A “servant class” that serves the needs of the country’s top one percent is among one of the fastest-growing job markets in the United States, economic analysis finds. As about 1.2 million mostly low-skilled legal immigrants are admitted to the U.S. every year to take primarily low-wage jobs, an underclass of servants for the wealthy … Read more
by howmuch Most people assume the U.S. dollar holds the top spot for currencies. But by how much? Have you ever wondered which of the world’s reserve currencies are the most powerful? Reserve currencies are currencies that a country holds in its foreign exchange reserve. These can be used for international payments and to support … Read more
by GoldCore * Gold gained 1.7% and silver surged 4.9% yesterday after weak U.S. manufacturing data reinforced fears of a U.S. and global recession * The escalation in the U.S.-China trade war and the political shambles in the UK and Brexit further bolstered gold bullion’s safe-haven appeal * U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for the first … Read more
“Chlorinated chicken” and a “big girl’s blouse” – UK PM Johnson taunts Corbyn on election LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A “chlorinated chicken” and a “big girl’s blouse” – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson kicked off his first questions in parliament by goading opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for not backing a new general election. … Read more
Connected things are wonderful until they fail on you. Numerous Tesla owners allegedly experienced this today as they got locked out of the car because the app was apparently down for maintenance. Several users took Twitter to pour out their agony. Some of them were logged out of the app and weren’t able to use it to unlock … Read more
The Hong Kong protesters are constantly coming up with new innovative methods for dealing with the heavy handed arm of the state. Their latest tactic for communicating is to use a bluetooth based app to message each other without using the internet, eliminating the ability for the authorities to monitor their conversations…for now. In this … Read more
via Zerohedge: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasop spent just seven hours at City Hall during the month of May – when he was ‘hard at work’ launching his bid for the White House, according to records reviewed by the New York Post. The Mayor showed up just six times in May in order to attend two meetings, four events … Read more
A very dark day for British democracy – The political class has taken back control – from the people. Today has been a very dark day for democracy in the United Kingdom. Don’t believe for one minute the self-aggrandising claims of the Remainer establishment and its noisy cheerleaders in the media. Tonight’s vote by MPs … Read more
by Jason Burack via Wall St For Main St China’s currency, the Yuan or RMB, had its worst month in 25 years since 1994 when the country’s currency reform began. China’s yuan on course for worst month since 1994 China’s currency is poised for its worst month on record after weakening beyond the barrier of 7 yuan per … Read more
by futuretrollshark Hang seng up almost 1000 points after China withdrawing the extradition bill https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/asia-markets-sept-4-australian-q2-gdp-us-china-trade-currencies.html If china just gave in to a city of wanna be westerners, I think they might give in to a country of actual westerners
Despite President Trump’s punitive tariffs on Chinese imports to the U.S., American businesses seem bullish on China, with profits up, and few interested in moving manufacturing out of the People’s Republic. They say they’ll stay even though they think China cheats them and favors their competitors. But Bill Whittle sees trouble down the road for … Read more
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Nothing shines the light of truth on corporate tyranny quite like an insider who blows the whistle and backs it up with smoking gun documents. And that’s exactly what Zach Vorhies did, on behalf of all of us – for TRUTH. And it cost him his 8 year career.
by A2 https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2019/09/04/Rouhani-says-agreement-with-EU-over-2015-nuclear-deal-unlikely-.html Meanwhile the PRC and Iran signed a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016. recently updated and will include: China will invest $280bn developing Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals sectors may be front-loaded into the first five-year period of the deal with further amounts available in every subsequent five-year period will be another $120bn … Read more
by Michael Snyder The trade war between the United States and China is increasingly weighing on the global economy, but unfortunately it does not appear that it will end any time soon. Many pundits in the U.S. originally believed that the trade war would be short because the economic pain would be too much for … Read more
by Michael Snyder Scientific study after scientific study is showing that too much time on social media can be extremely harmful both mentally and physically. But even though most of us know this, very few of us actually alter our behavior in a meaningful way. When Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and other major social media … Read more
The EB-5 Visa is an immigrant visa for business people. It is the best way for entrepreneurs and investors to get a US green card for themselves, their spouses, and children who are 21 or less. Although the visa technically falls under the employment-based category, it’s actually tied to investment as opposed to an employer … Read more
via activistpost: Here comes Skynet. Earlier this year in May it was reported by The Intercept that the EU had been working with member states to help roll out a system called ROBORDER that would employ swarms of autonomous drones to patrol air, land and sea for border violations. The specifics were laid out in a mid-term review and … Read more
Authored by Colin Lloyd via The American Institute for Economic Research, Following on from my previous article — “The Pension Fund Apocalypse” – these are just a few of last month’s stories. Danske Bank of Denmark introduces the first negative 10-year fixed-rate mortgage. The German Finance Ministry voices disappointment at the lack of demand for … Read more
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to give cash to every American each month. Susie Garza has never heard of Yang. But since February, she’s been getting $500 a month from a nonprofit in Stockton, California, as part of an experiment that offers something unusual in presidential politics: a trial run of a … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Get ready for gold to touch $1,800, gold heads for fourth straight month of gains over growth slowdown and trade worries, and gold prices skyrocket as investors pour into the metal over … Read more
By ZeroHedge Oil and gas companies are facing an onslaught of bankruptcies as the “shale revolution” appears to be coming to an unceremonious end, at least on Wall Street, according to the Wall Street Journal. Companies like Sanchez Energy Corp., Halcon Resources Corp. and 26 other oil and gas producers have all filed for bankruptcy this year, already … Read more
