Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Apple Stock Impressively Keeps Rising Beyond $300 – Igorb News
- Last time this ‘clear danger sign’ flashed was in 1999, and we all know what happened next, fund manager warns – Market Watch
- Former Apple store chief Ron Johnson: Amazon is in trouble – Yahoo
- Bitcoin Outperformed by Mysterious Precious Metal With 220% Gains in 2019 – Be In Crypto
- Bitcoin traders openly admit to cashing in on conflict – Coin Rivet
Americas:
- Billionaire Jeff Bezos warns America risks losing tech military supremacy to China – On Tech
- American workers, the engine powering the world’s most potent economy, are dying faster than any other wealthy country – USA Today
- Kudlow says ‘tax cuts 2.0’ will be unveiled later this year during Trump presidential campaign – CNBC
- Our Cities are Tyrannical. What would a Democratic City Look Like? – Medium
- Socialists Will Never Understand Elizabeth Warren – Foreign Policy
Europe:
- Germany has the lowest GDP growth in 6 years – Economo
- The UK has seen the lowest GDP growth since 2012 – Economo
- Ukraine’s economy, hot money, and the impact on the investment outlook – Wandering Investor
- Swiss franc nears 3-year high after U.S. adds it to watchlist – Reuters
- European Union Wants All Smartphones To Have A Standard Charging Port – Fossbytes
- EU lays out 1 trillion-euro plan to support Green Deal – AP News
- EU Commissioner Jourová defends Poland from Russian historical attacks – Politico
Asia:
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- Indian business owners are furious about Amazon’s $1 billion expansion into their country and are calling Jeff Bezos an ‘economic terrorist’ – Business Insider
- US, China sign historic phase one trade deal – Fox Business
- Germany raids offices, homes of suspected China spies – Reuters
- Cambodian Politician Denies “Treason” with US – BBC
- Nepal’s hard-fought press freedom at risk amid restrictive bills, government pressure – CPJ
- China Cries Foul After 60 Countries Congratulate Taiwan’s President Tsai on Re-Election – Taiwan News
Trans-Tasman:
- BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what’s next – The Conversation
- We have already had countless bushfire inquiries. What good will it do to have another? – ABC
- Coalition’s axing of of funding to climate change adaptation body condemned – The Guardian
- New study: changes in climate since 2000 have cut Australian farm profits 22% – The Conversation
- NSW government fails to keep promise to provide regional towns with renewable backup power – The Guardian
- ‘There is no link’: the climate doubters within Scott Morrison’s government – The Guardian
- NDIS minister claims no one has died waiting for the scheme, despite agency revealing 1,279 deaths – The Guardian
- Government used sporting grants as slush fund for re-election campaign – The Age
- Australia on the Chasm of Climate Catastrophe – Counter Punch
- When it comes to the Australian bushfires, Rupert Murdoch is an arsonist – News Week
- Water catchments are covered in bushfire ash, what will happen when it rains? – ABC
- Australia will not hit its 2020 emissions reduction target till 2030 – Renew Economy
- South Australia big batteries earn $1 million over two days – Renew Economy
- ‘Let them drink beer’: The town with no water in Australia’s big drought – CNN
- Tourism industry takes $1b hit as Australians cancel their holidays – The SMH
- Out with a bang: Highest number of house sales for a December month in three years – Interest.co.nz