no surprise emissions keep going up. There’s no price on carbon – The Guardian
- Budget eve: Adams sharpens attacks on Government – Interest.co.nz
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