Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Global trends – BP to sell headquarters in shift to work at home – Straits Times
- The world can survive even without the World Economic Forum in Davos – Economo
- Big Oil Is in Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic. – NY Times
- How Can the Value of the Stock Market Continue to Rise Forever? – Medium
- U.S dollar set to register its fourth consecutive monthly decline, longest losing streak since 2017 – Crypto Price
- US Tech Stocks Worth More Than Entire European Stock Market – Decrypt
- Going all-in on remote work: The technical and cultural changes – Ars Technica
- COVID-19 may have aroused Schumpeter’s process of creative destruction – Economic Daily
Americas:
- With Canada and Mexico borders closed, Americans are trapped in their own healthcare system – CNN
- Colleges crack down on student behavior as virus threatens more closures – Politico
- Cautious consumers are the engine of the uneven stock market boom in the US – Economo
- Would USA accept the Texas of Canada: Alberta, as a new state? – Edmonton Journal
- Trump administration ends election security briefings – AP News
- Top U.S. general foresees no military role in resolving disputed election – Reuters
- Hillary Clinton says Joe Biden should not concede on election night ‘under any circumstances’ – Fox News
Europe:
- Italy continues to expect a single-digit decline in GDP this year – Finances Herald
- Will the Strong Economic Rebound in the UK Quickly Lose Momentum? – Econoblog
- French FM calls for coordinated European response to Turkey – ekathimerini.com
- China warns Czech senate speaker will pay ‘heavy price’ for Taiwan visit – CNBC
- Turkey defies EU ultimatum, threatens with war – Euractiv
- Risk of terror attacks in France remains extremely high, says interior minister – France24
Asia:
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- The services sector is driving the recovery of Chinese economic activity – Economo
- Cheng Lei: Australian anchor on Chinese TV detained in China – BBC
- India Sets Global Record with Single-day Rise of 78,761 Coronavirus Cases – Reuters
- China sentences second Canadian citizen to death in two days – Independent
- Pushing back against the Chinese Communist Party’s coercive diplomacy – The Strategist
- China faces anger in Inner Mongolia after requiring Mandarin-language classes – Washington Post
Trans-Tasman:
- Kerry O’Brien tells Q&A Australia’s political system is letting down younger generation, fears we’re going down same path as US – ABC
- Facebook threatens to remove news from platforms in Australia – The SMH
- Labor’s Andrew Leigh accuses companies of misusing jobkeeper to pay executive bonuses – The Guardian
- Victorian man who tested positive for COVID-19 stopped while trying to enter Queensland – ABC
- A bit rich: Australian business groups want urgent climate action, after resisting it for 30 years – The Conversation
- And the blame game goes round and round: ScoMo and News Corp on the China carousel – Crikey
- When coronavirus supplement is cut, singles will be able to afford only six Sydney rentals – The Guardian
- Influx of renewables sees coal power plants run well below capacity increasing chance of closures – The Guardian
- Australian universities’ secret ties to China to be investigated – News.com.au
- Students face 20 years of debt under university fee changes, modelling finds – The SMH
- Navigating Australia’s mutual obligation system has been humiliating and counterproductive – The Guardian
- New dwelling consents issued since Level 4 lockdown at their highest level since the 1970s. – Interest.co.nz
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- New residential property listings up 16% in August year-on-year – Interest.co.nz