Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Gold Hits $2,000 For the First Time In History As Dollar Extends Declines – The Street
- Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is the 2nd Virgin airline to declare bankruptcy as the pandemic rips apart the industry – Business Insider
- Stock Market Crash: Is The End Game Here? – Forbes
- Disney shakes up streaming approach after losing nearly $5 billion due to pandemic – Market Watch
- Oil’s Plunge Below Zero Was $500 Million Jackpot for a Few London Traders – Bloomberg
- London Traders Hit $500 Million Jackpot When Oil Went Negative – Bloomberg
Americas:
- American health “care”: How a $175 COVID-19 Test Led to $2,479 in Charges – Pro Publica
- Construction spending falls for 4th straight month – Axios
- Fitch lowers its outlook on U.S. credit rating to ‘negative’ – Inquirer
- Credit card debt is growing during the pandemic – KxNet
- Upgrade fading offices or convert them to residential in the age of COVID-19 and Work From Home? – Globe & Mail
- Bring on the ‘eviction tidal wave’: 40 percent of US renters face homelessness as landlords & tenants are encouraged to go to war – RT
- Rents plunge in priciest US cities; San Fran, NYC, Boston, DC lead collapse – Wolf Street
Europe:
- Greece expresses ‘profound sorrow’ over deadly Beirut blast, offers help – ekathimerini.com
- Macron’s approval just went beyond 50% – Reuters
- The other Putin on Europe’s doorstep: Is Turkey the new Russia? – Irish Examiner
- Germany already in ‘second, shallow wave,’ doctors’ union says – Politico
- Nearly half of Germans support withdrawal of US troops: survey – DW
- Citizens in Brexit Britain clamour for German passports, study shows – Irish Times
Asia:
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- Chinese state media slams U.S. as a ‘rogue country’ for its planned ‘smash and grab’ of TikTok – CNBC
- Chinese Stocks Rebound by Midday With Robust Chips, Farming – Yicai Global
- Indonesia’s Economy Contracts for First Time in 20 Years – Nikkei
- Uighur model sends rare video from Chinese detention – BBC
- ‘The fear is real’: Chinese students in Australia dread reprisal from Beijing – The Age
- China warning: President Xi ‘more powerful’ than Chairman Mao, minister fears – Express
Trans-Tasman:
- The ABC’s punishment of Alberici sends a message to other journalists – Crikey
- Australian embassy ‘considerably’ damaged in Beirut blast, one Australian killed – ABC
- University of Melbourne in decade-long ‘wage theft’ case – ABC
- ‘I’m now thinking of retraining’: Uni fee hike could see social worker exodus – The SMH
- ‘Can’t do it all’: Chris Bowen says ALP must narrow its focus ahead of next federal election – The Guardian
- All residents returning to NSW from Victoria must go into hotel quarantine – The SMH
- The Australian government is putting economic storytelling ahead of evidence – The Guardian
- ‘Fringe dwellers’: Marles says Labor won’t let backbench MPs dictate China policy – The SMH
- Lockdown plays havoc with employment figures in June quarter – Interest.co.nz
- QV says housing values flattening around NZ, starting to decline in Auckland, Queenstown & Dunedin – Interest.co.nz