Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Tesla: Fight the S.E.C., or I Quit – NY Times
- Unraveling a Tesla Mystery: Lots (and Lots) of Parked Cars – NY Times
- Climate Change Is Forcing the Insurance Industry to Recalculate – WSJ
- The Long and Short of It: Do Public and Private Firms Invest Differently? – Federal Reserve
- Charles Schwab Has a $3.6 Trillion Edge – Bloomberg
- Trump didn’t blow up our trade system. Whoop de doo. – Washington Post
- Institutional Investors Are Using Back Door for Crypto Buys – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father – NY Times
- 11 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Trump’s Wealth – NY Times
- Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour – WSJ
- Amazon’s New $15 Minimum Wage: Woke Capital, or Just Plain Capitalism? – The Atlantic
- Days before trade deal, Trump said Canada’s foreign minister ‘hates America’ – Washington Post
- How Trump Is Trying—And Failing—To Get Rich Off His Presidency – Forbes
- Here’s How Trump Transferred Wealth to His Son While Avoiding the Usual Taxes – ProPublica
- Silicon Valley’s Keystone Problem: ‘A Monoculture of Thought’ – NY Times
- After Budget Cuts, the IRS’s Work Against Tax Cheats is Facing “Collapse” – ProPublica
- The Obamas’ Earnings Come at Too High a Cost – Bloomberg
- Michael Bloomberg jolts Senate battle with $20 million for Democrats – Washington Post
- Analysts say Trump may be overly optimistic on new North American trade deal – Washington Post
- Manhattan Home Sales Tumble in a Market Clogged With Listings – Bloomberg
- A New Nafta Relief – WSJ
- Tax Cuts Provide Limited Boost to Workers’ Wages – WSJ
- Trump: “It’s a very scary time for young men in America” – VOX
- The bottom 90 percent are still poorer than they were in 2007 – Washington Post
- Canada’s Investment Banks Are Big Winners in Marijuana Boom – WSJ
Europe:
- Could Blockchain solve Irish border issue? – BBC
- U.S. would destroy banned Russian warheads if necessary: NATO envoy – Reuters
- European Parliament votes to cancel 70 mln euros for Turkey – Ahval News
- France points finger at Iran over bomb plot, seizes assets – Reuters
- New EU-law will force streaming sites to offer 30% of content produced in Europe – CBR Online
- Denmark will ban petrol and diesel car sales in 2030, wants 1 million electric cars on the road – Euractiv
- Germany approves $295m arms sale to Saudi – Middle East Monitor
Asia:
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- US considered ban on student visas for Chinese nationals – FT
- Trump’s new loyalty test: Don’t make trade deal with China – Politico
- China’s Syndromes – Yardeni Research
- Photos Show Confrontation Between USS Decatur and a Chinese Navy Warship in South China Sea – GCaptain
- ‘We won’t give up’: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement keeps fighting on – Asian Correspondent
- Time to confront China’s aggression in the South China Sea. Here’s how – Washington Examiner
- China is weaponizing online distraction – Washington Post
Trans-Tasman:
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia is on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target “in a canter”. But it’s not – New Daily
- Almost 20 per cent of Australian honey samples found to not be pure – ABC
- Paul Keating has accused Malcolm Turnbull of capitulating to conservatives in the fight for a republic – The Age
- Bill Shorten calls for Fifield’s head and says ABC board must be ‘depoliticised’ – The Guardian
- Rudd: If there was ever a case for a full royal commission into the abuse of media power in Australia, it is now – Canberra Times
- Rupert Murdoch Says Kevin Rudd Is ‘Ungrateful’ For Making Him Prime Minister – Betoota Advocate
- Philip Morris lobbying on e-cigarettes hidden from Australian public – The Guardian
- Cervical cancer set to be eliminated from Australia in global first – The Age
- Foxtel Now changes pricing: 940% price hike for Kids pack! – EFTM
- ‘A front and centre issue’: ABC board scandal bites in Wentworth byelection – The SMH
- Greens propose 30 renewable energy zones, backed by grid fund – Renew Economy
- How Health officials muscled Parliamentary Library into deleting My Health Record analysis – The Mandarin
- Origin says solar cheaper than coal, moving on from base-load – Renew Economy
- The new normal? How climate change is making droughts worse – The Guardian
- Hundreds of workers walk off the job at billion-dollar Gold Coast Jewel resort development – ABC
- Shorten asks why bank executives have avoided jail – New Daily
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$1 bln up for grabs in R&D tax incentives – Interest.co.nz
- Housing values in Auckland decline for fourth month in a row – Interest.co.nz