Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How Amazon Wins: By Steamrolling Rivals and Partners – WSJ
- For millions of jobless, Christmas is a season to endure, not celebrate – Straits Times
- Dow Jones Futures: Trump Threatens To Veto ‘Disgrace’ Of A Stimulus Deal – Investors
- Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers – Brookings
- 1% of the population owns almost half of the world’s wealth – The Swamp
- Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends – AP News
- World food prices are at a six-year high – Economist
Americas:
- Let Them Eat Cake: Congress Approves a $900 Billion Stimulus Package, Billions in Pork Funds, Federal Employees Get a Raise – Bitcoin News
- Trump’s longtime banker at Deutsche Bank resigns – Reuters
- COVID-19 spending bill passes with controversial streaming bill tacked on – Engadget
- In pandemic America’s tent cities, a grim future grows darker – Reuters
- The ugly part of the $900 billion stimulus bill – CNN
- During crucial holiday season, US consumer confidence slumps – AP News
Europe:
- European tech accuses US of using sanctions to shut it out of China – FT
- Irish fear loss of British potatoes post Brexit – Politico
- European stocks steady as worries over new Covid-19 strain ease – Edge Markets
- U.K., EU Near Brexit Trade Deal, Officials Say – WSJ
- Brexit deal or no deal, food bills are about to get a lot more expensive – The Conversation
- UK borrowing hits the highest November level on record – BBC
Asia:
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- Elderly 2.0: China looks to tap digital ‘silver dollar’ – France24
- China’s WeRide Raises $200M From Yutong – The Techee
- Asian stocks gain after Trump criticizes economic aid bill – Republic World
- China says firmly opposes U.S. bill that could remove Chinese firms from U.S. exchanges – Reuters
- The real cost of ocean freight out of Asia is hitting ‘unbelievable’ heights – The Load Star
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian Government declares NBN ‘built and fully operational’; quarter of a million homes can’t even reach 25 mbps – Aus Droid
- Balancing Act: Qantas reaps $1bn from taxpayers, but jobs, flights, fares all up in the air – Michael West
- ‘We can’t be complacent’: Queensland Premier marks 100 days without community transmission – ABC
- Stop believing in fairy tales: Australia’s coal industry doesn’t employ many people or pay its fair share of tax – The Guardian
- Kevin Rudd to register under foreign influence scheme but labels government guidance ‘absurd’ – The Guardian
- WA coastline facing marine heatwave in early 2021, CSIRO predicts – The Guardian
- Australian health officials scramble after Qantas crew member tests Covid-positive – The Guardian
- Australians more worried about Covid recession than health impacts, polling shows – The Guardian
- Michael Pascoe: Government playing Santa – money for beer – New Daily
