Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Government Agency Warns Global Oil Industry Is on the Brink of a Meltdown – Vice
- Amazon Only Paid 1.2% Taxes In 2019 Despite $13 Billion Profit – IB Times
- These companies let people work from anywhere in the world—and they’re hiring – CNBC
- Insiders Are Rushing to Sell their Stocks – Bloomberg
- Turmoil In Global Gas Market – Stock Market News
- Apple now sells more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry – The Verge
Americas:
- The Mormon Church Amassed $100 Billion. It Was the Best-Kept Secret in the Investment World. – WSJ
- Only Andrew Yang understands Trump’s advantage: It’s the Economy, stupid – Washington Examiner
- These Drugs are in US Meat But Not on the Label – Counterpunch
- Trump’s new budget proposal expected to show how far he has moved away from some 2016 campaign promises – Washington Post
- Coronavirus could cost $US280 billion in first quarter – Airline Ratings
- The Grim Facts Behind The Great Employment Numbers – Seeking Alpha
Europe:
- Rebuking Russia, Turkey Pledges to Fund Ukraine’s Military – Daily Signal
- The Forgotten Tragedy of 4,100 Italian Prisoners Who Drowned off Athens(WW2) – Greek Reporter
- Footage emerges of Sinn Fein election van playing pro-IRA song while canvassing – Irish Post
- Exit Polls Showing a 3 Way Tie In Irish Election – RTE
- Domestic violence kills 15 times as many as terrorism in Britain – The Guardian
- ‘We will be independent,’ Catalan regional leader says – Reuters
Asia:
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- Crisis mode’: Coronavirus disrupts the heart of electronics manufacturing in China – CNBC
- Thai Gunman Shot Dead in Mall; 21 Killed, 42 Hurt in Rampage – VOA News
- Japan PM Abe Vows Russia Peace Treaty Talks at Rally for Disputed Islets – Kyodo News
- Hong Kong Imposes New Quarantine Rules Over Virus – BBC
- More leaked footage from China of residents being welded into their homes – YouTube
- C.D.C. and W.H.O. Offers to Help China Have Been Ignored for Weeks – NY Times
- Critics Say China Has Suppressed And Censored Information In Coronavirus Outbreak – NPR
Trans-Tasman:
- A government report has been locked away — but it wasn’t the only thing kept from voters this week – ABC
- Why the Government blocked a law forcing nursing homes to reveal staff and food budgets – ABC
- How is this for some good news: the town of Warwick in southern Queensland has just had two years worth of drinking water flow into its dam. – The Guardian
- South Coast’s Currowan bushfire extinguished as torrential rain falls across NSW – ABC
- 4WD hire firm goes into liquidation as clients chase money owed and court case looms – ABC
- Car seat manufacturers pledge to recycle to help cut down on waste – ABC
- Retrofitting Australia’s post-war suburbia – ABC
- UK, Australia Commit to Free Trade Negotiations – The Diplomat
- Big polluters again allowed to lift emissions without penalty – The Guardian
- Australian democracy is at risk. If we want to save it, we must all play a part – The Guardian
- ‘Antithetical to our Liberal principles’: MPs move to prevent $10,000 cash ban – The SMH
- Time to Jumpstart Australia-Indonesia Economic Relations – The Diplomat
- $26 million of unsold KiwiBuild houses on Govt’s books – Interest.co.nz