Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla’s Production Hell – Wired
- Economists See U.S.-China Trade War as Biggest Threat in 2019 – WSJ
- Major German Stock Exchange to Launch Crypto Trading Platform – Coin Desk
- Another Hedge Fund Veteran Is Quitting a Brutal Market – Bloomberg
- Steep Decline In Bullish Investor Sentiment – Horan Capital Advisers
- A Year After the Crypto Bubble Burst, Will Bitcoin Ever Recover? – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump Considering Son-In-Law Jared Kushner For Next Chief Of Staff – Huffington Post
- Economists Scale Back Their Projections for Fed Rate Increases – WSJ
- America Needs to Restore Dignity of Work – The Atlantic
- The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, and How We Missed It – NY Times
- Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina admits to engaging in conspiracy against US – CNN
- Las Vegas Housing Weakness Signals the Slowdown Is Spreading – WSJ
- Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028 – CBO
- Democrats in New Jersey Have a Firm Grip on Power. They Want Even More. – NY Times
- The Oil Industry’s Covert Campaign to Rewrite American Car Emissions Rules – NY Times
- The benefits of this ‘strong economy’ have not reached all Americans – Washington Post
- California’s Multibillion-Dollar Private-Equity Boondoggle – NY Mag
- National Debt Under Trump Is Surging at Its Fastest Pace Since 2012 – Bloomberg
- Vitol, rival oil traders in spotlight of Brazil bribery probe – Reuters
Europe:
- Brexit Britain: Small, boring and stupid – Politico
- Daniel Hannan’s MEP group told to repay €535,000 in EU funds – The Guardian
- Europe and the world are in for huge geopolitical shock from a hard Brexit – The Times
- Brexiteers hunker down for trench warfare as Theresa May survives confidence vote – The Times
- Four million Europeans’ signatures opposing Article 13 have been delivered to the European Parliament – EFF
- ‘Forced tech transfer’ has to stop or be regulated, says EU ambassador to China – CNBC
- EU leaders agree to prolong Russia sanctions over Ukraine – AP News
Asia:
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- Economists Scale Back Their Projections for Fed Rate Increases – National Law Journal
- Huawei $2 billion security pledge followed walkout by British official: sources – Reuters
- US to impose visa ban on China officials denying access to Tibet – Times of India
- China confirms detention of 2 Canadians – CBC
- China’s Great Leap Backward on climate change – The Globe & Mail
- China is involved in 90 percent of espionage And Industrial Secrets Theft – New Week
- The Foreign Billionaires, Activists and Missionaries Detained in China – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Senior lawyers slam Federal Government integrity commission model as ‘a disaster’ – ABC
- The proposed National Integrity Commission is a watered-down version of a federal ICAC – The Conversation
- Pacific nations under climate threat urge Australia to abandon coal within 12 years – The Guardian
- Global credit agency Fisk rates Australia’s encryption laws a negative – IT News
- Liberals lose another female candidate in a winnable seat as it struggles for gender parity – ABC
- Critics urge Scott Morrison to give new anti-corruption body the right to hold public hearings – The Age
- ATO gains access to Swiss bank accounts, wealthy individuals on notice – ABC
- Ten companies pay 45% of all corporate tax in Australia – The Guardian
- Adani aims to quash traditional owner challengers, tells court they’re ‘impecunious – ABC
- Cashless welfare card trials extended despite ‘no evidence’ they reduce harm – The Guardian
- No, Joe, America should not be copying Australia’s ‘asset recycling’ misdirection – The Conversation
- One-third of large Australian companies paid no tax, ATO data show – ABC
- RBNZ eyes major increase in bank capital requirements – Interest.co.nz
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Financial regulation: What should the RBNZ be seeking to achieve? – Interest.co.nz
- “Thank goodness the Auckland housing market is ‘strong’ again” – Interest.co.nz
- REINZ median price hit new highs in six regions, but not in Auckland – Interest.co.nz