Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Calls Grow to Break Up Facebook, Amazon for ‘Mob-Like’ Behavior, Monopoly Power – Democracy Now
- Bezos sells more than $3 billion in Amazon shares – CNBC
- Gold keeps its shine as investors shun dollar – FT
- As dollar slides, some investors fret about its status as world’s reserve currency – Reuters
- Stock Market Crash: Is The End Game Here? – Forbes
- Oil’s Plunge Below Zero Was $500 Million Jackpot for a Few London Traders – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Understanding American Elites Means Understanding Predators – Ian Welsh
- Gone for good? Evidence signals many jobs aren’t coming back – AP News
- Top Federal Reserve official says US needs another lockdown to save economy – The Hill
- American health “care”: How a $175 COVID-19 Test Led to $2,479 in Charges – Propublica
- Layoffs Are Coming at Small Businesses With Loans Running Out – Bloomberg
- One-Third of U.S. Restaurants Face Permanent Closure This Year – MSN
- Construction spending falls for 4th straight month – Axios
- Bring on the ‘eviction tidal wave’: 40 percent of US renters face homelessness as landlords & tenants are encouraged to go to war – RT
Europe:
- ‘Product of theft’: Greece urges UK to return Parthenon marbles – The Guardian
- Switzerland introduces 10-day quarantine for travelers from Spain – Elpais
- Beirut explosion: Parents’ anguish as newborn daughter injured in Beirut blasts – Sky
- Emmanuel Macron to visit Beirut following massive port blast – Politico
- Downturn less severe than feared – Bank of England – BBC
- Coronavirus: Germany warns against travel to parts of Belgium – DW
- EU countries offer support after Beirut blast – Politico
Asia:
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- Japan plans to expand and extend its employment benefits – Economo
- China’s actions risk Hong Kong’s future as global financial center – DW
- Chinese Stocks Rebound by Midday With Robust Chips, Farming – Yicai Global
- Chinese state media slams U.S. as a ‘rogue country’ for its planned ‘smash and grab’ of TikTok – CNBC
- Japan: Bells Toll to Mark 75 Years Since Hiroshima Atomic Bombing – BBC
- South Korea Battles Deadly Floods and Landslides – BBC
- Vietnam Deploys Elite Team to Danang to Curb New Wave of COVID-19 – Nikkei
Trans-Tasman:
- Policing cannabis costs Australia $1.1 billion every year – Pondering Pot
- China ‘exporting CCP speech controls to Australia’ as second university caught in row – Brisbane Times
- Scott Morrison to increase cybersecurity spending to $1.6bn and push for expanded police powers – The Guardian
- Fewer than 10% of Australian tenants received ‘satisfactory’ rent reduction during pandemic – The Guardian
- Peter Dutton confirms Australia could spy on its own citizens under cybersecurity plan – The Guardian
- Australia’s Covid commission risks ‘subversion’ of democracy, academic warns – The Guardian
- Now would be a good time to admit Australia’s childcare system is not fit for purpose – The Guardian
- Jim’s Mowing founder under fire after encouraging franchisees to keep operating during Victoria’s lockdown – SBS
- The Australian government is putting economic storytelling ahead of evidence – The Guardian
- Melbourne’s coronavirus work-from-home rules may have saved outer-suburban workers thousands of dollars – ABC
- House price expectations improve, but slight fall still seen – Interest.co.nz
- ‘Modern Monetary Theory’ not in Robertson’s sights – Interest.co.nz
- Retail NZ says 13% of retailers set to make employees redundant – Interest.co.nz