Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Former Tesla workers paint grim picture of Buffalo plant – WIVB
- Has Facebook been good for the world? – VOX
- Crypto Exchange Says It Can’t Repay $190 Million to Clients After Founder Dies With Only Password – Gizmodo
- The global economy’s second sun – FT
- January’s Stock-Market Rally Revives Appetite for Risky Margin Loans – WSJ
- When it comes to higher taxes on the wealthy, listen to the economists – not the billionaires – Independent
- The Malaise in Global Trade Is Only Getting Worse – WSJ
Americas:
- Schumer and Sanders: Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks – NY Times
- Graham Warns GOP to Back Trump on Wall Emergency – Bloomberg
- Lobbyist at Trump Tower Meeting Received Half A Million Dollars In Suspicious Payments – BuzzFeed
- Solid Majority Still Opposes New Construction on Border Wall – Gallup
- NY tax collections down $2.8B as budget concerns rise – Newsday
- Democrats’ tax plans reflect profound shift in public mood – Washington Post
- Out-of-State Buyers Flock to Miami – WSJ
- Non-bank lenders thrive in the shadows – FT
- Trump picks World Bank skeptic Malpass to lead institution – Politico
- How Much Could Negative Rates Have Helped the Recovery? – FRBSF
- Negative Rates Would Have Sped Up Economic Recovery, Fed Paper Says – WSJ
- How Silicon Valley Puts the ‘Con’ in Consent – NY Times
- Trade Hawks Quietly Bristle as Trump’s China Deadline Approaches – Bloomberg
- Venezuela is the biggest economic disaster in modern history – Washington Post
Europe:
- EU goods waved through British ports in case of No Deal Brexit to avoid massive jams – The Sun
- EU imports to be waved through UK customs under no-deal Brexit – FT
- UK’s FCA forces further disclosure of fund performance and use of benchmarks – The Trade
- Why Italy’s Debts Are Europe’s Big Problem – Bloomberg
- British History in depth: The Wasting of Britain’s Marshall Aid – BBC
- UK letter vowed to protect Nissan from Brexit fallout – FT
- Impose a Speed Limit on the Autobahn? Not So Fast, Many Germans Say – NY Times
Asia:
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- Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of the U.S. Targeting a Chinese Giant – Bloomberg
- Counting Chinese Stocks as Stocks – Bloomberg
- How China Pressured MSCI to Add Its Market to Major Benchmark – WSJ
- Xi Jinping and Donald Trump ‘may meet in Da Nang, Vietnam’ at the end of February – SCMP
- Better understanding of China would ease fears about Huawei – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- “Tasmania is burning, the climate disaster future has arrived while those in power laugh at us” – The Guardian
- ‘Astounded’: former fire chief unloads on politicians over climate change inaction – The SMH
- Having stable housing a ‘pipe dream’ for Australia’s working poor – ABC
- Hayne’s failure to tackle bank structure means that in a decade or so another treasurer will have to call another royal commission – The Conversation
- Workers under-employed, under-paid: Bowen fires back in economy debate – The Conversation
- Scott Morrison claims ‘hundreds’ of refugees would be transferred ‘within weeks’ if bill passes – The Age
- Julia Banks refuses to name Liberal bullies before election – ABC
- This letter from the big banks helped shape the royal commission – ABC
- Queensland floods unlikely to aid Murray-Darling Basin waterways but Lake Eyre could benefit – ABC
- The blunt advice you might not want to hear after the banking inquiry – ABC
- KiwiBuild says mass production of housing is now one step closer – Interest.co.nz
- Canberra strands Beijing’s man offshore, denies passport – Nine…after all this time and all those donations they decide to ban the guy….
- Wilson and Wilson: The MP, the fund manager, and the franking credits inquiry – Nine…another pwned Australian politician…