Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’ Year – NY Times
- SEC Probes Tesla Over Model 3 Production Disclosures – WSJ
- To Get Ready for Robot Driving, Some Want to Reprogram Pedestrians – Bloomberg
- Leveraged Loans Not as Safe as They Once Were – WSJ
- CEO compensation surged in 2017 – Economic Policy Institute
- “Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy – VOX
- Index Funds Will Be Fine Confronting Cruel Markets – Bloomberg
- The World Economic Forum warns that AI and fintech may destabilize the financial system – Tech Review
- Is Turkey’s Currency Crisis Contagious? – Bloomberg
- 10 central banks have hiked rates since June – CNBC
Americas:
- Trump’s military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million – CNBC
- NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students – WSJ
- “Death Spiral”: Why Omarosa Totally Triggered Trump – Vanity Fair
- Elizabeth Warren’s Batty Plan to Nationalize . . . Everything – National Review
- President Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash – NY Times
- CEO pay jumps to $19 million annually, as fears mount over the wealthy pocketing gains – Washington Post
- U.S. Pursues One of the Biggest Mortgage-Fraud Probes Since the Financial Crisis – WSJ
- ’If they take the House, he wins big’: Trump loyalists see upside in impeachment – Politico
- Economists warn on dominance of US corporate giants – FT
- Walmart Bounces Back With Best Sales in More Than a Decade – Bloomberg
Europe:
- British public don’t trust banks 10 years after crisis, survey finds – Reuters
- Why Can’t Europe Do Tech? – Bloomberg
- Markets Should Stop Panicking Over Brexit, Duncan Smith Says – Bloomberg
- Greece brain drain hampers recovery from economic crisis – FT
- Don’t panic, we can get a no-deal Brexit deal – The Times
- Top pay in UK up by 11% as workers’ wages fail to match inflation – The Guardian
- Tories refused to build social housing because it would ’create Labour voters’, Nick Clegg says – The Independent
- UK unemployment at lowest since 1975 – BBC
Asia:
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- Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in Myanmar – Reuters
- Google Employees Protest Secret Work on Censored Search Engine for China – NY Times
- Google Employees Are Signing This Letter To Protest A Secret Search Engine For China – BuzzFeed
- Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents – Foreign Policy
- U.S., China to Resume Trade Talks as Tariffs Bite – WSJ
- China and U.S. to Resume Low-Level Talks in Bid to Resolve Trade War – Bloomberg
- Rising Interest Rates Challenge China’s Growth Model – Bloomberg
- From laboratory in far west, China’s surveillance state spreads quietly – Reuters
- China’s Feisty Trade Negotiator Heads to Washington – Bloomberg
- Chinese oil importers shun U.S. crude despite tariff reversal – Reuters
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority intervenes in currency market for first time since May – SCMP
- China Freezes Game Approvals Amid Agency Shakeup – Bloomberg
- Missed Bond Payment in Xinjiang Stirs Chinese Debt Fears – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Neg: Labor warns it will not back taxpayer support for new coal-fired power – The Guardian
- Ray Hadley confirms challenge against Malcolm Turnbull – 2GB
- Union drops Katter support as recording claims Fraser Anning aimed to ‘hit nerve’ – The Guardian
- Peter Dutton could challenge Malcolm Turnbull for leadership: Reports – News.com.au
- Conservatives want Dutton to topple Turnbull – Daily Telegraph
- Senior cabinet ministers move to quell talk of Peter Dutton leadership challenge – The SMH
- Dutton reportedly urged to challenge Turnbull’s leadership – SBS
- CBA still in denial as fraudsters sentenced to a decade in jail – The Age
- Big consultancy firms call the Federal Government ‘The Dairy’ because they milk it for all it’s worth, inquiry hears – ABC
- South Australia will be at 100% renewables by 2025 – Renew Economy
- David Koch Forced To Shoot Beloved Cash Cow As Drought Worsens – Betoota Advocate
- Plunge in number of Chinese residents granted Australian citizenship – The Age
- Cricket Australia’s dismissal of Angela Williamson heads to the Fair Work Commission – ABC
- Contract companies using legislative ‘back doors’ to rip off migrant workers – Brisbane Times
- Drought pits native and domestic animals against each other amid competition for food – ABC
- Reserve Bank governor says Australians should expect ‘fairly gradual’ wage growth – The Guardian
- Shane Jones ‘opens NZ for business’ with new infrastructure agency – Interest.co.nz