Links 30 January 2020

Global Macro / Markets / Investing:

• US stocks bounce back after virus-fuelled rout – Channel News Asia
• Apple holiday earnings, sales hit record highs beyond expectations – Market Watch
• Biggest companies in world right now – market values – Igorb News
• Dubai set to launch its own tax-free ‘Crypto Valley’ – Decrypt
• Dow Jones sinks more than 400 points amid coronavirus uncertainty – ABC News
• Capital Controls Are Becoming Disturbingly Popular – Bloomberg

Americas:

• GM commits $3 billion to build electric and autonomous vehicles in Michigan – Tech Crunch
• Atari is opening eight video game hotels across the U.S. – Input Mag
• In grinding manufacturing slump, 3M cuts another 1,500 jobs – AP News
• Joe Biden’s Super Pac is Being Organized by Corporate Lobbyists for Healthcare Industry, Weapon Makers and Finance Industry – The Intercept
• California Sued After Concealing $320 Billion In Annual State Payments – Zero Hedge

Europe:

• Greece sells 15-year debt for first time in more than a decade – Gulf Times
• U.S. wants the EU to accept chemical-washed chicken as part of trade deal – LA Times
• Some EU Members Want to Put an End to UK’s Access to EU Databases Post-Brexit – schengenvisainfo.com
• Europe’s plans for a carbon tax could derail trade deal with the US – CNBC
• France launches first wind-powered hydrogen plant – Wind Power Monthly
• Depopulation is eastern Europe’s biggest problem – FT

Asia:

• China Takes Steps to Speed Up Drug, Medical Supply Imports to Fight Virus – Yicai Global
• Kashmiri journalists, news outlets still offline after India partially restores internet – CPJ
• Wuhan Virus Death Toll Jumps to 106, Nearly 1,300 New Cases in China – Channel News Asia
• Denmark refuses to apologise to China over coronavirus cartoon – The Telegraph
• Virus Crisis Exposes Cracks in China’s Facade of Unity – NY Times

Trans-Tasman:

• Greens introduce “Equality Bill” to counter Morrison government’s “Religious Freedom Bill” – Star Observer
• Essential poll: 51% of voters think PM should have sacked Bridget McKenzie over sports rorts – The Guardian
• Government ignored its own criteria in awarding drought grants – ABC
• Australians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated to Christmas Island, Scott Morrison announces – SBS
• ‘Embarrassingly slow’: Australia has fourth slowest broadband in the OECD – New Daily
• Top academics write to Morrison Government asking for ‘deep cuts’ to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions – ABC
• Australia is ‘ground zero’ in climate crisis and must show leadership, top researchers say – The Guardian
• How ‘Murdochracy’ controls the climate debate in Australia – Aljazeera
• Australian lab first outside of China to re-create coronavirus, helping vaccine push – ABC
• Unemployment numbers don’t tell the full story of a tough jobs market – ABC
• Mortgage figures go through the roof – Interest.co.nz