Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis – according to new report – BBC
- It’s Not The Coronavirus, But The Debt That Will Kill The Economy – Seeking Alpha
- The Private Goldman Sachs Coronavirus Meeting That’s Setting The Internet On Fire – Forbes
- Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Declare Global Recession Underway – Yahoo
- Coronavirus creating solar industry ‘crisis’ – Reuters
Americas:
- Looks like Trump is considering sending money out to cushion the blow of covid19 – Apple News
- U.S. Airlines Ask for Bailout as They Spent 96% of Free Cash Flow on Buybacks from 2010-2019 – Bloomberg
- Trump’s attempt to buy a coronavirus vaccine shows why big pharma needs to change – The Guardian
- Koch-backed groups reject bailouts to help fight coronavirus impact – The Hill
- America could lose 1 million jobs in March, former Trump adviser warns – CNN
- Amazon to hire 100K new warehouse, delivery workers and raise pay – The Hill
- Why America Can’t Respond to the Current Crisis – Truth Dig
- Treasury and IRS to delay tax payment deadline by 90 days – CNBC
- Hospitality industry warns millions will be laid off in days, not weeks – Washington Examiner
Europe:
- European Union Ban Entry All Schengen Area Borders – Stock Market News
- Thieves steal 50,000 facemasks from Cologne hospital – DW
- EU Decides to Close All Schengen Borders For 30 Days – schengenvisainfo.com
- Coronavirus: Chancellor unveils £330bn support for UK economy – BBC
- Independent Scotland could re-enter EU within ‘four to five years’ – The National
- France could nationalize big companies if necessary: finance minister – Reuters
Asia:
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- China Bans Americans Working for WSJ, NYT, WaPo – WSJ
- Taiwan’s Air Force Again Scrambles Jets to Warn Off Chinese Air Force – Japan Times
- India Could Be Next Virus Hotspot with an ‘Avalanche’ of Cases – Bloomberg
- India Expands Travel Bans to its Own Passport Holders – Straits Times
- Minister Says Singapore Will Not Be Short of Food After Malaysia Shuts Border – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Welfare recipients on cashless debit card will have $750 stimulus payment quarantined – The Guardian
- Woolworths implements strictest buying limits yet across most items – The SMH
- COVID-19 panic buying prompts new laws so Queensland supermarkets can restock all hours – ABC
- Australian doctors issue urgent plea for governments to ramp up coronavirus response – ABC
- City ‘vultures’ are slammed after travelling to rural towns ‘by the busload’ to clear out regional supermarkets in a panic buying frenzy – MSN
- Motorists fined more than $850k under new mobile phone penalties in Queensland in first six weeks – ABC
- Virgin Australia grounds international fleet amid coronavirus pandemic – ABC
- Australians more concerned about economy than health in coronavirus pandemic – The SMH
- Too Big To Fail: Qantas, the corporate elite and the coronavirus – Michael West
- Will Coronavirus make remote working the new norm? – Interest.co.nz
- House buyers remain upbeat in the face of coronavirus threat – Interest.co.nz
- NZ’s largest business lobby group calls for people to work from home – Interest.co.nz