Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Amazon Will Consider Opening Up to 3,000 Cashierless Stores by 2021 – Bloomberg
- Bond Traders Move Closer to Fed, Ramping Up 2019 Rate Hike Bets – Bloomberg
- Thiel-Backed Fund Hits the Jackpot With $12 Billion Tilray Stake – Bloomberg
- Financial stability and a decade of unconventional monetary policy – Brookings
- Hedge Funds Call Time on Investors’ Persistent Fee Squeeze – Bloomberg
- The True Lessons of the Recession – Foreign Affairs
- World Poverty Falls Below 750 Million, Report Says – WSJ
Americas:
- Trump to Nominate Former Fed Economist Nellie Liang for Board Seat – WSJ
- Trump says exposing ‘corrupt’ FBI probe could be ‘crowning achievement’ of presidency – The Hill
- Republicans push to confirm Kavanaugh amid fears it will come at a political cost – Washington Post
- Trump feels angry, unprotected amid mounting crises – Washington Post
- Benefit Gains Exceed Wage Growth, New Labor Data Show – WSJ
- Cash-Strapped Americans Are Willing to Leverage Their Homes to Pay the Bills – Bloomberg
- Walmart is where the trade war comes home – CNN
- This is Obama’s most underrated achievement – VOX
- Bringing iPhone Assembly to U.S. Would Be a Hollow Victory for Trump – WSJ
Europe:
- China and Sweden enter bizarre feud after tourists throw themselves on ground claiming ‘brutal’ murder attempt – Business Insider
- French police investigate gang rape videos – BBC
- Survey: people want EU to focus on terrorism, unemployment, environment – europa.eu
- Germany approves arms sale to Saudi after Yemen war ban promise – Reuters
- Merkel: Europe should develop its own electric car battery production – UK Investing
- The EU is now going after Amazon after slapping Google and Apple with giant fines – Business Insider
- Danske Bank CEO quits in $234 billion money laundering scandal – Reuters
Asia:
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- FOMO in China is a $7 billion industry – Marketplace
- Alibaba’s Jack Ma backs down from promise to Trump to bring 1 million jobs to the U.S. – CNBC
- Alibaba bails on pledge to create one million U.S. jobs – Axios
- She’s a model citizen, but she can’t hide in China’s ’social credit’ system – ABC
- China Has Chosen Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang – Foreign Policy
- China’s second-in-command: We’re facing ‘greater difficulties’ in keeping economy stable – CNBC
- With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to put state stamp on faith – Washington Post
- China’s chilling dictatorship moves to introduce scorecards to control everyone – News.com
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘A Beacon Of Stability’: Australia Hasn’t Changed Leaders In 30 Years – The Shovel
- Media power: why the full story of Murdoch, Stokes and the Liberal leadership spill needs to be told – The Conversation
- Turnbull lodged complaint with Murdoch over coverage in last days of his prime ministership – The SMH
- Scott Morrison rejects calls to sack Peter Dutton over au pair saga – ABC
- ‘Future of Work’ inquiry calls for review of casual, gig workers – The SMH
- AMA president calls for urgent transfer of refugee families from Nauru – The Guardian
- Deputy Prime Minister under threat amid bitter battle within federal National Party – ABC
- Woolworths to implement 10 cent drought levy on milk, Coles follows suit – ABC
- Party’s over: In a nation of cynics, we’re flocking to the fringe – ABC
- Tasmanian Liberal backbencher Adam Brooks sides with Greens over anthem change – ABC
- Scientists have unlocked the cane toad’s genome, opening the way to find viruses – SBS
- Private schools to gain billions under new parental-income funding model – ABC
- Power plant could turn waste to energy within five years under $400m Queensland plan – ABC
- PM announces $3.2 billion funding agreement for private schools – SBS
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Tax group tackles housing supply – Interest.co.nz
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‘No wealth taxes or land taxes’ – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong – Huffington Post