Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bernie Madoff whistleblower says GE is a bigger fraud than Enron – CNN
- Global bond yields have fallen to 120-year low – MarketWatch
- Harry Markopolos says he can’t reveal the hedge fund he’s working for in his investigation of GE – CNBC
- Can Central Banks Save the Economy from Global Financial Crisis? – You Tube
Americas:
- More consumers using credit cards for purchases under $10, though cash is still king – CNBC
- Why the trucking ‘bloodbath’ is a signal for a recession – Business Insider
- It Is Criminal That We Aren’t Borrowing Trillions to Fix the Country Right Now – Slate
- Walmart continues to reap ‘bumper harvest’ despite recession signals in the U.S – Mazech
- U.S retail giant, Macy’s has lost nearly 60% of its stock market value. Here is what they said – Mazech
- Bottom Line: Prepare Now for the Next Downturn – Charter Capital
- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York now projects that U.S. GDP growth will shrink to 1.6% in Q3 – NY Fed
- Trump Recession Trend Is Going to Stick – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Pound will continue to fall and could reach parity with dollar after no-deal Brexit – Lord Kerslake
- German economy contracts as export engine stutters – Reuters
- US looking into purchasing the entirety of Greenland from Denmark – WSJ
- 1 million EU citizens granted right to reside in UK after Brexit – Politico
- EU states including Germany offer to take stranded migrants from Italy – DW
Asia:
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- Economist: Hong Kong’s tycoons ‘are the problem’ underlying recent unrest – CNBC
- India Is The Leader With 617 Zombie Companies In 2018 – Yuv News
- Order Returns to Hong Kong Airport, Protesters Apologize – VOA News
- White House appoints Uygur-American to top China policy advisory job – SCMP
- Five arrested in Hong Kong for taking down Chinese national flag from shopping centre site and throwing it into sea during protest – SCMP
- China’s disinformation war is trying to turn its citizens against the Hong Kong protesters – Independent
- Protests show no sign of foreign interference Hong Kong police say, contradicting Beijing – Telegraph
Trans-Tasman:
- Pro-China rally in Melbourne condemning Hong Kong protests delayed over fake council permit – ABC
- Taxpayers foot $140m bill for failed private companies’ unpaid wages – The Guardian
- Clive Palmer outspends McDonald’s, Toyota and Coles to advertise his political party – The Guardian
- Supermarkets put junk food on special twice as often as healthy food, and that’s a problem – The Conversation
- ‘I’m accountable to the Australian people’: Scott Morrison pushes back against Pacific leaders – The SMH
- NDIS frustration for mum who asks Minister to attend meeting after child denied wheelchair – ABC
- Adani’s ambitions challenged by rail snub and continued investor pressure – ABC
- How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades – NY Times
- ‘Builder couldn’t read plans’: commissioner slams Sydney’s building debacle – The SMH
- Banks betting on steeper RBA rate cuts as risks rise – The SMH
- How ‘guaranteed’ is a rise in the superannuation guarantee? – ABC
- Why our trains and roads are likely to remain congested, despite immigration freeze – Fact Check