Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Microsoft’s revenue growth rarely falters. So its 2% increase in the latest quarter, the slowest in over five years, is alarming – Reuters
- A US research firm has accused Adani of pulling “the largest con in corporate history” – Quartz
- An NYSE glitch affected caused a market mayhem resulting in Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo shares crashing over 10% – Insider Business
- Rupert Murdoch has called off plans to reunite the two halves of his media empire, News Corp and Fox Corp – Reuters
- EU Gas Price Cap Could Trigger Significant Changes In Markets – ZH
Americas:
- Microsoft’s Changes to Xbox Console Leave Republicans Outraged – Newsweek
- Former vice-president Mike Pence is the latest to have classified documents discovered at his home – AFR
- Two more papers found in Trump’s storage last year were marked secret – Guardian (check for sharpie marks!)
- Man dies after dog steps on rifle, causing it to discharge, Kansas officials say – NBC
- Texas senator proposes gun laws allowing school shooting victims to sue state, impose firearms tax – ABC
- George Santos Admits 500K Personal Loan to Campaign Wasn’t ‘Personal’ – DailyBeast
- McCarthy says Santos will be removed from office if Ethics panel finds he broke law – The Hill (sure…right…)
Europe:
- ‘No return to the past’: the man leading Ukraine’s fightback against corruption – Guardian
- Hundreds of Amazon workers in the UK are striking today as part of unprecedented industrial action – Bloomberg
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is poised to deliver more than a dozen of his country’s Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine – WaPo
Asia:
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- India’s maiden sovereign green bond fetches a better-than-expected discount as the government takes baby steps to raise funds for its transition to cleaner energy – Bloomberg
- Japan’s Itochu, Idemitsu Kosan and Eneos will begin a project aimed at starting large-scale carbon storage services in the country by fiscal 2030 – NikkeiAsia
- Chinese district ‘deeply apologises’ for bungled Covid mass testing notice – SCMP
- Shares in Adani Group companies fell after US activist investor Hindenburg Research said it was shorting the empire’s stocks and accused firms owned by Asia’s richest man of corporate malpractice – AFR
- Pakistan is hurtling toward an oil crisis, distributors and some officials warn, as a prolonged shortage of dollars wreaks havoc throughout the economy – NikkeiAsia
Trans-Tasman:
- Jacinda Ardern was mobbed as she left New Zealand’s Parliament, completing a transition that began with her shock resignation last week – AFR
- Australia debates barring Kanye West from entry over ‘appalling’ anti-Semitic behaviour – SCMP
- Australians urged to ditch ‘tough on crime’ mindset for youth justice as it does not work – Guardian
- Teachers fast tracked into classrooms with promise to scrap two-year qualification – SMH
- Almost 50% of Tasmanians are ‘functionally illiterate’ – News.com
- Documents show no sign Albanese government lobbied the US to bring Julian Assange home – Michael West
- Inflation rises more than forecast, increasing rate hike odds – ABC
- Fossil fuels fall to record low in power grid as renewables hit new high – SMH
Other:
- Microsoft says widespread problems with its online services, including Outlook and Teams, were caused by networking issues – Bloomberg
- ‘This is an exciting time!’ How Scotland’s whisky industry went from bust to boom – Guardian (oh, for a drop right now!)
- Saudi Arabia accidentally printed thousands of textbooks containing this image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charter – BBC