Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How the CEOs of Multi-Billion Dollar Companies Spend Their Time – Visual Capitalist
- Despite cryptocurrency crash, Amazon sees opportunity to embrace blockchain – CNBC
- Bad Buybacks – The Big Picture
- Catastrophe bond losses force investors to reassess risk – FT
- Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? – NY Times
- Bitcoin and digital assets are here to stay, says NYSE chairman, despite bear market – CNBC
Americas:
- How Donald Trump appeals to men secretly insecure about their manhood – Washington Post
- Trump Moscow: The Definitive Story Of How Trump’s Team Worked The Russian Deal During The Campaign – BuzzFeed
- ‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ Overdose Deaths Set a Record Last Year. – NY Times
- U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I – Washington Post
- Americans Are Dying Even Younger – The Atlantic
- A Farmer’s Tough Year on a Trade War’s Kansas Front – NY Times
- Trump’s trade war collides with economic reality – Politico
- New York’s Wealthiest Cut Losses as Manhattan Real Estate Falters – WSJ
- Trump Is Wrong About the General Motors Bailout – NY Times
- President Trump Bashes the Fed. This Is How the Fed Chief Responds. – WSJ
- Failed tax-cut experiment in Kansas should guide national leaders – The Hill
Europe:
- Deutsche Bank Offices Are Searched in Money Laundering Investigation – NY Times
- Deutsche Bank Offices Raided in Money-Laundering Probe – WSJ
- Trump Canceling Planned Meeting With Russia’s Putin Over Ukraine Situation – WSJ
- Brexit Deal explained – Campaign
- Amazon’s treatment of sellers comes under scrutiny in Germany – Reuters
- If Theresa May wants sympathy for her Brexit deal, she should start by being honest – The Times
- Theresa May’s Brexit deal deserves conditional support – FT
- EU withdrawal scenarios and monetary and financial stability – Bank of England
Asia:
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- U.S., China Exploring Deal to Ease Trade Tensions – WSJ
- Google Shut Out Privacy and Security Teams From Secret China Project – The Intercept
- Tracking China’s Muslim Gulag – Reuters
- US China hawk Peter Navarro back on guest list for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s trade war dinner – SCMP
- China’s electric vehicle monitoring raises surveillance fear – AP
- Will Taiwan Be the First Domino to Fall to China? – NY Times
- Trump administration to study tools to raise U.S. tariffs on Chinese autos – Reuters
- Caixin Explains: Why Some Fear China’s Private Sector Is Retreating – Caixin
- Scholars Warn of Chinese Influence Operations in U.S. – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Nationals MPs oppose government’s integrity commission plans – The SMH
- Rare earth mineral discovery set to make Australia a major player in electric vehicle supply chain – ABC
- Part-time parliament; full-time LNP civil war – The Guardian
- Renewables heading for 80 per cent of electricity market by 2030, putting pressure on future funding – ABC
- Sacked ABC boss Michelle Guthrie rated as ‘arrogant’ and ‘in bottom 4 per cent for integrity’ – The Age
- Asbestos exposure via ‘deadly’ DIY renovations could fuel new wave of mesothelioma cases – ABC
- Liberals ‘terminally on the nose’ as Guy warns of federal wipeout – The Age
- Adani announces coal mine construction will begin – Canberra Times
- Labor keeps $4 billion tax loophole – and receives donation – New Daily
- Australia’s Defence department was badly exposed to China’s hackers – Canberra Times
- A former New Zealand politician who left a $3 billion hole in his country’s TAFE programs has been appointed by the Morrison government to chair an independent review into Australia’s vocational education and training sector – BuzzFeed
- Hate crimes up 50 per cent in Victoria, community law group says – ABC
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New residential building up by 6.7% in year to October – Interest.co.nz