Global Macro / Markets / Investment:
- The world’s 2,153 billionaires are richer than 4.6 billion people combined – Business Insider
- Boeing is in talks to borrow $10 billion or more as 737 Max crisis wears on – CNBC
- One Well Paid Scapegoat: Boeing’s Ousted CEO Receives No Severance—But $80 Million in ‘Pre-Existing Benefits’ – Observer
- US Repo Market Has Pumped $500 Billion by FED. Where Does It End? – Coin Rise
- The green swan (Central banking and financial stability in the age of climate change) – BIS
Americas:
- Silicon Valley Abandons the Culture That Made It the Envy of the World – The Atlantic
- Former health insurance executive: Current system is bankrupting country – The Hill
- Can Michigan’s Upper Peninsula be the next haven for remote workers? – Medium
- Decade After Recession, Tax Revenue Higher in 45 States – PEW Trusts
- The Americans dying because they can’t afford medical care – The Guardian
Europe:
- EU invests €1 trillion to make its economy more ecology-friendly – Torno News
- EU to expand sanctions on Turkey over east Mediterranean gas drilling – Ahval News
- Norway’s governing coalition collapses over ISIS repatriation – CNN
- Erdogan claims that Crete, islands have no continental shelf – Ekathiminerini
- Malaysia returns 42 containers of ‘illegal’ plastic waste to UK – BBC
- Germany breaks S Korea’s streak as most innovative nation – Business Times
- France signals support for Greece as Turkey pushes demands in East Med – Ekathiminerini
Asia:
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- Why even a protest-hit Hong Kong won’t lose its IPO crown to Singapore – SCMP
- Malaysia Sends Back Trash, Declines to Be World’s Waste Bin – Japan Times
- Mitsubishi Electric Data Likely Compromised in Massive Cyberattack Blamed on Chinese Group – Kyodo News
- SARS-like Virus Spreads in China, Fueling Outbreak Fears Ahead of Lunar New Year Holiday – Japan Times
- Suicides in Japan Fell Below 20,000 to Record Low Last Year – Japan Times
- University of Maryland shuts down first Confucius Institute in US – Taiwan News
- China orders school books be destroyed and reprinted with ‘thoughts of hero Xi Jinping’ – Express
Trans-Tasman:
- Experts Argue Why Our Farmers Need to ‘Get Out’ Instead of Being ‘Bailed Out’ – 10 Daily
- World’s water bombing fleet idle as Australia burns – Independent
- The Reserve Bank has been warned it may have to buy up coal mines and fossil-fuel power stations as part of extraordinary actions to save the economy – The SMH
- Most Australian chief executives believe climate crisis a threat to business – The Guardian
- Unchecked population growth will have a dramatic impact on our quality of life – Community News
- Scott Morrison says the government is acting on emissions. Is it true? – The Guardian
- Australian bushfires: Bushfire victims struggling to get government help – News.com.au
- Canberra hailstorm damages valuable research as record number of emergency calls lodged – ABC
- How rorting sporting grants became a bipartisan game. – John Menadue
- How high will the housing market fly in 2020? – Interest.co.nz
- Revisions to GDP cause headaches for forecasting – Interest.co.nz