Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Uber CEO: We’re going after groceries next – Yahoo
- Crypto Industry on ‘Brink of an Implosion,’ Researcher Says – Bloomberg
- Google bows out of Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud-computing race – Washington Post
- How to avoid the next financial crisis – FT
- Short Seller Who Foresaw Valeant Crash Now Bets on Tesla Falling – Bloomberg
- Why The Best Predictor of Future Stock Market Returns is Useless – Of Dollars and Data
- That Hedge Fund Manager’s Fancy Car Might Be a Red Flag for Your Money – Barron’s
- Insider Trading Laws Haven’t Kept Up With the Crooks – NY Times
- A stealth correction under the market’s surface could be a bull sign for stocks – CNBC
- Bond King Bill Gross Is Also the King of Stamps. Now He’s Getting Out – Barron’s
- Average Small Cap Stock in “Bear Market” Territory – BeSpoke
- The Bond Market’s $1 Trillion Deficit Spiral Has No Political Fix – Bloomberg
Americas:
- The Supreme Court just made it harder for Democrats to win the Senate – Mother Jones
- Summers: I discovered the rest of America on my summer holiday – FT
- The dark side of American conservatism has taken over – Washington Post
- Why Some Amazon Workers Are Fuming About Their Raise – NY Times
- Clinton: ’You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for’ – CNN
- Trump Says Fed Moving Too Fast With Interest-Rate Increases – Bloomberg
- CNN poll: Democrats are fired up and maintain a strong 2018 lead – CNN
- Ford announces plan to lay off workers after tariffs cost them $1B – MSNBC
- The US Military Is Now Recruiting Soldiers To Fight In A War That Started Before They Were Born – BuzzFeed
- The renegotiation of NAFTA is a relief. But it is not a success – The Economist
- Walmart Canada Ponders Selling Cannabis-Based Products – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Infamous St. Petersburg ’Troll Factory’ Set on Fire – Moscow Times
- U.S. Weighs Blocking U.K. From Global Procurement Pact – Bloomberg
- Europe raises flags on China’s cyber espionage – Politico
- Poland picks Nigerian oil over Russian – Vanguard
- Only solution to Scotland’s Brexit problem is independence – Reuters
- Largest NATO drill in 16 years brings carrier, US forces to Norway – Stripes
Asia:
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- New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in U.S. Telecom – Bloomberg
- Yuan Lending Rate Surges as China Struggles to Stem Currency’s Slide – WSJ
- Leaked Transcript of Private Meeting Contradicts Google’s Official Story on China – The Intercept
- Thousands of Chinese Army Veterans March Over Police Beatings – RFA
- China flexes its political muscles in Africa with media censorship, academic controls – The Globe & Mail
- Chinese Firms Now Hold Stakes In Over A Dozen European Ports – NPR
- China Empties the Seas – Asia Sentinel
- China’s $4.3 Trillion Local Debt Problem Has a ‘Vicious’ Feedback Loop, HSBC Says – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- The national energy market is an abject failure – it’s time for a publicly owned grid – The Guardian
- The federal government’s top scientist Alan Finkel says Australia could slash global carbon emissions and create a multi-billion dollar export industry by developing hydrogen – The Age
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has refused to rule out using the Sydney Opera House to promote other events – 9News
- Australia’s enviro minister contradicts top climate experts – New Daily
- Eight out of 10 in NSW opposed to Berejiklian’s Opera House sails deal: survey – The SMH
- Wentworth byelection: John Hewson urges Liberal ‘drubbing’ over climate change – The Guardian
- Govt answers charges of lying with ‘nonsense’ explanation – New Daily
- How religion will divide the Liberals and inflame the Parliament – The SMH
- China’s Investment In Australia Slumps 40% Amid Diplomatic Spat – Bloomberg
- Chart of the day: The one big rise that makes politicians’ pay nearly three times the average – ABC
- Scott Morrison has warned a Labor government would tie businesses up in “union knots” – New Daily
- Scott Morrison: State governments don’t get leave passes’ on infrastructure projects – 9News
- Bad credit history makes emergencies more expensive for the poorest Australians – Domain
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