Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Global digital money transfer transactions to reach 2 billion by 2024 – IT News
- Global Financial Crisis Can Be Triggered By The Trade War – Daily Billboard
- Global Economic Growth Is The Lowest In A Decade: Why Is Wall Street Racing To The Moon? – Forbes
Americas:
- There are 308 million americans. In theory, the Politicians listen to all of them. But 156 individuals – the top 0.01% – paid HALF the U.S. Presidential Election – NY Times
- Big Pharma Is Literally Poisoning Us – Truth Dig
- U.S. clean energy investment hits new record despite Trump administration views – Reuters
- War boon for US military – Morning Star
- Mike Bloomberg is assembling a team of wealthy donors – CNBC
- JPMorgan Chase records the biggest profit of any bank in US history – WSWS
- Warning: Argentine Default Imminent – Epoch Times
- SHAME. Because Biden can not defend his horrible record on calling for cuts to social security, he has resorts to flat out LIES on Bernie Sanders – Politico
Europe:
- France Economy – is it on the verge of collapse? – Igorb
- Putin, a criminal and incompetent president, is an enemy of his own people – The Guardian
- ‘You’re stealing our water!’: Germans protest against Tesla gigafactory. – Reuters
- Swedish PM calls for ‘dramatic reduction’ in refugee numbers – The Local
- Greece responds to Erdogan’s aggressive remarks ahead of Berlin meeting – Ekathimerini
- EU denies reports of further Turkey aid cuts – DW
- Chinese official in hot water after branding Sweden ‘lightweight’ – Reuters
- Sweden summons Chinese ambassador over threats to media – The Local
Asia:
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- Why even a protest-hit Hong Kong won’t lose its IPO crown to Singapore – SCMP
- Chinese Government Poses Global Threat to Human Rights – HRW
- Organisers of Hong Kong protest exhibition in Ukraine say Chinese embassy tried to pressure them to cancel – Hong Kong FP
- China’s Biggest Round of Drug Price Cuts Crowds Out Global Firms – Bloomberg
- China’s Future Is South Korea’s Present – Foreign Affairs
- Hong Kong cancels Chinese New Year celebrations – Aljazeera
Trans-Tasman:
- Your government does not want corruption investigated – The SMH
- Scott Morrison says NSW minister Matt Kean ‘doesn’t know what he’s talking about’ on climate – The Guardian
- Fears that 80% of the Blue Mountains are lost; a huge blow to protected species in the area – SBS
- Government rejected several offers on water rights before reaching $80m deal – The Guardian
- Joe Hockey hits taxpayers with $45,000 bill for US garden party – New Daily
- RBA should stop pretending there is any more it can usefully do – The SMH
- Bushfires and storms threaten water supply and much more – University of Melbourne
- Australian house prices keep rising, but former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane can’t see a crash coming – ABC
- Australia wind and solar investment plunges as Coalition turns blind eye to transition – Renew Economy
- Boost to economy from low interest rates ‘undeniable’ – especially in housing market – Interest.co.nz
- Will the 2020 election be ‘nasty’ or ‘nice’? – Interest.co.nz
- Decomposing the NZ economy…and Australia’s – Interest.co.nz