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What We’re Reading – Week of 07/12/2019

Below you will find the articles on economics, investing, and finance that we found most interesting for the week.

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

 

Investors are finally pushing back on corporate debt issuers.

Article via Barrons ($)

 

Heavy debt humbles China’s business champions.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

Junk-rated bonds in Europe are yielding less than zero percent.  This is going to end well.

Article via Bloomberg

 

Texas towns are used to the boom and bust of the oil cycle, but one town found out the Bitcoin cycle isn’t much better.

Article via Wired

 

As technology changes things, Amazon steps up training of its own employees.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)