Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The super rich at Davos are scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to hike taxes on the wealthy – CNBC
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Tax Hike Idea Is Not About Soaking the Rich – NY Times
- Chilling Davos: A Bleak Warning on Global Division and Debt – NY Times
- Corporate America Is Getting Ready to Monetize Climate Change – WSJ
- Dow drops 400 points amid fears the global economy may be slowing down – CNBC
- Investors’ Dash for Cash Adds to Stock Market’s Vulnerability – WSJ
- Central Banks Struggle With Policy Settings – WSJ
- Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work Algorithm Needs Replacing, Argues BIS Study – Coin Desk
- The Stock Market’s On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Trump – NY Times
- The World Braces for Slower Growth – WSJ
Americas:
- “Even if He Did Do It, It Wouldn’t Be a Crime”: Rudy Giuliani on President Trump – New Yorker
- Senate Leaders Reach Deal That Offers Possible Path to Reopen Government – NY Times
- Furloughed workers will still be counted as ’employed’ in January jobs report – Politico
- Silicon Valley’s Unbridled Optimism Gets Fresh Reality Check – WSJ
- Google spends big on U.S. lobbying amid antitrust, bias battles – Reuters
- ‘Absolutely out of control’: Cliff Sims’s book depicts life in Trump’s White House – Washington Post
- Understanding Trump’s Trade War – Foreign Policy
- Corporate America Is Getting Ready to Monetize Climate Change – Bloomberg
- Record Numbers of Americans Say They Care About Global Warming, Poll Finds – NY Times
- Trump’s phony ‘compromise’ has now been unmasked as a total sham – Washington Post
- US existing home sales tumble to three-year low – CNBC
- Americans Becoming More Pessimistic About the Economy – Gallup
Europe:
- If parliament cannot resolve Brexit, a new referendum is needed – FT
- Top diplomat for European affairs resigns from State Department – Washington Post
- Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say – NY Times
- European ETF trading increasingly automated as Mifid II takes hold – FT
- The final parliamentary Brexit battle is coming: This is what it looks like – Politics
- Russia: Vladimir Putin’s pivot to Africa – FT
Asia:
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- US turns down China offer of preparatory trade talks – FT
- China grants Ivanka Trump five trademarks as White House continues trade negotiations with Beijing – NewsWeek
- US cancels trade planning meeting with China, source says – CNBC
- China’s Plan for Tech Dominance Is Advancing, Business Groups Say – WSJ
- Dyson to move head office to Singapore – BBC
- How Huawei Wooed Europe With Sponsorships, Investments and Promises – NY Times
- Will China’s Currency Hit a Wall? – Council on Foreign Relations
- China’s Xi Warns Party of ‘Serious Dangers’ as Risks Mount – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Morrison was last holdout before banking Royal Commission – New Daily
- New recycling technology to keep 90 per cent of household waste out of landfill – ABC
- Coalition’s $17.1m Pacific broadcasting plan was not ‘sought out’ by commercial networks – The Guardian
- Growing fears for Chinese-Australian writer who has disappeared in China – The SMH
- Victoria on blackout watch as temperatures soar – The Age
- Afterpay and other payday lenders distance themselves from dodgy companies – News.com.au
- ATO calls for secure internet gateway replacement – IT News
- ‘What they’ve done to us is appalling’: Liberals fume after Scott Morrison intervenes in key seat – The SMH
- Calls for Victoria to borrow police oversight ideas from Northern Ireland and New York – ABC
- Labor predicts next resource boom with $1 billion hydrogen pledge – Canberra Times
- Palmer sets up Kiwi company in threat to sue Australian taxpayers for $45b – ABC
- Hydro and gas shortages cause ‘coal to the rescue’ conundrum – Interest.co.nz