Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Jeff Bezos Sells About $1.8 Billion Worth Of Amazon Shares In Three Days – Forbes
- Why Equifax says it can’t pay $125 per person to hack victims anymore – WPXI
- Cryptocurrency Exchange by Cybersecurity Professionals Launched – Medium
- Facebook Escapes Lawsuit Claiming the Social Network Assisted a Terrorist Group – Fortune
- Global Asset Management 2019: Will These ’20s Roar? – BCG
- This chart shows the Fed is central banker to the world — and the globe needs a rate cut – MarketWatch
Americas:
- Families Go Deep in Debt to Stay in the Middle Class – WSJ
- Trump switches from ‘maximum pressure’ policy to waivers for Iran nuke program – The Economy Club
- America’s public pension plans make over-optimistic return assumptions – The Economist
- US housing affordability is out of whack with minimum wage – Yahoo
- Is the hole in Amazon’s strategy that it can’t imagine shoppers’ desire for serendipity? – Wired
- A Decline in Capital Investment Reveals the False Promise of Trump’s Tax Bill – New Yorker
- The Fed has enabled an army of debt-laden ‘zombie’ companies – Business Insider
- The Medicare for All Moment Is Here, Brought to You by Bernie Sanders – Jacobin Mag
Europe:
- BMW boss urges Boris Johnson to abandon no-deal Brexit – The Guardian
- Consequences of hard brexit. Europe loses, the rest of the world benefits – Bertelsmann
- Tories could lose majority overnight as MP warns he could defect to Lib Dems – Independent
- Germany rejects US call to join Gulf taskforce – The Telegraph
- Economic sentiment in Greece returning to a level unseen since before the outbreak of the financial crisis – Ekathimerini
- Plastic bag charge: sales in England fall by 90% – BBC
- Car industry woes weigh on Germany’s prospects – FT
Asia:
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- Trump slaps 10 percent tariff on $300B more in Chinese goods – NBC
- Trump says U.S. to hit $300 billion worth of Chinese goods with 10% tariff – Reuters
- HK: Freedom snooze, Market lose – HK FP
- 1 in 5 corporations say China has stolen their Intellectual Property within the last year – CNBC
- Progress made in Chinese enterprises’ purchase of U.S. agricultural products – People
- India criminalises Muslim ‘instant divorce’ – BBC
- Human trafficking on rising in guise of foreign employment – MyRepublica
Trans-Tasman:
- Senior Labor figures including Anthony Albanese argued against anti-corruption watchdog – The SMH
- Coalition’s emissions reduction fund labelled ‘a joke’ after first post-election auction – The Guardian
- Greens condemn Chinese high-rollers being offered wombat hunts – The Guardian
- Tim Costello chides ‘fearful’ Christians amid religious discrimination debate – ABC
- Wage weakness deepens as EBAs slide, locking in low pay rises for years – ABC
- Anthony Albanese prepares Labor for harsh reality of the new Parliament – ABC
- Cubbie Station sells down foreign investment stake – ABC
- Henry admitted NAB was still selling rip-offs while royal commission raged – The Age
- Secret interviews reveal risky business for NAB’s top executives – The Age
- Australia’s retail and fast food workers face ‘epidemic’ levels of abuse and harassment – New Daily
- ‘I just exist’: Ex-teacher says Newstart has forced her into homelessness – New Daily
- NSW farmers granted amnesty for illegal land-clearing – The Guardian
- Australia-UK trade deal ‘could happen within weeks of Brexit’ – The SMH
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- Real estate activity slumps to new low in July, top end property sales well down in Auckland – Interest.co.nz