Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Charging patients just $10 more for medications leads to more deaths – VOX
- What To Do on the Stock Market in 2021? Warren Buffett Advises You To Bet on America. His confidence in America is unshakeable. – Medium
- Is Inflation a Risk? Not Now, but Some See Danger Ahead – WSJ
- Countries urge drug companies to share vaccine know-how – AP News
- Oil executives say demand will rise, despite emphasis on renewables – Reuters
Americas:
- A Trader Joe’s employee called for stronger coronavirus measures. The company fired him. – Washington Post
- Biden tells Amazon not to meddle in union vote – FT
- Richest 100 Americans Would Pay $78 Billion Under Warren Tax – Forex Somali
- ‘It just sucks’: America’s jobless owe thousands of dollars in taxes on their unemployment – Washington Post
- Virus Did Not Bring Financial Rout That Many States Feared – NY Times
- Warren Revives Wealth Tax, Citing Pandemic Inequalities – NY Times
- US risks losing semiconductor edge, commission warns – FT
Europe:
- Brexodus from City of London to the EU slows – Reuters
- Banks in Germany Tell Customers to Take Deposits Elsewhere: “More customers are having to pay negative rates as savings have surged amid the pandemic” – WSJ
- France’s ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to prison for bribery – Spiegel
- New EU ‘right to repair’ laws require technology to last for a decade – Independent
- EU law requires companies to fix electronic goods for up to 10 years – Euro News
- Austria has failed in fight against corruption, says Council of Europe – Euro News
Asia:
- Japanese companies go high-tech in the battle against food waste – Reuters
- Chinese firms expand in UK despite the pandemic – China Daily
- China Charges Ahead With a National Digital Currency – DigiWorld News
- China’s Seniors, Seeking Retirement Homes, Find Scams Instead – NY Times
- China: preferred leisure activities among millionaires 2020 – Statista
Trans-Tasman:
- Two-thirds of Australians think government more interested in protecting itself than women – The Guardian
- Former PM Malcolm Turnbull says Minister involved in historical rape allegation should ‘front up’ amid calls for independent inquiry – ABC
- Liberal Party rape: Photo of alleged victim and Minister on night of claimed incident – News.com.au
- Australian music legend Michael Gudinski dies aged 68 – The SMH
- National security watchdog launches investigation into secret trial of Witness J – ABC
- Victorian mental health royal commission final report finds system operates in crisis mode – ABC
- Charting the jab: Australia misses the target in first week of COVID-19 vaccine rollout – ABC
- Business Council of Australia says once vulnerable Australians have been vaccinated, “economically damaging” state border closures should come to an end. – ABC
- RBNZ reminds markets it could up its bond-buying if bond yields keep rising – Interest.co.nz
- Sharp drop in new home completions in Auckland at the end of 2020 – Interest.co.nz
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