Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Global car sales hit the brakes, mass layoffs by Nissan and Ford – Wheelsjoint
- Ford posts $1.7 billion quarterly loss, offers weak 2020 forecast – Reuters
- Oil prices are falling again – kuhinjskecarolije.com
- Koch Industries acquires Infor in deal pegged at nearly $13B – Tech Crunch
- ‘I’m not a robot’: Amazon workers condemn unsafe, grueling conditions at warehouse – The Guardian
- Bitcoin breaks 500 million transaction milestone – Decrypt
- The mysterious disappearance of Google’s click metric – Zdnet
- The Shadowy World of Really Big Oil: National Oil Companies Are Economic Giants – IMF
Americas:
- Macy’s Closing 125 Stores, Cutting 2,000 Jobs As Mall Stores Struggle – NPR
- Trump Wants You to Believe He Saved the U.S. Economy – Vice
- Older workers aren’t just working longer—they’re job-hopping longer too – UpJohn
- Workers are forming unions at nonprofits and think tanks – Washington Post
- Trump Didn’t Make This Economy – The Atlantic
- ‘Inherent Anarchy’: US Capitalist Housing System Leaves 1.5 Million Students Homeless – Sputnik News
- Private sector job growth blows past Wall Street’s expectations in January with 291,000 added – Fox Business
Europe:
- UK tech giant founder arrested over US extradition – BBC
- UK regulator bans Ryanair’s ‘misleading’ green adverts – Techxplore
- Russian economy grew by 1.3% in 2019 – Economo
- Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums – BBC
- Polish ‘LGBTI-free zones’ not ok, says EU commission – Eurobserver
- Liberals and conservatives team up with far-right in Germany to oust left-wing state premier – Independent
Asia:
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- Chinese government considers reducing its economic growth targets in 2020 – Economo
- Alibaba Group says orders might be delayed, avoids citing coronavirus – Malay Mail
- China prints $174 billion to offset economic effects of coronavirus – Decrypt
- Journalists covering elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh attacked, harassed – CPJ
- Thailand Sees Apparent Success Treating Coronavirus with Drug Cocktail of Anti-Virals – Japan Times
- India Announces Measures to Revive Sputtering Economy – VOA News
Trans-Tasman:
- Adani agrees to plead guilty for giving ‘false or misleading documents to an administering authority’ – ABC
- Greens want coal levy to fund more paid firefighters – The SMH
- ‘Like terrorists’: Malcolm Turnbull assails Liberal climate deniers – The Age
- Hazard reduction burning had little to no effect in slowing this summer’s bushfires – The Guardian
- Sharp jump in electric vehicle sales underscores ‘untapped potential’ – The SMH
- Morrison staffer who helped club win grant caught on video urging crowd to vote Liberal – The Guardian
- Drinking water to be trucked into more than a dozen West Australian towns due to ‘unprecedented’ dry – ABC
- Foodbank seeks federal funding under unprecedented demand in wake of bushfires – ABC
- Scott Morrison says he won’t be ‘bullied’ on climate by inner city voters – SBS
- China coronavirus fears prompts desperate tourists to try and extend their Australian holidays – ABC
- Josh Frydenberg warns of ‘significant impact’ of coronavirus on economy – The SMH
- Cashless welfare card: how does it work and what changes is the government proposing? – The Guardian
- Is low growth the new normal for advanced economies? – Interest.co.nz
- The average value of all homes throughout the country is now $714,747 – Interest.co.nz