Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- When Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower – Bloomberg
- Amazon gets an edge with its secret squad of PhD economists – CNN
- How GE Built Up and Wrote Down $22 Billion in Assets – WSJ
- The Rise of Silicon Valley’s New Mafias – NY Times
- This Negative-Fee ETF Will Pay Investors to Invest – Barron’s
Americas:
- Riding Around with Beto O’Rourke as He Comes to Grips with a Presidential Run – Vanity Fair
- Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple, too – The Verge
- China offers help to Venezuela to restore power – Reuters
- US consumer prices rise for the first time in 4 months – CNBC
- Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy – Project Syndicate
- Low Inflation Is Federal Reserve’s Maddening Unsolved Mystery – Bloomberg
Europe:
- MPs vote to reject no-deal Brexit – BBC
- With Theresa’s ‘turd’ deal flushed away, pray for an EU invasion – The Guardian
- Tech giants do not face enough competition – reducing consumer choice and innovation – Gov.UK
- As Europe and Others Ground Boeing 737 Max 8s, U.S. Holds Back – NY Times
- Business attacks UK Northern Ireland tariff plan for no-deal Brexit – FT
- UK sets out trade plans to limit no-deal Brexit damage – FT
- British Panel Calls for Stricter Antitrust Rules on Tech Giants – NY Times
- The ECB after Draghi: ‘You need an actor who can act fast’ – FT
- Brexit has devastated Britain’s international reputation — and respect for its democracy – Washington Post
- No Deal Brexit tariffs revealed as UK confirms car prices would rocket by £1,500 – Mirror Online
- Why ‘Japanification’ looms for the sluggish eurozone – FT
- Theresa May’s Brexit lost to the ultimate adversary: reality – The Guardian
- Britain is trapped in the purposeless austerity that gave us Brexit – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Gundlach Points to Japan for Risks to Decades-Long Stock Rallies – Bloomberg
- China Is Catching Up to the US in AI Research–Fast – Wired
- China may overtake the US with the best AI research in just two years – Tech Review
- China birth rate in decline as childcare costs deter families – FT
- Japan Top Life Insurer Taps Derivatives to Fight Low Yields – Bloomberg
- China’s formerly white-hot tech sector is in the doldrums – The Economist
- China doubles down on gold in shift away from dollar – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Liberal MP Craig Laundy has told Scott Morrison he plans to quit politics – The SMH
- As an ex-coal boss, I’m telling politicians: wake up to climate threat – The SMH
- CSIRO staff ask chief executive to defy government over staffing levels – The Mandarin
- Students take their demands for climate change action directly to politicians – ABC
- Can’t-do country: how Australia is on the brink of environmental disaster – New Statesman
- Young voters may hold the key to the NSW state election. – The Conversation
- One Nation’s NSW election campaign funded by Queensland loans – The Guardian
- CBA halts $4b wealth management demerger to deal with royal commission fallout – ABC
- Australia Consumer Sentiment Drops as Weak GDP Spooks Households – Bloomberg
- Royal commission into disability abuse was a decade in the making, but the time is ripe for change – ABC
- Unions will push for a $43 weekly boost to the minimum wage, arguing the current rate forces people to live below the poverty line. – SBS
- How Australia’s compulsory voting saved it from Trumpism – The Guardian
- Forcing businesses to pay employees more could results in job losses, employer groups and the Business Council have warned. – SBS
- Two towers, two fires – but both signed off by same safety engineer – The Age
- We’re slowing down… – Interest.co.nz