Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- CEOs Say they Will Stop Maximizing Shareholder Value–Would Be Better if they Stopped Maximizing CEO Compensation – Common Dreams
- Goldman Sachs Group Officially Became A Credit-Card Lender On Tuesday By Rolling Out Its First Product With Apple – Yuv News
- Yield curve inversion hammers US small banks – FT
- Is Prop Trading among BB about to come back? – CNBC
Americas:
- White House considering payroll tax cut to boost economy – THV11
- Trump says White House looking at payroll tax cut – The Hill
- 80 million adults have only lived through 1 (or no) recessions – Washington Post
- Trump pressures Fed to boost ‘very strong’ economy amid recession fears – The Hill
- 66% of mothers use all their available maternity leave while just 36% fathers use all their paternity leave – ASP
- Ray Dalio: 40% chance of recession before 2020 election – West Fair Online
- H-1B Visa Pre-Registration Applications May Begin From April – Yuv News
- Should Public College Be Free? Here’s How Many Americans Say Yes – Money
- Recession risks overblown? Money market funds’ AUM pass 2009 high – Bloomberg
- Trump is convinced there is a conspiracy to distort economic data and exaggerate the prospect of a recession – Business Insider
- Republicans Sabotaged Obama’s Economy and Assume Democrats Are Doing It to Them – NY Mag
Europe:
- Trump cancels Denmark meeting over Greenland proposal – AP News
- Dutch organize a ‘goodbye party’ on Brexit eve – RTE
- Italy PM Conte to quit amid coalition row – BBC
- Trump says Europe will give him anything he wants: ‘All we have to do is tax their cars’ – CNBC
- Ukrainains irate as Sara Netanyahu throws bread on floor during Kiev welcome – Ynet News
- Lithuania to buy iodine tablets as Belarus plans power plant – MSN
- EU warns Turkey over dismissing three Kurdish mayors – New Europe
- EU ends silence on Hong Kong protests – Euro Observor
Asia:
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- Global Meltdown: India Needs To Kickstart The Growth Engine – Yuv News
- China’s economic slowdown is real, but it’s not just about tariffs – CNN
- Is the 2020 Olympics an opportunity for Japan to tackle seafood sustainability? – DW
- US Marines Chief Acknowledges Worries on Japan-Korean Ties – Voa News
- Hong Kong Residents Protest Peacefully in Latest Push for Reforms – Voa News
- Malaysia’s Former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Major 1MDB Trial Postponed – Japan Times
- Singapore Needs at Least $72 Billion to Bolster Coastal Defenses Against Rising Sea Levels – Japan Times
- North Korea Spits Out Insults, Launches Missiles and Rejects Talk with South – Washington Post
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian universities risk catastrophe due to over-reliance on Chinese students, expert warns – ABC
- George Pell to be stripped of his Order of Australia – SBS
- Queensland government accused of ‘fabricating’ claims about climate activists – The Guardian
- Instagram censors Melbourne artist’s anti-Beijing post but ignores trolls – The Guardian
- Alan Jones losing more advertisers in wake of attack on Jacinda Ardern – The SMH
- When it comes to coal, Australia has transitioned away from economics and common sense – The Guardian
- What the Bureau of Statistics didn’t highlight: our continuing upward redistribution of wealth – The Conversation
- Big irrigators take 86% of water from Barwon-Darling, report finds – The Guardian
- Number of Australians with basic hospital cover falls to lowest level in over a decade, report reveals – ABC
- Ban on cash payments above $10,000, under proposed law – News.com.au
- Global engineering firm Aurecon cuts ties with Adani amid pressure from activists – The Guardian
- Stockland profit slumps as retail recession hits shopping centres – ABC