Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Capitalism is Destroying ‘Safe Operating Space’ for Humanity, Warn Scientists – Nature
- Want to know why the stock market is doing great while many people are struggling? Big Daddy Fed Doesn’t Care About You – Medium
- Fed caps bank dividend payments and suspends share-buybacks for third quarter after stress tests – Market Watch
- The ‘V-Shaped’ Recovery Has Died of Coronavirus – NY Mag
- IMF says valuations of stock and bond markets ‘appear stretched’ – MarketWatch
Americas:
- Treasury sent more than 1 million coronavirus stimulus payments to dead people, congressional watchdog finds – Washington Post
- Tesla gave workers permission to stay home rather than risk getting covid-19. Then it sent termination notices. – Washington Post
- Jobless claims and depressed economy show damage from virus – AP News
- Jobless claims dip to 1.48 million, but slow decline signals choppy economic recovery – MarketWatch
- U.S. first-quarter GDP declines at 5% pace, unrevised from prior estimate – MarketWatch
- Trump tariffs are set to cost U.S. households $2,000 in 2020, research group finds – Yahoo
- Hispanic and lower-income workers most likely to be laid off or furloughed: survey – The Hill
Europe:
- EU pushing ahead with digital tax despite U.S. resistance – Politico
- ‘Abolish whiteness’ academic calls for Cambridge support – The Guardian
- Jihadist and far-right killers most dangerous in EU – EU Observer
- Dutch government to give health care workers a €1000 bonus – Dutch News
- France attacks Turkey’s EU-candidacy prospects – EU Observer
- Coronavirus: Europe cases rise for first time in months. WHO says – BBC
- Forced marriages fell 10% in past year, UK unit reports – The Guardian
- ‘How to lose an election’: Macron gets it all wrong in Paris – Reuters
Asia:
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- Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says – CNN
- US Senate passes bill to punish China for Hong Kong national security law – SCMP
- Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan to continue China resistance – The Guardian
- Huawei Loses Out In Singapore 5G Bid – IB Times
- Three engineers in China secrets case put on US wanted list – The Nations
- 230,000 Died in a Dam Collapse That China Kept Secret for Years – Ozy
- How Europe Fell Out of Love With China – Foreign Policy
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Scathing’ report on environment approvals finds 80 per cent contained errors or were non-compliant – ABC
- NSW MP’s Sydney home raided as ASIO probes China links – The SMH
- Why Australia should make it as easy as possible for smokers to switch to vaping – The SMH
- Ita Buttrose lashes government over handling of ABC funding cuts – The SMH
- Bain set to buy Virgin Australia after Cyrus withdraws bid – The Age
- Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison undeterred on COVID re-opening despite rise in toilet paper index – The Conversation
- Nearly 95,000 customers lose power over cascading gas generator failures – Renew Economy
- Guy Sebastian slammed for Scott Morrison press conference appearance – News.com.au
- Wage theft at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Michael West
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Business Finance Guarantee Scheme unveiled without banks’ agreement – Interest.co.nz
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Robertson unveils funding boost for the RBNZ – Interest.co.nz