Perspective
statista – Is Airbnb Really Cheaper Than A Hotel Room? – Niall McCarthy 1/24
Visual Capitalist: TitleMax – A Decade of Grocery Prices for 30 Common Items – Jeff Desjardins 1/24
Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice
Economist – Why armed intervention is Venezuela is a bad idea – Bello 1/18
NYT – Apple Can’t Resist Playing by China’s Rules – Chen Guangcheng 1/23
- This is in regard to providing its users’ (in China) data to Big Brother.
WSJ – GE Looks Ugly in Its Underwear – Spencer Jakab 1/24
- “GE’s new transparency is welcome, but a focus on cash shows the company is probably no bargain even after its swoon.”
Markets / Economy
WSJ – Daily Shot: Central Bank Net Asset Purchases 1/25
WSJ – A Shortage of Trucks Is Forcing Companies to Cut Shipments or Pay Up – Jennifer Smith 1/25
Cryptocurrency
Tech
FT – Germany threatens curbs on Facebook’s data use – Guy Chazan 1/24
- “Antitrust investigation puts social network’s business model under scrutiny.”
Environment / Science
Economist – How China cut its air pollution 1/25
- “The biggest polluters are state-owned, so government efforts to reduce concentrations of the smallest polluting particles have been effective.”
Health / Medicine
Economist – Obesity: not just a rich-world problem 1/24
- YouTube video
Shipping
WSJ – A Brief History of Shipping – Costas Paris, Thomas Di Fonzo, and Liliana Llamas 1/24
- Video
Britain
FT – ‘Sixty per cent of older buy-to-let loans will become loss making’ – James Pickford 1/24
- “Tax relief changes will have a huge impact on landlords’ mortgages, report finds.”
China
Economist – China is getting tougher on Taiwan – Banyan 1/18
South America
WSJ – Daily Shot: Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Merval Index 1/24
- Reforms in Argentina have been working.
