Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Apple hits $1 trillion stock market valuation – Reuters
- Apple is becoming a formidable fintech company – Quartz
- Time is on Apple’s side – Om Malik
- Once in a lifetime, if you’re lucky – The Reformed Broker
- Crypto Bulls Pile Into ICOs at Record Pace Despite Bitcoin Rout – Bloomberg
- Blockchain Hype Is Fading Fast – Streetwise Professor
- Regulators Probe Options Market’s Major Clearinghouse – WSJ
- Before the ’Bomb’ Hits: Why the Race Is on to Alter Ethereum’s Economics – Coin Desk
- Tesla share spike deals short-sellers a $1.1-billion loss – Reuters
Americas:
- Income and Wealth Inequality in America, 1949-2016 – Minneapolis Fed
- RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs – Politico
- Omarosa tells how President Trump’s ‘mental decline can’t be denied – Mail Online
- Trump’s tax cuts have so far failed to deliver on one key promise – Business Insider
- Treasury Plans to Boost Borrowing as Trillion-Dollar Deficits Loom – WSJ
Europe
- Suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow – The Guardian
- A false step by the Bank of England – FT
- EU shows sign of softening its position on Irish backstop – FT
- Carney Has Jumped the Gun, U.K. Business Says – Bloomberg
- Bank of England raises rates above crisis lows, signals no rush for.. – Reuters
- What is wrong about the Bank of England’s decision today? – Progressive Economy
- Pound Fails to Shake Off Blues Despite Unanimous BOE Rate Hike – Bloomberg
- Credit Suisse chooses Frankfurt as a key post-Brexit hub – FT
- The kamikaze Brexit strategy of this Government beggars belief – The Telegraph
Asia:
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- Trump’s overture to emerging Asia drowned out by trade war – Reuters
- China Vows It Won’t Back Down After Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat – Bloomberg
- China’s Empire of Money Is Reshaping Global Trade – Bloomberg
- China’s Xinjiang Province: A Surveillance State Unlike Any the World Has Ever Seen – Der Spiegel
- China urges U.S. to return to reason on trade, says tactics won’t work – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Dutton’s department spent $10,000 to keep au pair case documents secret – The Guardian
- Doctors’ fees shouldn’t just be transparent, they should be fair and reasonable – The Conversation
- Malcolm Turnbull urged to ‘come clean’ on meeting that led to $440m Barrier Reef grant – The Guardian
- ‘A lot of transparency’: Frydenberg defends $444m grant to small reef charity – The Guardian
- Why the road safety message is past its use-by date – News.com.au
- Australia and other countries must prioritise humanity in dealing with displaced people and migration – The Conversation
- Treasury admits corporate governance is broken but baulks at systemic fixes – The Conversation
- Retail figures grind higher as consumers buy into mid-season sales – ABC
- Long-serving rural GPs deregistered amid crackdown on international doctors – ABC
- Qld leads charge on junk food crackdown – SBS
- Department backs border protection regime – SBS
