Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Artificial-Intelligence: Microsoft Corp. To Invest $1 Billion In AI Startup OpenAI – Stock Market News
- 6 Ways Climate Change Affects the Economy – EP United
- 5G Cloud Gaming: Ready Player One, All Dreams Come True in 3 Years – Medium
- Ray Dalio: Economic Downturn Coming in 1-3 Years – YouTube
- Apple in advanced talks to buy Intel’s smartphone-modem chip business – Reuters
- The Stock Market Chart Trump Doesn’t Want You to See – CNN
- The US will likely win in a ‘cold currency war,’ says Pimco – CNBC
- Are nations losing trust in the global financial pillars – IMF and World Bank? – The Economy Club
Americas:
- Rashida Tlaib Calls For $20 Federal Minimum Wage – Free Beacon
- Fed’s jumbled messaging catches Trump’s attention ahead of key policy-setting meeting – Transparent Traders
- How US importers cope with Trump’s tariffs – Asia Times
- Skills gap will cost US economy $1.2 trillion over the next decade – Yahoo
- One year after the trade wars began, Canada’s economy has been altered – Edmonton Journal
Europe:
- Thousands rally in Moscow for free and fair local elections – France24
- Huawei employees collected personal info on Czech Citizens targeted by the Chinese government – Radio CZ
- VW prepares Zwickau factory for 330,000 all-electric cars per year – Electrek
- Britain to seek European maritime mission to counter Iran’s ‘piracy’ – Reuters
- Icelandic memorial to mark first lost glacier – The Guardian
- Britain Fined £8bn By EU For Loitering – Waterfordwhispernews
- European Commission draws aid package for Ireland: The Times – Reuters
Asia:
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- Chinese investment in US plummets 90 percent amid Trump trade war – The Hill
- China’s answer to the Nasdaq just had a crazy first day. Stocks gained 140% – CNN
- Indian Government Not Jumping to Prohibit Cryptocurrencies, Says Finance Minister – BeInCrypto
- Millions of Barrels of Iranian Oil Are Piled Up in China’s Ports – Bloomberg
- 50 Days Of Modi 2.0: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Focus On Foreign Policy Continues – Yuv News
- China’s debt at 303% of GDP, 15% of global total: Report – Times of India
Trans-Tasman:
- One Of Australia’s Biggest Health Insurers Wants The Government To Get Rid Of Medicare – ladbible
- NSW funded $16m project run by MP’s husband – The Guardian
- ‘One of the worst’: how Newstart compares to unemployment payments in rest of the world – The Guardian
- Adani protest: French journalists’ charges should be dropped, media union says – The Guardian
- Why we’re feeling poor: Prices for schools, health and other ‘needs’ up about 200% in 20 years – The Age
- Savings rates hit rock bottom amid signs of further spending restraint – The SMH
- Firms ‘blacklisting’ Australia over encryption laws – The SMH
- 20,000 tonnes of recycling dumped in Victorian landfill during SKM ban – The Guardian
- Liberal MP breaks ranks to call for increase to Newstart – SBS
- Electricity prices across the grid fall to zero as renewables reach 44% share – Renew Economy
- A new skirmish in the mortgage war – Interest.co.nz
- Why NZ’s house market is different to Australia’s – Interest.co.nz