Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Climate crisis could cause economic recession ‘like we’ve never seen before’, study warns – Independent
- HSBC to Cut 35,000 Jobs and $100 Billion of Assets – WSJ
- Apple sees $43 billion in market value wiped out after warning the coronavirus will push revenue below forecasts – Business Insider
- Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW – Nikkei
- Nouriel Roubini: Beware the white swans of 2020 – FN London
- Mike Bloomberg releases plan to reign in Wall Street – CNBC
- Samsung Poised to Benefit From China Virus Woes Afflicting Apple, Other Rivals – Reuters
Americas:
- President’s Day scrape: Trump, Obama spar over who gets credit for robust U.S. economy – USA Today
- Surprise! Massive Consumer Debt Fueling ‘Record’ Economy – New Max
- Silicon Valley continues losing people as costs rise – CNET
- In Hot U.S. Jobs Market, Half of College Grads Are Missing Out – Bloomberg
- There’s a 70% chance of recession in the next six months, new study from MIT and State Street finds – CNBC
Europe:
- EU puts Cayman Islands, others on tax blacklist – ABC News
- Germany’s GDP growth for 2019 is lowest in seven years – Economo
- Russia bans all Chinese citizens from entering the country – Euro News
- Wary of ‘separatism’, Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams, teachers – Reuters
- Britain’s power system is decarbonising faster than anywhere in the world, report finds – MSN
- Ministers refuse to release secret Brexit studies – The London Economic
- No visas for low-skilled workers, government says – BBC
Asia:
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- Supply Chain Chaos Unfolds At Major Chinese Ports As Frozen Meat Containers Pile Up – Zero Hedge
- Winning: China granting tariff exemptions on 696 U.S. goods as ‘Phase 1’ of trade deal kicks in – National Sentinel
- Jaguar Land Rover to run out of Chinese parts for UK production after two weeks: CEO – Reuters
- Japan Plans HIV Drug Trials to Fight Coronavirus as Diamond Princess Cases Rise – Reuters
- U.S. imposes new rules on state-owned Chinese media over propaganda concerns – Reuters
- China’s handling of coronavirus is a diplomatic challenge for WHO – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Young people dropping private health hurts insurers most, not public hospitals – The Conversation
- Target staff underpaid by $9m, Wesfarmers reveals – The SMH
- Liberals under fire for deleting donation record from Morrison ally up for $1bn contract – The Guardian
- PNG and Pacific troops thanked for deployment during Australia’s bushfire crisis – ABC
- Australia a safe haven for illicit funds, but Cayman Islands the world’s worst – ABC
- BHP boss weighs thermal coal exit – if the price is right – The Age
- Regulatory Chill: tech giants lobby negotiators at secret Swiss talks to subvert national regulators – Michael West
- Gas giant concedes gas demand rises only if climate targets are ignored – Renew Economy
- The double-catch of high LVR borrowing – Interest.co.nz
- National pitches loosening of foreign buyer restrictions as a way of improving housing affordability – Interest.co.nz