Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? – Bloomberg
- Abolish Billionaires – NY Times
- Fightback against the billionaires: the radicals taking on the global elite – The Guardian
- The Good Jobs Challenge – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America – The Atlantic
- ‘Too hot to handle’: Pelosi predicts GOP won’t trigger another shutdown – Politico
- St. Louis Fed’s Bullard Discusses Three Themes for Monetary Policy in 2019 – St Louis Fed
- The Financial Crisis Put a Chill on Big Bank Deals. That Ended Thursday. – NY Times
- Fastest-Growing Jobs in Each U.S. State – The Big Picture
- The Inside Story of an American Warship Doomed by Its Own Navy – ProPublica
- Trump ‘open to talking about’ a change in tax law that is costing Californians $12 billion – Sacramento Bee
- Farmers nearing crisis push back on Trump trade policies – Politico
- Thank God for Canada! – NY Times
- The Global Con Hidden in Trump’s Tax Reform Law, Revealed – NY Times
- Venezuela’s Collapse Exposes the Fake Socialism Debated in U.S. – WSJ
Europe:
- Winter 2019 Economic Forecast: growth moderates amid global uncertainties – EU
- UK draws up secret plan to boost economy after no-deal Brexit – FT
- Carney Says Brexit Uncertainty Is Cascading Through Economy – Bloomberg
- Hello Brexiters, and welcome to your special place in hell – FT
- Where Europe Would Be Hurt Most by a No-Deal Brexit – NY Times
- Bank of England sees weakest UK outlook since 2009 on Brexit,… – Reuters
- Donald Tusk Told Theresa May That Jeremy Corbyn’s Plan Could Be “A Promising Way” Out Of The Brexit Impasse – BuzzFeed
- Bank of England retreats from plans for rate rises – FT
- Not opposing Brexit could lose Labour 45 seats, says leaked report – The Guardian
- Jaguar Land Rover takes £3.1bn hit as demand stalls – FT
- Corbyn lays out Labour’s terms for backing May on Brexit – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Trump is ’highly unlikely’ to meet Chinese President Xi before March 1 trade deadline, sources say – CNBC
- China lures Taiwanese into ‘brainstorming’ talks on island’s future – FT
- The Coming China Shock – Project Syndicate
- Huawei says it needs up to 5 years to satisfy UK demands – FT
- India will rise, regardless of its politics – FT
- China-Silicon Valley Relationship Chills – VOA
Trans-Tasman:
- The NSW Liberals accepted pre-election donations from a figure who worked under billionaire donor Huang Xiangmo at a Chinese Communist Party-linked group – The Guardian
- Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo has sensationally ordered a police investigation into the leak of a classified ASIO briefing on asylum seekers – New Daily
- Australian Government Agencies Already Flexing Their New Encryption-Breaking Powers – Tech Dirt
- Security agencies investigating cyber-security breach at Federal Parliament – ABC
- Millions of Australians use, or have used, illicit substances at some point in their life – The Conversation
- NSW Opposition Leader Michael Daley is threatening legal action over an article claiming his office phoned a “secret hotline” to transfer a recent speeding fine into his wife’s name – ABC
- Meet Ali France, the woman out to slay Peter Dutton at the election – The SMH
- Taxpayer funded inquiry used to raise money for liberals – The SMH
- Billionaire drags entire country through his crumbling business deal with Chinese company – News.com.au
- China link possible in cyber attack on Australian Parliament computer system, ABC understands – ABC
- Australia on track to meet Paris Agreement early, researchers say – ABC
- Business groups are pushing for a federal takeover of the troubled vocational education and training sector – Canberra Times
- Skilled migrants will have their visa applications accelerated if they move to regional Australia – SBS
- Overseas buyers more active in property market in Q4 last year compared to Q3 – Interest.co.nz