Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Deathwatch for the Amazon – The Economist
- Berkshire Hathaway Posts Rising Profit – Stock Market News
- $1.24b UK Class Action Against JPMorgan and Other Banking Giants Over FX Cartel – BeInCrypto
- How Uber is turning everyone in the company into a data scientist – Venture Beat
Americas:
- Job growth in Trump Land is dead in the water – MarketWatch
- Yes, America Is Rigged Against Workers – NY Times
- Earth to Libertarians: Immigration Hurts American Workers – Amgreatness
- $100 bill surpasses $1 bill in circulation for first time in U.S. history – UPI
- Stock traders have theories about timing of Trump’s tariff tweet – Bloomberg
- Abrupt Ousters, Public Missteps Sink Morale Inside New York Fed – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Signs of Recession Are Hitting Europe – Socialist Economist
- China denies entry to German Greens party – DW
- Pollution: no river in England is safe for swimming – The Times
- Poll shows Germany still divided 30 years after fall of Berlin Wall – Telegraph
- French ‘flying man’ Zapata successfully crosses the English channel on hoverboard – France24
- Entire German govt bond yield curve turns negative for first time ever – Reuters
- UK Government to spend five times more on ‘propaganda’ than helping councils prepare for no-deal Brexit – Independent
Asia:
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- China no longer top trading partner of U.S. – The Hindu
- Second Chinese Bank Collapses in Just Three Months – BeInCrypto
- Hong Kong protesters seek to shut down city with general strike – Reuters
- U.S. Ends Cold War Missile Treaty, With Aim of Countering China – NY Times
- China’s Yuan Tumbles Past 7 Per Dollar for First Time Since 2008 – Bloomberg
- Pentagon Chief in Favor of Deploying U.S. Missiles to Asia – NY Times
- What Hong Kong’s Turmoil Means For Taiwan – NPR
- China Jails 22-Year-Old for Drawing ‘Insulting’ Cartoons – The Epoch Times
- China hits back at Donald Trump’s fentanyl claim, saying US ‘only has itself to blame’ for opioid crisis – SCMP
- Beijing is prepping for a massacre in Hong Kong: time for the West to put human rights ahead of free trade – NY Post
Trans-Tasman:
- The federal government gave $8m of $20m earmarked to progress high-speed rail to a consortium led by a man who has no expertise in major infrastructure projects, who had been a bankrupt and who was once a National party candidate – The Guardian
- Australia Enjoys Another Peaceful Day Under Oppressive Gun Control Regime – Betoota Advocate
- NBN Co floats making 100/40Mbps plans business-only – IT News
- Push for Darwin Port to be nationalised to end Chinese ownership of strategic northern asset – ABC
- Michael Kirby urges Australia to sign up to nuclear weapon ban treaty – The Guardian
- Top economists lay out reforms needed to get the economy out of a rut – The SMH
- NBN fix involves a $20 billion write-down of the project that would hurt Morrison Government surplus goal – ABC
- Low rate of Newstart linked to Australia’s youth suicide epidemic: Tim Costello – SBS
- Car sales hit eight-year low as tax, rate cuts fail to rev up buyers – The SMH
- Anthony Albanese says he has not seen any evidence of corruption in Parliament – The SMH