Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Jeff Bezos Becomes the Richest Man in Modern History, Topping $150 Billion – Bloomberg
- The Flattening Yield Curve – Medium
- Coinbase Says It Has Green Light to List Coins Deemed Securities – Bloomberg
- Netflix Plunges After Slowdown Threatens Highflier Status – Bloomberg
- Tech stocks contributed 98% of the S&P 500’s 2018 gain – The Reformed Broker
- Trade War Imperils World Growth as IMF Sees ‘Complacent’ Markets – Bloomberg
- Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Getting Hacked Because It’s Easy – WSJ
- The $247 trillion global debt bomb – Washington Post
- Fed Pushing Ahead Toward Inversion – U of Oregon
- Here Are 10 Industries Blockchain Is Likely To Disrupt – Forbes
- US files trade cases at WTO against five trading partners – The Hill
- BlackRock is evaluating cryptocurrencies, CEO says – Reuters
- Global regulators start monitoring crypto assets – Reuters
- How a $139 Billion Fund Is Trading the Trade War – Bloomberg
- Trade agreements and global production – VOX
Americas:
- Trump just colluded with Russia. Openly. – Washington Post
- Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad – NY Times
- Trump and Putin vs. America – NY Times
- Trump Betrays His Country for Russia in Plain Sight – NY Mag
- After a stunning news conference, there’s a newly crucial job for the American press – Washington Post
- Trump, at Putin’s Side, Questions U.S. Intelligence on 2016 Election – NY Times
- Republicans Must Now Choose Between Their Country and Trump – The Atlantic
- Trump’s Helsinki humiliation – Axios
- GOP strategist to Trump’s Russia ambassador: ’Resign if you have any honor’ – The Hill
- If you work for Trump, quit now – Washington Post
Europe:
- French central bank presses UK fintech companies on Brexit strategy – FT
- Amazon warehouse workers are striking across Europe on Prime Day – The Verge
- EU pushes China on trade, saying it could open up if it wanted – Reuters
- How Russian Spies Hid Behind Bitcoin in Hacking Campaign – NY Times
- Theresa May: Trump told me to sue the EU – BBC
- Theresa May is teetering. But her fall would not end the crisis – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Hong Kong launches blockchain-based trade finance – FT
- China’s Cooling Economy Spells Trouble Ahead for Global Growth – Bloomberg
- Letter from Shenzhen – Logic Mag
- How Venezuela Became China’s Money Pit – WSJ
- China’s political meritocracy versus Western democracy – The Economist
- Media stews over growing Chinese numbers in Japan – Japan Times
- U.S. is losing the digital war against China – CBS News
Trans-Tasman:
- ATO spends $1 million on fairness survey, learns lots of us think the tax office is unfair – ABC
- Australian top executive pay up 12% and bonuses up 18%, survey finds – The Guardian
- Domino’s Pizza boss in the dough with $36.8m payday – The SMH
- ‘Second class citizens’: ALP pledge to lift pay for labour hire workers – Canberra Times
- ‘I won’t resign’: Disgraced MP Daryl Maguire refuses to quit after ICAC appearance – The SMH
- Sudanese gangs a ‘real concern’ in Melbourne, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull – ABC
- Rental vacancies in Sydney hit record high – ABC
- Australian media are in decline. The Fourth Estate is a reminder of why we need them – The Guardian
- Renewables will replace ageing coal plants at lowest cost, Aemo says – The Guardian
- My Health Record systems collapse under more opt-outs than expected – ZD Net
- Telstra and the ABC in neoliberal Australia: No longer for everybody – Independent Australia
- How rising inequality is stalling economies by crippling demand – The Conservation
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Uptick in inflation driven by higher housing costs, fuel prices – Interest.co.nz
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Winter bites housing market in June: REINZ – Interest.co.nz
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