Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bayer-Monsanto Loses Bid for a New Trial in $80 Million Roundup Cancer Case – Bloomberg
- The Black-Scholes formula, explained – Medium
- Real Hedge-Fund Managers Have Some Thoughts on What Epstein Was Actually Doing – NY Mag
- Dow jumps 240 points to all-time high as Wall Street ends record-breaking week on a high note – CNBC
- Retail Apocalypse: 12,000 Stores Are Forecasted To Close This Year – Zero Hedge
- How Much U.S. Currency is Held Overseas? – Bullion Star
- Technologies to develop Barter – Medium
- What is Captain Bitcoin? – Medium
- Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq post historic record setting week – Fox Business
- Dow jumps 240 points to all-time high as Wall Street ends record-breaking week on a high note – CNBC
Americas:
- Wall Street banks bailing on troubled U.S. farm sector – Reuters
- Iconic New York Luxury Store Barneys Considering Bankruptcy – Zero Hedge
- Changes sought to address student debt crisis – New Portri
- Will Your Job Still Exist In 2030? – NPR
- Trump to Dismantle the Agency Overseeing 2 Million Federal Workers – PonderWall
- Massive Gamble on Soy Hoarding Pays Off for America’s Farmers – Bloomberg
- Federal Regulations Have Made You 75 Percent Poorer – Reason
- US House Passes Bill Lifting Country-Cap On Green Cards, Indian H-1B Visa Holders To Benefit – Yuv News
- The bigger they are, the harder they fall — WeWork and Uber’s fight against reality – The Next Web
Europe:
- France Approves Tax On Big Tech, And U.S. Threatens To Retaliate – NPR
- UK unveils draft law to tax tech giants – France 24
- German Efficiency Has Taken A Hit This Year… – Stock Market News
- Spain’s CNMV blacklists binary broker FinRally – Forex Review
- US seeks enquiry into France controversial technology tax – Economy Club
Asia:
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- India lifted 271 million people out of poverty in 10 years – The Hindu
- China ignoring US demand for trade war reform by reinforcing state-directed economic model – SCMP
- China yet to meet Donald Trump’s demand to purchase more farm goods as US-China trade crumbles – SCMP
- Russia offers lifeline to South Korea amid hi-tech exports flap with Japan: Yonhap – SCMP
- China Considers Libra a Challenge, Accelerates Research for Own Cryptocurrency – Be In Crypto
- US government specifies Huawei ‘detente’ – Medium
- The Missing: The families torn apart by China’s campaign of cultural genocide – ABC
Trans-Tasman:
- Country towns close to reaching ‘day zero’, as water supplies dry up in the drought – ABC
- The reality behind Morrison’s tax cuts – The Saturday Paper
- Tax cuts and a Coalition victory are no economic nirvana – The Guardian
- Extinction Crisis: Director of National Parks slammed by audit amid decade funding squeeze – Michael West
- Rich are getting richer, but stagnating wages mean income inequality is steady – ABC
- Coalition announces $600m boost for pensioners as deeming rates set to ease – The Guardian
- ‘Just a matter of when’: the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar – The Guardian
- The slippery slope of officially sanctioned lying – Inside Story
- Australia’s ‘weak’ economy on brink of ‘lost decade’ – NZ Herald
- Australia’s new fleet of submarines could be ‘obsolete’ when they come into service in 2030s – ABC
- Housing sales in Auckland hit their lowest point for the month of June since 2010 – Interest.co.nz