Month: September 2019

“BBBreakfast In America” – Of the $860 billion in announced M&A from June to August, $758 billion, or 88%, are designated “proposed” or “pending.”

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Submitted by Danielle DiMartino-Booth Over the last three months, Investment Grade companies have capitalized on falling rates setting the new issuance market ablaze and inciting large-scale M&A; June and August M&A crested $300B taking the three-month total to $860B, the bulk of which is unfunded With large-scale M&A comes the potential to generate a bigger … Read more

Orders for Heavy Trucks Plunged 80% in August

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Here’s why — and how that’s impacting truck makers.  Orders for heavy trucks that haul part of the economy’s goods across the US plunged by 80.1% in August 2019 compared to August last year, to about 10,400 orders, according to preliminary estimates by FTR Transportation Intelligence. It was the 10th month in … Read more

U.S. Intensifies Pressure Against Iran, Targets Oil Tanker Network

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By Irina Slav The United States stepped up its pressure on Iran by announcing yet more sanctions plus a US$15-million plan aimed at disrupting the operations of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. CNN quoted Washington’s special envoy for Iran Brian Hook as saying Washington was “going to intensify our maximum pressure campaign because Iran, we need … Read more

Trump Cancels Plan to Phase Out Less Energy Efficient Light Bulbs

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The Trump administration turned its deregulatory focus Wednesday to light bulbs, scrapping a rule that would have phased out less energy efficient incandescent bulbs. The move slows a years-long push by Congress and past administrations to switch Americans to LED bulbs and other lighting using less electricity. President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday the Energy … Read more

Who funds the left? Arebella’s Dark network of money, the Caliphate

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The Capital Research Center has exposed and documented a massive “dark money” network created by a former Clinton administration staffer that is quietly leading attacks on the Trump administration, originalist judicial nominees, prolife policies, and much more—and all under the guise of “philanthropy.”8 9 Between 2013 and 2017, this hydra-like network took in a staggering … Read more

Planned Parenthood Employee Admits To Trafficking In Baby Body Parts

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via thefederalist: Day one of the preliminary hearing for pro-life activist David Daleiden kicked off Tuesday morning at the San Francisco Superior Court with testimony from an abortion technician, a third-trimester abortionist, and a vice president of the National Abortion Federation, who testified she doesn’t know what a human tissue procurement company is or does. NAF … Read more

BBC attempts to debunk the “conspiracy theory” that smart phones are listening in on conversations.

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Researchers put two phones – one Samsung Android phone and one Apple iPhone – into a “audio room”. For 30 minutes they played the sound of cat and dog food adverts on loop. They also put two identical phones in a silent room. The security specialists kept apps open for Facebook, Instagram, Chrome, SnapChat, YouTube, … Read more

Reliable China insiders hint that this round of trade talks could lead to a ‘breakthrough’

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“There’s more possibility of a breakthrough between the two sides,” said Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, a tabloid under the People’s Daily. Hu has been spot on with the recent developments in the escalated trade war. Most recently, he had warned about the Chinese retaliation just hours before China’s official announcement. A blog … Read more

The Ugly Truth About The Trade War

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by Brandon Smith This past week was an interesting exercise in false expectations and assumptions. Once again, trade war theatrics were used to stall a stock market plunge as insinuations of a possible “deal” were made by Donald Trump, followed by China’s claim that maybe, just maybe, they would not immediately issue a new round of … Read more

How APPLE uses App Store to copy best ideas

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Clue, a popular app women use to track their periods, has risen to near the top of Apple’s Health and Fitness category. It could be downhill from here. Apple plans this month to incorporate some of Clue’s core functionality such as fertility and period prediction into its own Health app that comes pre-installed in every … Read more

HOUSE OF FILTH: NYC Resident Racks Up $300K In Fines For Home Covered In Garbage… City Turns to Alcohol in Rat Fight

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Demanding Answers: NYC Homeowner Racks Up More Than $300,000 In Fines For Home Covered In Garbage NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some Queens residents are frustrated with a neighbor’s home that is covered in garbage. The homeowner has received thousands of dollars in fines, yet nothing was done about it. CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez demanded answers from the … Read more

Chris Hedges discusses his legal case against Section 1021 of the 2012 NDAA and powers that have been granted to the state.

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Highly recommend listening to the whole interview, but it’s refreshing to listen to someone who actually understand and even fought some of the draconian laws that the establishment has. I don’t agree with everything Chris Hedges says, but it’s obvious the over arching direction / agenda of the state is preparing to have the legal mechanisms … Read more

Human cost of fast, free shipping

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When she added Gabrielle’s name to the chart in her kitchen, Judy Kennedy could picture the annual ritual. At birthdays she would ask her newest grandchild to stand up straight, heels against the door frame, so she could mark Gabrielle’s height beside that of her other granddaughter in the Maine house the family has lived … Read more

Tucker crushed Walmart

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The majority of that reported 39,000 firearm deaths are from suicide. Banning every single firearm in the USA likely wouldn’t put anything more than a small dent in the number of suicide deaths. Walmart is claiming they are no longer selling to reduce gun MURDER. That number is roughly 17,000, let’s round up and call … Read more

President Obama Weaponized Government – Phase Two Was Positioned to Monetize Government…

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by sundance Looking over how much corrupt Hillary Clinton dirt the intelligence community hid in the 2016 election, the big picture aspects deserve an expanded discussion. In the larger picture it is clear the Obama administration weaponized the institutions of government to target his/their political opposition. It is also increasingly clear a Hillary Clinton administration would … Read more

FITTON: HURRICANE Coming for Deep State? Coup Plotter Comey Exposed as Obama Spy; Clinton Emails AND Benghazi Back in Court; Fed Court Shuts Down FBI Cover-Up of Steele Spygate Docs!

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by TFittonJW High intensity update: No one is doing more heavy lifting than Judicial Watch… https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-victory-court-grants-significant-new-discovery-in-clinton-email-case/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-doj-ig-report-on-james-comey/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-federal-judge-orders-fbi-to-search-for-steele-documents/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-files-lawsuit-against-santa-clara-county-sanctuary-city-policy-that-enabled-illegal-alien-to-kill-an-american-citizen/

MAJOR BREAKING: FBI Never Searched Pervert Weiner’s Laptop Until After the 2016 Election – Weiner’s iPad and iPhone Are Now Missing!

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We uncovered that the Obama White House ran the Weiner email investigation with the aid of the corrupt FBI and DOJ. Now we know the corrupt FBI didn’t even search Weiner’s laptop till after the 2016 election and then somehow have misplaced Weiner’s iPhone and iPad. We raised this question in April 2018 – Why … Read more

The chart that predicts recessions

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A chart called the “yield curve” has predicted every US recession over the last 50 years. Now it might be predicting another one. Economic experts are starting to warn that a US recession is becoming more likely because of something called the “yield curve.” So what’s the yield curve? What does it show? And why … Read more

HK banks now provisioning only 1.7% of their revenues for loan losses!

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HK banks now provisioning only 1.7% of their revenues for loan losses! That’s close to a record low.Even below levels prior to the Asian Crisis! Are HK banks accurately depicting the potential for credit losses? Their historical average is about 12% of revenues. pic.twitter.com/kC8NtlZwjx — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) September 3, 2019 Otavio is the … Read more