Global Macro/Markets
- Powell faces early reckoning on Fed’s $4-trillion question– Reuters
- A Better Way to Tax the Rich – New York Times
- The U.S. Has Slipped out of the Top 20 Countries in a Worldwide Corruption Index – Time
Americas
- Top GOP senators propose repealing estate tax, which is expected to be paid by fewer than 2,000 Americans a year – Washington Post
- Bolton: ’All options are on the table’ for Trump in Venezuela – NBC News
- Howard Schultz May Save the Democratic Party From Itself – The Atlantic
- A Trump insider got a board position right after the US lifted sanctions on a Russian company – QZ (only the best people…tremendous people)
- More than 40 dead, 850 detained in Venezuela violence, UN says – Haaretz
Europe/Middle East
- Eurosceptic and pro-EU Tory MPs draft Brexit deal compromise – Financial Times
- Saudi Arabia slashes exposure to Tesla amid share volatility – Financial Times
- May to open key debate on Brexit plans – BBC
Asia/Sub-continent
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- How China acquired mastery of vital microchip technology – Financial Times
- Huawei charges make prospects of US-China trade deal a lot worse – Financial Times
- How China used more cement in 3 years than the U.S. did in the entire 20th Century – Washington Post
Australia/New Zealand
- BHP foots $82m tax bill, ATO wins ‘top up tax’ appeal – ABC
- Migration cuts could scupper Morrison’s jobs pledge – ABC
- More than 2,000 flying foxes die in Victoria’s extreme heatwave – the Guardian
- McDonald’s in $500 million supersized expansion binge – The Age (can they afford some real customer service?)
- Ripping Australians off’: Labor signals hardline on poor performing super funds – The Age
- Dutch man’s epic 89,000km drive proves electric cars are viable in Australia | Environment – The Guardian
- ‘29.7 per cent is not 30 per cent’: Companies almost hit gender target – The Age (it’s still a stupid target, but feels good)
Interesting