Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Amazon Will Pay $0 in Taxes on Multi-Billion Dollar Profits – Breibart
- As Economy Creeps Into Old Age, Amazon’s Bank Bets on Buyers With Bad Credit – The Street
- UBS: World economy ‘one step away from global recession’ – Yahoo
- Daimler slumps as diesel costs wipe out profit growth – Reuters
- Solar Energy Has Record Start to 2019 – Fool
- Oil prices climb as Middle East tensions simmer – Reuters
Americas:
- The One Percent Have Gotten $21 Trillion Richer Since 1989. The Bottom 50% Have Gotten Poorer. – NY Mag
- Trump Imposes New Economic Sanctions on Iran, Adding to Tensions – NY Times
- Trump’s trade wars thrust farmers into desperation loans – Politico
- Bernie Sanders wants to make Wall Street pay off the US’s $1.6 trillion in student debt – Business Insider
- Tariffs Weighing on Manufacturers’ Optimism, Survey Shows – US News
- Rising prices drive estimated 6% medical cost inflation in 2020 – Modern Healthcare
- Toys ‘R’ Us making comeback with plans for 2 US stores in 2019 – ABC
Europe:
- German Ifo business climate index fell to its lowest level since 2014 – Economo
- Swedish Court Rejects Global Gaming Bid for Lifting License Suspension – Correct Casinos
- Huawei doubles down on Africa – Medium
- German regulator says it discovered new illegal software on Daimler diesels – Ars Technica
- Baltic countries and EU confirm plan to disconnect from Russian power grid – UA Wire
- Two Eurofighters collide over northern Germany – DW
- German government will ban small arms exports to non-EU, NATO countries – Reuters
Asia:
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- China, US agree to resume trade talks in phone call ahead of Xi-Trump G20 meeting – SCMP
- China says both U.S., China should make compromises in trade talks – Reuters
- Rare-Earths Mining Shows Exactly How China Cheats The United States – The Federalist
- FedEx confirms Huawei mail ban as new ‘mistake’ reignites Chinese ire – Reuters
- China Meat Imports Hit Record as Pork Prices Jump on Swine Fever – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Another 250 e-scooters set for inner Brisbane as second operator approved – ABC
- Coalition’s ‘bracket creep’ tax plan found to give most to workers who need it least – The Guardian
- Mascot Towers residents in shock after report finds the building is sinking – ABC
- Health Star Rating system shake-up proposes penalising cereals over added sugars – ABC
- ‘No faith in coal’: religious leaders urge Scott Morrison to take climate action – The Guardian
- Faith leaders push PM to show leadership on climate change – SBS
- Dutton claims Turnbull offered him the role of deputy Liberal leader – Canberra Times
- How did the ‘clever country’ end up with a $90 billion botched NBN? – Michael West
- Lawyer X royal commission head may charge Victoria Police with criminal offence – The Age
- Cached website hints at Victorian Government response to flammable cladding crisis – ABC
- Australia’s big economic woes ‘at home’ – SBS
- Labor’s tax cut offer is negotiating start – SBS
- Task force eyes $9.3m in disability fraud – SBS
- No Labor review of Newstart in opposition – SBS
- Why deposit insurance is a bad idea – Interest.co.nz
- OECD urges the NZ Government to build more social housing – Interest.co.nz