Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin plunges to five-month low vs dollar after Zuckerberg testimony – Reuters
- Stocks Near Record Highs Send False Signal – Bloomberg
- Facebook must face $35B facial-recognition lawsuit following court ruling – Ars Technica
- The fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and maritime shipping combined – Business Insider
- Caterpillar profit falls short on weak demand; cuts earnings outlook – Reuters
- Honeywell CEO says bookings ‘very, very strong,’ in sign global economy may be rebounding – CNBC
Americas:
- Warren says big banks may use repo-market volatility to get rid of liquidity rules they despise – MarketWatch
- Giving every adult in the United States a $1,000 cash handout per month would grow the economy by $2.5 trillion by 2025, according to a new study on universal basic income. – CNBC
- Time to Admit Medicare for All Saves Americans Money, Tax Hike or Not. – News Week
- Millennials will need to save an insane amount of their paycheck – CNBC
- America’s Pile of Uneaten Bacon Is the Biggest in 48 Years – Yahoo
- This is getting serious, two-thirds of finance officers in major US cities predict recession as soon as 2020! – Daily Mail
- Trump’s Claim He Boosted Incomes by $7,000 Differs From Actual Data – Bloomberg
- Corporate America freaks out over Elizabeth Warren – Politico
- Recession! WeWork plans to ax as many as 4,000 jobs! – LA Times
- Bubble Watch: 1 in 4 Californians ‘seriously’ consider leaving the state – OC Register
- Battleground: 7 in 10 say US ‘on the edge of civil war’ – Washington Examiner
- The U.S. Yield Curve Tells Us That a Devastating Recession Is Unavoidable – CNN
Europe:
- Economic spiral! Sweden’s Handelsbanken to cut 800 jobs, pull out of Asia and Germany! – Reuters
- Russia’s Lukoil to Abandon Saudi Arabia Gas Project – Moscow Times
- ‘One million’ protesters demand second Brexit referendum in London – Independent
- ‘It’s a serious form of child abuse’: Thousands of girls in Ireland at risk of female genital mutilation – The Journal
- MEPs block move to weaken EU rules on bee-harming pesticides – The Guardian
- Why Are Russian Cops Killing Themselves? – The Moscow Times
Asia:
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- Things aren’t looking great for China’s economy and it may only be getting worse – Hellenic Shipping News
- China offers tariff-free quota for 10 million tonnes of U.S. soybean purchases: sources – Reuters
- IMF Trims Asia’s Growth Outlook On Heightened Global Uncertainty – RTT News
- India’s Visa Workers Raise Funds to Launch Attack Ads on U.S. Politicians – Breitbart
- BBC makes its international news website available via Tor to thwart China censorship – BBC
- China says U.S. ‘weaponizing’ visas after space event no show – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- This reckless government and its business and media mates are determined to damage superannuation – Paul Keating
- Adelaide tops world for methamphetamine or ‘ice’ use in massive wastewater drug study – ABC
- Nationals push for $1.2bn in drought relief to help party keep seats in next election – The Guardian
- Mystery of the doctored documents: Angus Taylor and the climate attack on Sydney’s Lord Mayor – The Guardian
- NSW to make maths mandatory for students in years 11 and 12 – The SMH
- Blowing the whistle on alleged wrongdoing should not destroy your life – ABC
- Why Australia needs a ban on taxpayer-funded political advertising before elections – The Guardian
- Hydrogen, the low-cost clean fuel that will let us export solar and wind to the world – The SMH
- No country for old savers – Interest.co.nz
- Short by 40,000 houses – Interest.co.nz