Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- SXSW cancels its 400K-person conference due to coronavirus – Tech Crunch
- Crude futures sink 9% Friday, the worst daily drop in more than five years – DTNPF
- Berkshire Hathaway Backs Away From Canadian Gas Project – Stock Market News
- The Rich Are Preparing for Coronavirus Differently – NY Times
- Equities market continues to be well supported by local institutions – Bernama
- When did the dollar cease to be a safe haven? – Asia Times
- COVID-19 Risk Rises For U.S. And Global Economies – Stock Market News
- Global bond rally points to recession – Asia Times
Americas:
- A $60 Billion Housing Grab by Wall Street – NY Times
- U.S. judge says Amazon likely to succeed in Defense cloud contract challenge – Reuters
- Farmers unions call four-day strike after rise in soy duties – BA Times
- The Case for a Big Coronavirus Stimulus – WSJ
- Fed’s Rosengren: Fed Needs to Broaden Assets It Can Buy – WSJ
- Trump Says Coronavirus Will Help the Economy by Stopping All Travel – NY Mag
- US Jobs Report Blows Away Expectations; Economy Adds 273,000 Jobs (175,000 Were Projected), Unemployment down to 3.5% – NY Post
Europe:
- Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts – AP news
- Russia’s Defiance Sets the Stage for Oil Price ‘Bloodbath’ – Foreign Policy
- Coronavirus: Italy to ‘quarantine 10 million people’ in Lombardy – BBC
- Coronavirus: Italy planning to quarantine entire Lombardy region plus Venice and other areas – Independent
- EU-Turkey deal is ‘dead’ – ekathimerini.com
- Leader of Italy’s co-ruling democratic party tests positive to coronavirus – Reuters
Asia:
Advertisement
- China tech firm to sell dating app Grindr for $608 million – Tech Xplore
- China January-February Exports Tumble 17.2% – Stock Market News
- South Korea regulates crypto trading – Forex Brokerz
- 70 People Trapped as Coronavirus Quarantine Hotel Collapses in China – Independent
- Thailand Judge Dies in Apparent Suicide Protesting Judicial System – DW
- Special Report: Before Coronavirus, China Bungled Swine Epidemic with Secrecy – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Inaccuracies and unfairness’: Infected GP demands apology from health minister – The SMH
- Melbourne professor quits after health department pressures her over data breach – The Guardian
- Man who tested positive to coronavirus worked at Hobart’s Grand Chancellor Hotel pending test results – ABC
- After fires, loggers move into Toolangi forest – Saturday Paper
- With borrowing effectively free, why be scared of government debt? – The Guardian
- Melbourne GP clinic closed after doctor tests positive for coronavirus – ABC
- Scott Morrison’s misleading hedges – Saturday Paper
- How does coronavirus compare to Spanish flu? COVID-19 has important differences to the 1918 outbreak – ABC News
- Scott Morrison refuses to take questions about timing of changes to sports grants – The Guardian
- The end of plentiful labour – Interest.co.nz
- Rub of the green? Auckland’s urban boundary and land prices – Interest.co.nz
- The long read: Improving New Zealand’s productivity – Interest.co.nz
-
Advertisement