Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Top 100 Hedge Funds: Smaller Funds Hit the Mark – Barron’s
- All In: Hedge Funds Are The Most Levered Since 2014 – Zero Hedge
- Tech companies are distancing themselves from big data – Quartz
Americas:
- U.S. Allies Brace for Trade War as Tariff Negotiations Stall – NY Times
- T-Mobile, Sprint say $26 billion deal would give U.S. tech lead over China – Reuters
- The Reinvention of America – The Atlantic
- Why Working on the Railroad Comes With a $25,000 Signing Bonus – WSJ
- The Dangers of Undoing Dodd-Frank – New Yorker
- The silent recovery: how much longer can America’s long, slow boom last? – The Guardian
- Big Oil Firms Hold Back on Drilling – WSJ
Europe:
- Blockchain Will Be Theirs, Russian Spy Boasted at Conference – NY Times
- Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary – BBC
- Amber Rudd letter to PM reveals ’ambitious but deliverable’ removals target – The Guardian
- Britain, France and Germany agree on support for Iran nuclear deal – Reuters
- The World Owes One to France, Big Time – NY Times
- France seizes France.com from man who’s had it since ‘94, so he sues – Ars Technica
- Theresa May urged to sack Brexit negotiator Oliver Robbins as cabinet revolts over customs – The Times
- Brexit Failure Looks More Likely Every Day – Bloomberg
- Exposed: Russian Twitter bots tried to swing general election for Jeremy Corbyn – The Times
- Europe Wants a Robot Army to Challenge the U.S. and China on AI – Bloomberg
- EU Sounds Trade-War Alarm as Trump Points Gun `at Our Head’ – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- U.S. sees tech war with China deepening – Bloomberg
- The new Chinese state – Foreign Affairs
- GOP fundraiser’s China connection – NY Times
- China leads asylum seekers in the U.S. – Axios
- WeChat’s fake news problem – CJR
- Xi Jinping claims progress on national security in meeting of secretive commission – SCMP
- China’s Live-Fire Drill in the Taiwan Strait: A Case Study in Psychological Warfare – Taiwan Sentinel
Trans-Tasman:
- Supply increase makes no impact on Sydney’s rental market as tenants struggle to pay – ABC
- Condemning a generation of renters to years of hardship – The Age
- The banks, the Government and the half-trillion-dollar super grab – ABC
- Welfare integrity is a two-way street for Centrelink clients – Canberra Times
- Big Sugar and the ‘big flaw’ in Australia’s federal health programs – ABC
- Australia must overhaul ‘industrial’ school model, says Gonski-chaired review – The Guardian
- Gonski report recommends moving away from mass learning to tailored education – ABC
- Expo 88: Revisiting memories of Brisbane’s defining moment 30 years on – ABC
- Government plan to access citizens’ bank statements, health data, and phone records – MSN
- Alinta announces official bid for AGL’s Liddell coal power station – The Guardian
- The real cost of attending a Melbourne state school – The Age
- Federal budget $7bn better than forecast as ‘rivers of gold’ flow, Deloitte predicts – The Age
- Will you drop out of university? Report reveals the Australian students at risk – The Guardian
- Climate change: Australia’s position is unconscionable for a wealthy country – ABC
- Australia gets UN to delete criticism of Murray-Darling basin plan from report – The Guardian
- So most negative gearers earn below $80,000? Well, here’s the catch – The Guardian
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‘Brakes will go on household debt’ – Interest.co.nz
- First home buyers strong in the market – Interest.co.nz
