Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin Tumbles Toward $5,000 – Bloomberg
- The five most important tech stocks are getting slaughtered with each down more than 20% from highs – CNBC
- With Facebook at ‘War,’ Zuckerberg Adopts More Aggressive Style – WSJ
- S&P 500 buybacks set another quarterly record: S&P Dow Jones – Reuters
- Here’s What the Big Tech Companies Know About You – Visual Capitalist
- Tech Rout Puts Silicon Valley on Edge – Bloomberg
- The Bond Market Isn’t Making Sense – Bloomberg
- Why Central Bank Digital Currencies Will Destroy Cryptocurrencies – Project Syndicate
- Why We Need a Better Way to Value Crypto Assets – Coin Desk
- Turbulent stock market spooks some older workers, retirees – AP
- Will $40bn of asset sales be enough to fix GE? – FT
Americas:
- Troops at U.S.-Mexican border to start coming home – Politico
- A Tax Increase Tucked Into Trump’s Tax Cut Came Back to Bite Republicans – NY Times
- The Fires Are A Before-And-After Climate Change Moment For California – BuzzFeed
- If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley – Gates Notes
- ‘He’s Barack Obama, but white’: Beto O’Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primary – Politico
- ‘Nothing on this page is real’: How lies become truth in online America – Washington Post
- Silicon Valley wages have dropped for all except highest-paying jobs: report – Mercury News
- Eliminating All Student Debt Isn’t Progressive – NY Times
Europe:
- PM draws up secret plans to win back angry Brexiteers over backstop – The Sun
- Brexit hardliners have shown they are not up to the job – FT
- France pushes for extra EU demands on Brexit – FT
- Brexit rebels admit their attempt to unseat Theresa May has stalled as Eurosceptic MPs turn on each other – The Telegraph
- Idea for ‘Tulip’ planted among City of London skyscrapers – FT
- Could Italian private wealth compensate for flight of foreign bond-holders? – Bruegel
- Trump Duties on EU Cars Would ‘Destroy’ Trade Truce, Europe Says – Bloomberg
- Jeremy Corbyn to set out Labour alternative to PM’s Brexit plan – The Guardian
- Spain rocks the boat with demand for Brexit veto over Gibraltar – The Times
- May seeks business backing for Brexit plan – BBC
- Brexit is a class betrayal. So why is Labour colluding in it? – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China Is Paying for Most of Trump’s Trade War, Research Says – Bloomberg
- Outcry as Chinese erotic writer jailed for more than 10 years over gay sex scenes in novel – SCMP
- Nissan’s Ghosn Arrested, Fired, After Icon Is Probed for Financial Violations – Bloomberg
- The Triple Jeopardy of a Chinese Math Prodigy – Bloomberg
- U.S.-China tensions heightened as Pence ends Asia trip – NBC News
- Pence’s Sharp China Attacks Fuel Fears of New Cold War – Bloomberg
- China alleges ‘massive’ evidence of chipmaker violations – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Bill Shorten has warned he won’t take lectures from “the multi-millionaires club” on negative gearing – New Daily
- Half of first-home buyers rely on parents to buy a home – Domain
- Discovered: Matthias Cormann’s billion-dollar black hole – Michael West
- Russian Twitter trolls stoking anti-Islamic sentiment in Australia, experts warn – The Guardian
- China’s peak security agency has directed a surge in cyber attacks on Australian companies over the past year – The Age
- Labor wants anti-corruption watchdog – 9News
- Importing gas to replace domestic supply could push emissions up 20%, AGL says – The Guardian
- When Scott Morrison parachuted into the prime ministership, he was anxious to remove outstanding barnacles quickly. Now that he’s foolishly created one of his own – The Conversation
- Draft energy law sets off alarm over Frydenberg’s power to break up companies – The SMH
- After the Bourke Street attack, once again Muslims suffer from politicians’ double standards – ABC
- WA authorities call for car ‘kill switches’ to fight terrorism, reduce chases – Perth Now
- ABC uses chaos at the top to demand more money and ‘funding certainty’ – The Age
- BHP settles tax dispute with ATO for $529 million, without admitting fault – ABC
- Plastic tax could be on the way for Australia to deal with ‘impending plasticide’ – ABC
- Labor’s lead over Coalition narrows in Guardian Essential poll (52-48 2pp) – The Guardian
- Raising superannuation won’t help your retirement — unless you’re already wealthy – ABC
- Browse tipped to be among nation’s biggest polluters – The West
- Plucking the goose or how to find a billion dollars a year without hissing – Interest.co.nz
- Houses sizzle in the regions while Auckland chills – Interest.co.nz