Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- There’s No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology – Wired
- Domestic Investors Pick Up U.S. Debt When Foreign Creditors Won’t – WSJ
- Asset Managers Pin Hopes on a Comeback for Active Management – Institutional Investor
- How Japan (Eventually) Changed the World With Zero Rates – Bloomberg
- Bad Manager Picks Have Sunk Pensions’ Bet on Alts – Institutional Investor
- A Crypto-Mystery: Is $140 Million Stuck or Missing? – WSJ
- OPEC Pursues Formal Pact With Russia – WSJ
Americas:
- The Global Con Hidden in Trump’s Tax Reform Law, Revealed – NY Times
- ‘This One Here Is Gonna Kick My Butt’—Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring – WSJ
- Schumer and Sanders: Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks – NY Times
- The Inside Story of an American Warship Doomed by Its Own Navy – Pro-Publica
- U.S. Banks Win $21 Billion Trump Tax Windfall Then Cut Staff, Loaned Less – Bloomberg
- U.S. Consumption Tax of 5% Could Raise $3 Trillion Over a Decade – Bloomberg
- San Diego repeals law prohibiting homeless people from living in cars – LA Times
- The problem with Silicon Valley’s obsession with blitzscaling growth – Quartz
- Where Are Manufacturing Jobs Coming Back? – NY Fed
- Venezuela sold 73 tonnes of gold to Turkey, UAE last year: legislator – Reuters
Europe:
- Corbyn lays out Labour’s terms for backing May on Brexit – The Guardian
- Brits Face Immediate Return Of Data Roaming Charges In No-Deal Brexit, Government Reveals – Huffington Post
- Tusk: Place in hell for no-plan Brexiteers – BBC
- US becomes UK’s top oil supplier for first time since Suez – FT
- Is Brexit the Antidote to UK Productivity Failure? – NIESR
- Debt-laden borrowers revel in Europe’s buyout boom – FT
- Prospects for the UK Economy – NIESR
- UK union leaders ‘at war’ over Brexit – FT
Asia:
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- Huawei says it needs up to 5 years to satisfy UK demands – FT
- How Bad Is China’s Economic Slowdown? It Depends What You Sell – Bloomberg
- Huawei likely faces 5G ban in Canada – Financial Post
- Workers’ Activism Rises as China’s Economy Slows. Xi Aims to Rein Them In – NY Times
- Huawei had a bonus program for employees who stole trade secrets – Yahoo
- Chinese bank’s software chief took US$1m in ‘free’ cash from ATMs – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Kerryn Phelps urges Labor not to ‘cave’ to PM’s ‘scare tactics’ on refugee bill – The Guardian
- NBN underperforming under Coalition’s technology: ACCC – New Daily
- Mike Baird ‘next in line’ to be CEO of NAB after royal commission – Daily Mail
- Peter Dutton admits he may be wrong in claim about Labor’s top-level security briefings – The SMH
- House price falls help narrow gap between rich and poor, new report finds – ABC
- Wilson’s franking credits inquiry unravels: The Coalition has overstepped the mark – The Monthly
- Defence launches crackdown on Australian crypto research – IT News
- Where idiots play: the Parliament of the inappropriate – Brisbane Times
- Morrison plays scare card on medical transfer bill – The Conversation
- Australia’s 33 per cent Luxury Car Tax (LCT) originally put in place to protect their long gone local auto manufacturers, is expected to be disbanded starting in 2019 – Car Advice
- Unemployment rate rises to 4.3% – Interest.co.nz