Biden Orders “Immediate Halt” Of US Federal Aid For Oil, Gas And Coal Projects Overseas

Biden Orders “Immediate Halt” Of US Federal Aid For Oil, Gas And Coal Projects Overseas

Biden finds himself in a bind: having (finally) realized that any aggressive crackdown on domestic oil producers means sharply higher energy prices, the president is also jugging an increasingly displeased contingent of “green new deal” progressives who demand he do...
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Bitcoin-Backed Bonds Are Coming To Wall Street

Bitcoin-Backed Bonds Are Coming To Wall Street

Goldman Sachs, and a handful of othe tier-one US banks, are figuring out how to use bitcoin as collateral for cash loans to institutions, according to three people familiar with the plans. Emulating tri-party repo type arrangements (a way of...
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Pentagon Orders New Probe into Syria Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians

Pentagon Orders New Probe into Syria Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians

As western journalists, analysts and law professors with cognitive insufficiencies are mentally incapable of understanding that the presence of US troops in Syria is totally illegal, the Pentagon has taken some fuzzy initiative. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...
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Nvidia CEO: Metaverse could save companies billions

Nvidia CEO: Metaverse could save companies billions

Companies are investing money into the creation of the so-called metaverse because it may ultimately save them significant chunks of change in the real world, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC’s Jim Cramer. In an interview on “Mad Money,” Huang...
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Ukraine Naftogaz: Russia won’t extend gas transit deal

Ukraine Naftogaz: Russia won’t extend gas transit deal

Russia does not want to extend its gas transit contract with Ukraine after 2024 when the current deal ends, the head of the Kiev-based state-run oil and gas company Naftogaz claimed on Monday. Speaking to Reuters, Yury Vitrenko said that...
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Macau Top Gambling Boss Arrested

Macau Top Gambling Boss Arrested

Shares in Macau casino operators fell Monday after a top gambling boss was arrested over illegal virtual betting activities. Macau’s judiciary police announced they arrested Suncity Group Holdings Ltd. CEO Alvin Chau after he established overseas gamblin...
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ACS Risk Biomarkers Significantly Increase After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine

ACS Risk Biomarkers Significantly Increase After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine

The risk of developing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) significantly increased in patients after receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2021, held from November 13 to 15, 2021...
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China Regulators Halt New Tencent Apps

China Regulators Halt New Tencent Apps

Tencent Holdings Ltd. shares in Hong Kong slid on Wednesday after Chinese regulators ordered the internet services giant based in Shenzhen to halt updating and publishing new apps. The regulator wanted to review existing apps to make sure they complied with.....
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FDA is going to take 55 years to disclose all of the Pfizer vaccine data

FDA is going to take 55 years to disclose all of the Pfizer vaccine data

The 1967 FOIA law requires federal agencies to respond to information requests within 20 business days. However, the time it takes to actually get the documents “will vary depending on the complexity of the request and any backlog of requests already...
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Lawmakers Question Biden’s Unconstitutional Ongoing Occupation Of Syria

Lawmakers Question Biden’s Unconstitutional Ongoing Occupation Of Syria

A bipartisan group of 30 House representatives penned a letter to President Biden questioning US airstrikes and the US military presence in Syria. In February and June of this year, the US bombed Shia militia targets in Syria and cited Article...
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Two FED Presidents Hit The Alarm Over The Broken Treasury Market

Two FED Presidents Hit The Alarm Over The Broken Treasury Market

In the usual post-FOMC meeting jawboning circus, today we had not one but two Fed officials discussing not the topic du jour – Fed policy errors and soaring inflation – but something far more ominous: the broken Treasury market. Just...
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UK: National security probe of nVidia’s $54 Billion ARM deal

UK: National security probe of nVidia’s $54 Billion ARM deal

The British government has launched an in-depth investigation into nVidia’s takeover of the UK-based technology company ARM on national security grounds, throwing another hurdle in the path of the $54 Billion deal. Digital and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorrie...
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Mexico Is The World’s Deadliest Country For Journalists This Year

Mexico Is The World’s Deadliest Country For Journalists This Year

While fewer media professionals around the world have been killed in recent years, Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes that being a journalist remains dangerous in many countries. In 2021 to-date, Reporters Without Borders counted 39 journalists and...
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The Taper Begins

The Taper Begins

After announcing it would do it two weeks ago, day ago the NY Fed published its first post-taper POMO schedule, which sees a drop from $80 billion in TSY purchases, a number which had been flat ever since the spring...
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Phoenix Home Prices Up Over 32% YoY

Phoenix Home Prices Up Over 32% YoY

  Supporting the vicious cycle of soaring home prices pushing homebuyer confidence to record lows, July Case-Shiller Housing data (the latest available) showed yet another record pace of increase in home prices. The broad HPI rose 19.70% YoY (a record) a...
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