Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
Americas:
- John Deere demands further job cuts through “voluntary separation program” – WSWS
- Brookings Institution study finds a staggering 44 percent of US workers earn low wages – WSWS
- Americans slashed their charitable deductions by $54 billion after Republican tax-code overhaul – Market Watch
- Middle-class Americans getting crushed by rising health insurance costs – ABC News
- U.S. Posts First Month in 70 Years as a Net Petroleum Exporter – Yahoo
- American Farmers Are in Crisis. Here’s Why – Time
Europe:
- Europe needs to adopt a harder line on China, former envoy says – SCMP
- Mitsotakis: Greece Will Ask NATO to Condemn Turkey over Its Illegal Actions in the Region – National Herald
- Germany: Thousands of migrants return after deportation, report says – DW
- Russia and Belarus to create joint Parliament and Government – UA Wire
- Neo-Nazi scandal hits German elite military unit – DW
- Swedes Face EU’s Longest Time in Work, Italians the Least – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China will not resort to quantitative easing – Reuters
- China trading with Africa to make up for lack of trade with the US – SCMP
- Nissan Invests ¥33 Billion in Production to Prepare for Electric Age – Japan Times
- Feuding Korean Firms Risk Disrupting Electric Car Battery Supplies – Reuters
- Hong Kong Authorities Appeal for Calm as Major Highway Reopens – Reuters
- China Has Lost Taiwan, and It Knows It – NY Times
- China introduces mandatory face scans for phone users – Yahoo
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia home frenzy back as prices surge most in 16 years – Straits Times
- Michael West reveals coal connections within the Office of the Prime Minister – Fossil Fool
- Climate needs ‘loud Australians’: Turnbull – SBS
- Scientists re-counted Australia’s extinct species, and the result is devastating – The Conversation
- Surplus taking a hit as wages and drought hit bottom line – The Age
- ‘Disconnected very soon’: Optus hit with $6.4m fine for misleading NBN claims – The Age
- With calls for the return of glass milk bottles, could the milkman make a comeback? – ABC
- Bureau of Meteorology declares spring 2019 the driest on record – ABC
- Huawei claims 1500 ‘quiet Australians’ to lose jobs due to 5G ban – The Age
- Renewable South Australia posts lowest wholesale prices for second month in row – Renew Economy
- Labor says emissions would be 200m tonnes lower if Greens had supported CPRS – The Guardian
- Be wary of governments bearing gifts… – Interest.co.nz
- The year of delivery: A sympathetic stock-take of Jacinda Ardern’s 2019 – Interest.co.nz