Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Time to Panic – NY Times
- Tech Stock Bubbles In the 17th Century – Bloomberg
- Amazon paid no federal taxes on $11.2 billion in profits last year – Washington Post
- Fed Will Probably Change Its Approach to Inflation, Dudley Says – Bloomberg
- Amazon Isn’t Interested in Making the World a Better Place – NY Times
Americas:
- The Path Amazon Rejected – NY Times
- U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166 Billion – Bloomberg
- The Federal Reserve Seems Oblivious to a Coming Crisis – Barron’s
- Are Disappearing Employer Pensions Contributing to Rising Wealth Inequality? – Fed Reserve
- The War That Wasn’t: Trump Claims Obama Was Ready to Strike North Korea – NY Times
- Google reaped millions of tax breaks as it secretly expanded its real estate footprint across the U.S. – Washington Post
- New Tariffs Threaten to Boost Prices of Imported Cars and Parts – WSJ
- Home sales have dropped sharply in Sacramento. See how that’s affecting prices in your neighbourhood – Sacramento Bee
- New York Returns 25,000 Jobs to Amazon – NY Times
- Americans continue their march to low-tax states – The Hill
- Public Debt: Fiscal and Welfare Costs in a Time of Low Interest Rates – PIIE
Europe:
- Russia is backing a viral video company aimed at American millennials – CNN
- Porsche asks UK buyers to commit to 10% no-deal Brexit surcharge – The Guardian
- ’EU cannot allow us to burn as may fiddles over brexit’ – Independent
- We’re heading for the great Brexit trap – so why not stay in and wreck the EU instead? – The Telegraph
- ‘Gunboat diplomacy’ dispute upsets UK trade mission to China – FT
- EU spying fears as Belgian accused of being double agent for Russia – The Times
- EU Investors Considering Moves to the UK Because of Brexit – Order
- Dyson sweeps 100 back office jobs out of the UK – FT
- Merkel Rejects Trump Claims That German Cars Are Threat – Bloomberg
- The euro crisis in the mirror of the European Monetary System – VOX
- Europe’s Middle Class Is Shrinking. Spain Bears Much of the Pain. – NY Times
- Official lending and debt sustainability in the euro area – VOX
Asia:
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- Chinese company leaves Muslim-tracking facial recognition database exposed online – ZD Net
- The Dawn of the Little Red Phone – Chinese Media Project
- India’s fastest train falters on first trip – BBC
- China’s Property Market, Once a Lifeline, Now Carries Economic Risks – WSJ
- Hammond’s visit to China not going ahead – BBC
- Will China let Belt and Road die quietly? – Nikkei
- How China Brings Us Together – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Young Liberals booted from party for lewd comments about women – The SMH
- Perth’s first ocean rubbish bin is sucking plenty of plastic out of the sea – ABC
- ‘Overdue’: Shorten backs royal commission into disability abuse – SBS
- Scott Morrison’s claims that medevac bill will restart flow of boats – The Guardian
- Labor vows to axe first home buyer super scheme – Brisbane Times
- The road that ate Sydney – Red Flag
- Labor issues please explain over Paladin’s $420m Manus contract – The Guardian
- YouGov Galaxy: Labor 35, LNP 35, Greens 11, One Nation 8 in Queensland – The Poll Bludger
- The conservation crisis facing Australia’s fungi – Australian Geographic
- Tesla big battery earns another $4m from FCAS in fourth quarter – Renew Economy
- Why the spotlight is on Sydney’s sky-high cost-of-living ahead of NSW election – ABC
- Wage strife at Ezard eateries – The SMH
- Job seekers allegedly offered cash to lie by private employment service providers – The Guardian
- Auditor-General audit shines light on local government debt and costs – Interest.co.nz