Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Amazon Is Eliminating Bonuses, Stock Awards to Help Pay for Raises – Bloomberg
- Amazon’s hourly workers lose monthly bonuses and stock awards as minimum wage increases – CNBC
- Tesla’s Model 3 Is Becoming One of America’s Best-Selling Sedans – Bloomberg
- Federal Court Finds that Virtual Currencies Are Commodities – CFTC
- Hedge Fund Highfields Capital To Return Money to Clients – WSJ
- The Tyranny of the U.S. Dollar – Bloomberg
- The $500 Million Central Bank Heist—and How It Was Foiled – WSJ
Americas:
- The Cruelty Is the Point – The Atlantic
- If ’Times’ is right, Trumps could face $400M state tax bill – NY Business
- As FBI background check of Kavanaugh nears its end, probe appears to have been highly curtailed – Washington Post
- The Meritocracy Against Itself – NY Times
- Trump’s Tax Returns in the Spotlight if Democrats Capture the House – WSJ
- Getting health insurance through work now costs nearly $20,000 – CNN
- Employer-Provided Health Insurance Approaches $20,000 a Year – WSJ
- Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father – NY Times
- Citing a ‘housing emergency,’ 15 local mayors pledge to dramatically boost construction – Boston Globe
- Both Parties’ Voters Are Keyed Up for Midterm Elections – Gallup
- For Canada and U.S., ‘That Relationship Is Gone’ After Bitter Nafta Talks – NY Times
- Republicans Push for Vote on New Nafta This Year If Democrats Win House – Bloomberg
- For Mexico, Canada, and the United States, a Step Backwards on Trade – PIIE
Europe:
- Religion as school admission criteria is outlawed in Ireland – RTE
- Russia’s growing threat to north Europe – The Economist
- UK: Russian spies behind the supposed ISIS ‘Cyber Caliphate’ – Washington Examiner
- European parliament backs 40% cut in vehicle CO2 – FT
- Italy Isn’t Like Greece. It’s Better and Worse – Bloomberg
- Thousands march on Irish parliament in growing housing shortage protest – MSN
Asia:
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- US Navy proposing major show of force to warn China – CNN
- Private Businesses Built Modern China. Now the Government Is Pushing Back. – NY Times
- China – not North Korea – is our biggest threat to peace, South Koreans say – SCMP
- Jaguars Are Being Poached, Boiled Into a Paste and Exported to China – Citizen Truth
- Will China’s Communist Government Take Over Private Businesses to Combat Trump’s Tariffs? – NewsWeek
- The Communist Party vs. China’s Labor Laws – JacobinMag
- China’s Property-Market Woes Deepen With Rising Rents – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison has formally granted Malcolm Turnbull and wife Lucy a taxpayer-funded overseas travel entitlement – The Age
- Internet access should be classified as essential service like water and electricity in rentals: experts – Domain
- Wayne Swan urges Labor to muscle up against rightwing thinktanks – The Guardian
- Richard Branson backs church-led push to decriminalise drugs in NSW – The SMH
- Wentworth byelection: Liberal vote collapses as poll shows safe seat now a close contest – The Guardian
- Architect of Paris climate accord says Morrison government’s emissions stance is ‘anti-science’ – The Age
- Bill Shorten reveals $1.7bn plan to fund access to preschool or kindergarten – The Guardian
- Climate data release again delayed by Government, FOI documents show – ABC
- Labor says Australia can remain energy ‘superpower’ – but only if climate wars end – The Guardian
- Australia jointly responsible for Nauru’s draconian media policy, documents reveal – The Guardian
- ABC board says it called for Justin Milne investigation night before Guthrie sacked – The Guardian
- Australia has ‘lost control’ of off-shore processing – ABC
- Shorten asks why bank executives have avoided jail – New Daily
- Banking royal commission could trigger biggest housing bust in three decades, economists warn – ABC
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‘Bank profitability will remain strong in NZ’ – Interest.co.nz