Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Elon Musk’s Tweet on Taking Tesla Private Surprised Even Its Board – NY Times
- Update on Taking Tesla Private – Tesla
- Elon Musk’s Funding for Tesla Wasn’t So Secure – Bloomberg
- Musk’s Belated Explanation Is Unlikely to Get SEC Off His Back – Bloomberg
- Musk Tweets He’s Working With Silver Lake, Goldman to Take Tesla Private – Bloomberg
- The slow death of public markets – FT
Americas:
- The Financial Crisis Cost Every American $70,000, Fed Study Says – Bloomberg
- Democrats More Positive About Socialism Than Capitalism – Gallup
- Trump’s diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’ – Politico
- A New Data Tool Chronicles the Shifting Murder Rates of American Cities – The Trace
- You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped? Rich People – NY Times
- In 2014, political spending at Trump properties was $35K. In 2018, it’s $3.5M – McClatchy
- How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise – Philly Mag
Europe:
- Jeremy Corbyn admits being ’present’ at wreath-laying for Munich terrorists but denies paying tribute himself – The Independent
- Britain’s productivity crisis in eight charts – FT
- EU prepares crackdown on ‘citizenships for sale’ – FT
- Greens overtake AfD in the latest voting intention poll. – Wahlrecht
- Italy calls on UK to take responsibility for 141 people rescued by ship sailing under Gibraltar flag – Telegraph
- What you need to know: The German-Spanish migrant deal – DW
- Russia to settle more bills in euros instead of dollars – DW
Asia:
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- Soviet Collapse Echoes in China’s Belt and Road – Bloomberg
- China threatens foreign ships and planes ‘daily’ in South China Sea – Business Insider
- White House: We may have to kick China out of the WTO – Washington Examiner
- ‘The more you understand China, the more you hate China’ says China-Taiwan analyst – Taiwan News
- Malaysia is pushing back against a $20 billion Chinese debt trap – QZ
- China restarts coal plant construction after two-year freeze – Climate Change News
- China has outspent the US by $24 billion in 5G technology since 2015. Catching up could be hard – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- CSIRO unaware of $444m reef grant before announcement – The Guardian
- ‘You’re lying Josh!’: Chris Smith calls out Frydenberg over ‘insane’ reef grant – 2GB
- Churches should lose charity status over child abuse, former tax official says – The Guardian
- You’re Going To Have To Start Paying Back Your HECS Sooner Than You Think – BuzzFeed
- New tech surveillance laws more a ‘side gate’ than ‘back door’ into Australian phones – ABC
- Coalition party room endorses Malcolm Turnbull’s National Energy Guarantee – ABC
- Five-fold growth in solar panels on commercial buildings over the past three years – Commercial Real Estate
- Consumers aren’t the big winners out of National Energy Guarantee – The SMH
- Time for the federal government to catch up on political donations reform – The Conversation
- Outrage over lack of NEG modelling as government regurgitates old release – Renew Economy
- Military call-out power is too important to get the wording of an amendment wrong – ABC
- Pay rise for Tasmanian politicians over and above limit set for public servants – ABC
- Landlords will withdraw homes from rental market in response to new laws – Domain
- Dirty coal: health fears of a town covered in dust from disused power station – The Guardian
- Broadband tax revived as Labor backs plan – IT News
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