Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Sovereign Data, Monetization and User Empowerment through Blockchain – Medium
- Wall St slips as financials drag, trade outlook clouds – The Star
- Maybe Warren Buffett Is Quietly Warning Us About Stocks – Bloomberg
- “He’s Full of Shit”: How Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity – Vanity Fair
- Insiders are selling stock like it’s 2007 – CNN
Americas:
- The Next Recession Will Destroy Millennials – The Atlantic
- Targeting jobs at distressed areas is more effective for national and state economies than trying to lure corporations with unfocused incentives – Up John
- West Virginia ranks last in hardest working states – WDTV
- Will grids cope with a surge in electric cars? – Irish Examiner
- The minimum wage in Venezuela is now under $4 a month. – Epmundo
- The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most Nations of Europe – Just Facts
Europe:
- How US Continues Buying ‘Made in Russia’ Goods Despite Sanctions – Sputnik News
- First Crypto Banks Awarded Dealer Licenses in Switzerland – Be In Crypto
- ‘Ireland No 1 tax haven’ as US giants cash $83bn in profits – Independent
- Ireland’s population reaches highest level since 1850s – RTE
- Facial recognition in schools leads to Sweden’s first GDPR fine – Next Web
- EU plans digital startup investment fund – New Europe
- Serbia pact with Russian bloc to be short-lived, EU says – Euro Observor
Asia:
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- Trump-Abe Trade Deal Helps U.S. Farmers, Staves Off Auto Tariffs – Bloomberg
- After blacklisting, US receives 130-plus license requests to sell to Huawei – The Star
- Singapore faces rising tide of bad debt with record bonds maturing – The Star
- Angering China Can Now Get You Fired – The Atlantic
- Palm oil: Indonesia and Malaysia push back as EU clamps down – Nikkei
- US trade sanctions hit Panasonic Malaysia export sales – The Star
- China Loosens Car-Purchase Restrictions to Boost Consumption – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- ABS drops reference to worsening wealth inequality to craft a ‘good story’ – The Guardian
- Brisbane CBD shutdown by protesters again after magistrate rejected attempt to block political action – ABC
- Wayne Swan warns climate change will reshape politics as much as 9/11 – The Guardian
- Labor says electric cars ‘unstoppable’ and Coalition wants to make Australia ‘like Cuba’ – The Guardian
- Corporate tax-dodgers advising treasurer Josh Frydenberg – New Daily
- Older female renters are the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for housing affordability – ABC
- High school NAPLAN results in literacy and numeracy ‘below 2011 average’ – SBS
- Tobacco companies accused of using vaping to hook a new generation on smoking – ABC
- Australia backs wrong horse as IP rights loom large in US-China trade war – Michael West
- Opal Tower builder Icon put aside $1 million for building defects but has spent $24 million so far – ABC
- Trans birth certificate campaign turns to other states after Victoria passes reform – The Guardian
- Almost 35k residency visas and 243k work visas approved in July year – The Guardian
- National no longer sees need for government debt-to-GDP ratio to fall – Interest.co.nz