Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How a $139 Billion Fund Is Trading the Trade War – Bloomberg
- Bond markets signal early end to Fed rate rises – FT
- Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49%, or 5% of all retail spend – Tech Crunch
- Infographic: A Short History of U.S. Trade Wars – Visual Capitalist
- Hedge Fund Billionaire Steven Cohen Is Getting into Crypto – Coin Desk
Americas:
- $88 Million and Counting: Trump Amasses Huge Head Start for 2020 Campaign – NY Times
- Worker wages drop while companies spend billions to boost stocks – CBS News
- U.S. Tries to Rein In High-Speed Trading in Farm Patch – WSJ
- The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump – The Guardian
- Fed’s Powell says economy is in ’good place’ but tariffs could change that – CNBC
- America’s Robot Geography – City Lab
Europe:
- “I think the European Union is a foe,” Trump says ahead of Putin meeting in Helsinki – CBS
- How the BBC Lost the Plot on Brexit – NY Review of Books
- Theresa May is teetering. But her fall would not end the crisis – The Guardian
- Theresa May: Donald Trump told me to sue the EU – The Guardian
- Theresa May: Trump told me to sue the EU – BBC
- The Conservative Party has trashed the basic principles of conservatism – The Economist
- Trump Backed Brexit. Then He Used It As Leverage. – Politico
- Europe needs to start planning for a future with no U.S. – Washington Post
- ‘Very stable’ Trump? European leaders beg to differ – Politico
Asia:
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- How Venezuela Became China’s Money Pit – WSJ
- MAGA hats made in China may increase in price because of tariffs – The Hill
- The devil’s bargain for AI companies working in China – Axios
- When Rio Tinto Met China’s Iron Hand – Bloomberg
- Why South Korea is ‘crypto crazy’ and what that means for the rest of the world – Venture Beat
- ‘It is about Xi as the leader of the world’: Former detainees recount abuse in Chinese re-education centres – Globe & Mail
- Apple Announces $300 Million China Clean Energy Fund – Bloomberg
- China Sovereign Fund Prepares Request to Invest at Home – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- How government inaction fuelled Australia’s renewable energy boom – ABC
- Why Australia’s homelessness problem is getting worse, despite a rise in housing stock – The Conversation
- ‘A wake-up call’: Surge in race discrimination complaints – SBS
- Climate change to worsen urban air quality, lifting death toll – The SMH
- Why New Zealand Is Furious About Australia’s Deportation Policy – NY Times
- ‘A little bit of magic’: The pokie that took over the world – The SMH
- Why plastic bag bans triggered such a huge reaction – The Conversation
- The curious case of Kevin Rudd, Newscorp, ABC and the contract – Independent Australia
- Developing new Galilee Basin coalmines will cost 12,500 jobs, analysis shows – The Guardian
- Solar battery systems in 100 South Australian homes form a virtual power plant – Energy Matters
- Painful spring thaw predicted for east coast property markets – ABC
- Higher education: Multi-storey ‘vertical’ schools set to ease inner-city overcrowding – ABC
- My Health Record opt-out period begins, but privacy concerns remain – ABC
- Has Turnbull learnt the lesson from his political self-reckoning? – ABC
- Unions can tap into wage worries: Swan – SBS
- Turnbull open to Senate inquiry into Australia’s population policy – SBS
- Turnbull hoses down immigration review – SBS
- NSW premier ‘weak’ in face of ICAC scandal – SBS
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