Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Wall Street trader gets 5 years in prison in Ponzi scheme – Fairfield Citizen Online
- Insurance increasingly unaffordable as climate change brings more disasters – Market Watch
- The Largest Companies by Market Cap – Tech Is Eating The World – Asset Dash
- Why Silicon Valley CEOs are such raging psychopaths – NY Post
- How banks can help companies restructure for growth – WEF
Americas:
- The 8 Biggest Corporate Welfare Recipients in America – Cheat Sheet
- Disney is laying off 28,000 employees as pandemic hammers its theme parks – CNN
- New York Region Sees 40% Bankruptcy Surge, Braces for More – Bloomberg
- In 11 of the 18 years that were examined by The Times, Trump paid $0 in federal income taxes – Business Insider
- Actually, the biggest recepient of welfare (that pays no tax) is the Military Industrial Complex – Sharing
- Democrats Release Smaller $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Proposal In Final Bid For Compromise Before Election Day – Forbes
- No forgiveness: Small businesses still on hook for rescue loans – Politico
Europe:
- Finland’s Sanna Marin to represent Sweden at EU summit – Politico
- Macron calls on Europe to quit dependency on US arms – Politico
- Erdogan Has Hidden an Economic Disaster Deep in Turkish Banks – Foreign Policy
- British soldiers will not be prosecuted over involvement in Bloody Sunday – RTE
- Switzerland votes to create nationwide paternity leave – The Hill
- Nokia wins 5G radio equipment contract from Britain’s BT – Reuters
Asia:
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- China’s Economy Comes Roaring Back, Led by Wealthy Consumers – CNBC
- Weibo-owner Sina to Go Private in $2.6 Billion Deal with CEO-led Firm – Reuters
- Mao’s Great Leap Forward ‘killed 45 million in four years’ – Independent
- Ontario Legislature cancels Chinese flag-raising event following outcry – Globe & Mail
- China’s Leaders Can’t Be Trusted – Project Syndicate
- Is China turning Pakistan into a colonial outpost? – SupChina
- American Leaders Sold a Dream of Changing China – Foreign Policy
Trans-Tasman:
- Agency that uncovered sports rorts will be forced to cut back on audits without budget rescue – The Guardian
- Albanese says Coalition should use budget to invest in social housing, skills and manufacturing – The Guardian
- Greens call for federal budget to include funding to fix sports rorts damage – Canberra Times
- Complaints from customers who can’t reach their telco up 1,500 per cent, report finds – ABC
- Queensland government approves $1bn coking coalmine in the Galilee Basin – The Guardian
- Coronavirus fines not being waived despite legitimate excuses, legal centres say – ABC
- How Coal-Loving Australia Became the Leader in Rooftop Solar – NY Times
- Young job seekers to get incentives to go work on farms – The SMH
- BOM declares a La Nina, signalling wet spring and summer likely for northern, eastern Australia – ABC
- Australian universities to cut hundreds of courses as funding crisis deepens – The Guardian
- More money in the bank and more borrowed money on the houses – Interest.co.nz
- Business confidence improving but still in recession mode – Interest.co.nz
- Residential building activity trending down – Interest.co.nz
- ANZ warns that winter heat could turn into summer chill for the housing market – Interest.co.nz