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Macro & Markets
- The world favors immigration and working with other countries, WEF report claims – CNBC…a WEF report would…
- Why the Quants Aren’t Adding Up – Bloomberg
- China offers 6-year plan to boost US imports and erase imbalance – Nikkei Asian Review
- ‘Bear Market’ Is an Arbitrary Label, but Using It Can Hurt – NY Times
- Trump’s Trade Game – Project-Syndicate, Rodrik
- The World Economy Goes Hollywood – Project-Syndicate, Kaletsky
Asia
- China set to post slowest growth in 28 years in 2018, more stimulus seen – Reuters
- China’s looming great wall of debt may have ‘major global implications’ – ABC
- Jobs in China’s export-import industries wither in the heat of Washington’s trade war with Beijing – SCMP
- Discounts are the order of the day for Hong Kong’s property developers to clear their stock, as prices trend downward – SCMP
- China pharma must swallow that jagged little pill called R&D as government slashes profit margins of generic drugs – SCMP
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Europe
- Abandoning Brexit would give us a chance to implement three vital social reforms – Prospect
- Huawei could be banned from 5G in Germany – CNBC
- Merkel Warns EU Compromise Is Needed to Avert Harmful Brexit – Bloomberg
- Draghi Running Out of Time to Sort ECB Top Jobs as Brexit Looms – Bloomberg
- How energy guzzler Sweden has risen to the climate challenge by building nuclear power plants – SCMP
- Chinese embassy in Sweden hits out at ‘totally irresponsible’ security threat claims – SCMP…Chinese telecoms aren’t a security risk for an awful lot of nations…
- Russia brings in a record current account surplus in 2018 – BNE INtellinews
Americas
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- U.S. consumer sentiment at two-year low, manufacturing rebounds – Reuters
- U.S. demands regular review of China trade reform – Reuters
- Corporate America Is Wary About Economy But Not Panicking Yet – Bloomberg
- Trump says deal ‘could very well happen’ with China – Nikkei Asian Review
- Is the US overreacting to the China threat? Yes, but Beijing’s iron grip isn’t helping, says leading Harvard professor – SCMP
Terra Incognita
- Under the pump: cotton industry rejects blame for ailing Darling River – Nine…taking gigalitres out of the darling isn’t a risk?…
- Drone-killing tech outlawed at Australian airports despite ‘catastrophic’ risk to flights – ABC
- The ‘Uberfication’ of education: warning about commercial operators – Nine
- Bishop’s gambit? Shunned PM candidate tipped to quit her seat – New Daily
- Labor vows to expand Finance Department’s role, end agency ‘caricature’ – Nine
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…and furthermore…
- How to stop Facebook advertisers snooping on your private life – NZ Herald
- Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths – NY Times
- What you need to get your recommended intake of fruits and vegetables – ABC
- How betting agencies restrict punters who win too often or too much – ABC
- Lehman’s Bankruptcy Keeps Getting More Expensive – Bloomberg
- ‘With the greatest respect’: why Americans don’t get Brits and Aussies – Nine…too true, and much of the NESB world learning UK or US English don’t get the other version too…