Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The World’s Wealthiest Family Gets $4 Million Richer Every Hour: “The 25 wealthiest dynasties on the planet control $1.4 trillion” – Bloomberg
- Former NYU Business School Standout, New to Wall Street, Charged With Insider Trading – WSJ
- New Investigation Claims Many Companies Used Blockchain to Boost Stocks – Be In Crypto
- World Economy Edges Closer to a Recession as Trade Dread Deepens – Bloomberg
Americas:
- ‘Trump is ruining our markets’: Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war – CNBC
- Business owners across the US say this is the No. 1 2020 election issue: Trump – CNBC
- Canadians are furious over Trump’s drug import plan. Some want to stop it – Stat News
- Why does infrastructure consistently cost more in the U.S. than almost anywhere else in the world? – Strong Towns
- Lowe’s spent billions on share buybacks, zero on severance for laid-off workers – CBS News
- Trump’s trade war could spark a recession, warns Goldman Sachs – NBC News
- Canadian cannabis giant on brink of collapse – The Leaf Desk
- Bankruptcy filings rising across the country and it could get worse – NY Post
- Economists say U.S. economy will suffer recession in 2020, not in 2019 – Kansas City
- How American Parents Are Financially Prepared To Have Children – RTT News
Europe:
- Britain’s perverse bonus culture is hurting the economy – FT
- Hong Kong airport cancels all flights as thousands of protesters crowd into departure hall – Japan Times
- China preparing to launch its own ‘cryptocurrency’ – Aljazeera
- Pound will continue to fall and could reach parity with dollar after no-deal Brexit – Mazech
- Children of British Isis members will not be allowed to return to UK, government rules – Independent
- Leaked documents show incredible efforts deployed by Russia to exert influence in Africa – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China Had Written-Off Loans For 5 These African Countries – The Current
- Singapore cuts economic growth forecast to 0-1% for 2019 – Business Times
- Chinese state-sponsored hackers target crypto firms – Forex Review
- Asia shares decline as trade war concerns dampen investor sentiment – CNBC
- India’s central bank proposes FX reforms – Forex Review
- The Hong Kong celebrities risking careers to join protests – Aljazeera
- Hong Kong Shows the Flaws in China’s Zero-Sum Worldview – The Atlantic
Trans-Tasman:
- Rich school, poor school: Australia’s great education divide – ABC
- Queensland coalmine increases greenhouse gas emissions without penalty, FOI reveals – The Guardian
- Adani beware: coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable – The Conversation
- Sydney, Melbourne coming to a standstill as infrastructure struggles – The Age
- $600bn of spending needed over next 15 years, Infrastructure Australia says – The Guardian
- State’s most-fined certifier behind building standards reforms – The SMH
- Debt collectors are bankrupting Australians over small credit card debts – ABC
- Lessons not learnt: Cities warned of water shortages, soaring bills – The SMH
- The true test of Morrison: Stand up to China or put economics above patriotism? – Courier Mail
- Government warned Nine over foreign influence in explosive One Nation broadcast – The SMH
- Here’s how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back – The Conversation
- Underground psychedelic psychotherapy in Australia – ABC
- Westpac economists stick with forecast of 7% house price growth next year – Interest.co.nz
- Housing market perked up in July with highest July sales in last three years – REINZ – Interest.co.nz