Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Bank for Japanese Farmers That Fuels the Global Lending Market – WSJ
- Global Slowdown Leaves Growth Weakest Since Financial Crisis – Bloomberg
- The perils of Big Data: How crunching numbers can lead to moral blunders – Washington Post
Americas:
- Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Major New Child Care Initiative – Huffington Post
- A majority of Americans in every state but Vermont would fail a U.S. citizenship test – Axios
- Tax Refund Fiasco Is Political Payback For Republicans – Huffington Post
- Why Can’t Trump Build Anything? – NY Times
- What America really needs to do is abolish Congress – Washington Post
- How Republicans bought their own tax cut snake oil – Washington Post
- How Amazon’s Accounting Makes Rich People’s Income Invisible – Evonomics
- The big divide among 2020 Democrats over trade – VOX
- Elizabeth Warren Wants a Wealth Tax. How Would That Even Work? – NY imes
Europe:
- Honda set to close Swindon car plant – BBC
- Britain’s pro-EU carmakers say plants not at risk from ’Brexit’ (2015) – Reuters
- For Wall Street Banks in London, It’s Moving Time – NY Times
- Negative Yields Mount Along With Europe’s Problems – WSJ
- Rift Between Trump and Europe Is Now Open and Angry – NY Times
- The eurozone’s coming recession will confirm Brexiteers’ warnings – The Telegraph
- Seven MPs leave Labour Party – BBC
- Greece at risk of not getting euro zone cash as reforms lag: officials – Reuters
Asia:
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- Huawei’s Efforts to Steal Apple Trade Secrets Include Employee Bonus Program and Other Dubious Tactics – Mac Rumours
- After the Trade War, a Real War with China? – Chasfreeman
- The US cannot crush us, says Huawei boss – BBC
- Alibaba is the force behind hit Chinese Communist Party app: sources – Reuters
- Carmakers to Face More Pain as Sales in China Keep Sliding – Yahoo
- Architect of BOJ stimulus calls for big fiscal spending backed by central bank – Reuters
- China’s housing glut casts pall over the economy – Nikkei
Trans-Tasman:
- It’s time political parties lost their cushy exemption from privacy laws – The SMH
- Finance Minister Had ‘No Idea’ People Had To Pay For Their Own Holidays – The Shovel
- Paladin controversy prompts renewed scrutiny of $591m Nauru deal – The Guardian
- Controversial Paladin contract was the ‘least desirable option’ – New Daily
- Coles is refusing to follow Woolworths and axe its $1-a-litre milk range, citing cost of living pressures for customers – 9News
- Adani’s new law firm put forward ‘trained attack dog’ strategy for waging legal ‘war’ – ABC
- Dutton’s visa backlog a honeypot for spivs, carpetbaggers, people smugglers – Michael West
- Cormann had ‘no idea’ a travel company had given him a free trip – Brisbane Times
- Queensland union will not back election candidates who do not support coal workers – The Guardian
- Why 5 million Australians can’t get to work, home or school on time – The Age
- NSW Labor plans to create state-owned power company – The SMH
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‘The probability of bank failure will never be zero’ – Interest.co.nz
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‘The reward has been greater than the risk taken’ – Interest.co.nz