by Shaun Richards Today is a bank holiday in Italy and in some ways ironically that directs straight to what has become its most famous bank. Yes the world’s oldest bank Monte dei Paschi. This year, the Italian Treasury installed a new chief executive and attempted to revive it through yet another rights issue, its … Read more
The Pentagon said Wednesday that Amazon , Google , Microsoft and Oracle received a cloud-computing contract that can reach as high as $9 billion total through 2028. The outcome of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, effort is in line with the U.S. Defense Department’s effort to rely on multiple providers of remotely operated … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block technology giant Microsoft Corp. from acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. and its blockbuster gaming franchises such as Call of Duty, alleging that the $69 billion deal, Microsoft’s largest ever and the largest ever in the video gaming industry, would enable Microsoft to suppress competitors … Read more
Biden announces $36 Billion bailout for Teamsters pension…https://t.co/863Cyg3Rx0 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 8, 2022
by confoundedinterest17 Unlike Archie Bell and the Drells, this tighten-up is about The Federal Reserve tightening-up its monetary policy. On December 31, 2021, the US Treasury yield curve (10Y-2Y) stood at +77.4 basis points, generally a good omen. Then markets woke up. And not in a woke way. As The Fed tightens to tamp down on inflation … Read more
Men without four-year college degrees, between the ages of 25 and 54, have left the workforce in higher numbers than other groups. And they’re leaving because of their perceived social status relative to better-educated men of similar age, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Non-college-educated men have seen their … Read more
Apple announced that it plans to encrypt additional iCloud data on its servers, including full backups, photos and notes. The feature, called Advanced Data Protection, will prevent Apple from seeing the contents of some of the most sensitive user data stored on its servers. The move will please security advocates, but it may upset law … Read more
Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rate surged to a five-year high of 18.7 percent in November, closely matching analyst expectations, data from the statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Thursday. The inflation figure, up from 16.2 percent in October, was the highest since December 2017, when it hit 21.9 percent. The price rises followed a currency … Read more
Some people on the lowest incomes will receive a £25 cold weather payment due to the freezing conditions. The Met Office has warned of an Arctic blast hitting the UK, which could cause overnight temperatures as low as -10C by the end of the week. Motorists could face treacherous conditions on the roads, with … Read more
Mohsen Shekari was charged with ‘waging war against God’ after riots in Tehran The execution comes as other detainees also face the death penalty for protests Germany condemned the regime but said the execution would not stop the riots Germany strongly condemned Iran on Thursday after the country announced its first public execution, hanging a … Read more
Inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and fears of a recession have undermined financial confidence across the board, according to a new report by Edelman Financial Engines. Less than one-quarter, or 23%, of more than 2,000 adults polled earlier this fall said they felt “very comfortable” about their finances. Fewer — just 12% — consider themselves wealthy, the … Read more
"People Are Losing Faith In This Institution": ECB Staff Threaten To Strike Unless Pay Hikes Keep Up With Record Inflation https://t.co/MQwgctN3r4 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 8, 2022 h/t Boo_Randy
Non binaires, homosexuals who prepare your food, and don’t wash their hands, angry disgruntled people at their jobs, and illegals who “prepare” your food for you Have you ever looked at who’s making your food and if they even care about you? I seen a child loose their life in front of my eyes because … Read more
While discussing the advantages of Democrats having 51 seats in the Senate as opposed to 50, Schumer said, “The bottom line is 51 is so much better than 50 for a bunch of reasons.” Schumer explained that President Joe Biden’s nominees can be confirmed much quicker with 51 seats and that Democrats will have a majority … Read more
by Martin Armstrong I really do have to wonder if my dog is smarter than most Americans who seem to have just lost their minds. My dog makes connections, anticipates what I will do, and studies my habits to predict and respond. I never knew a dog was really smart. She has learned numerous words … Read more
FedNow is being developed by the Federal Reserve, and is a CBDC, (Central Bank Digital Currency)… It will enable instant digital payments 24/7 365 days a year between individuals and organizations using the FedNow app on your phone. I have a feeling that the whole FTX scandal was a government false flag in order to … Read more
Maxine Waters' team is hiding all replies showing her ties to SBF. pic.twitter.com/xlJWYOH76E — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 8, 2022 Click on this pic.twitter.com/4AIuXSgjDC — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 8, 2022 While @RepMaxineWaters checks the inbound wire transfers, Senators Sherrod Brown and Pat Toomey told @SBF_FTX they will issue a subpoena to compel him to appear on … Read more
This was found on the Hunter Biden Laptop Here’s a text message Hunter sent to Hallie Biden in 2018 saying that he was involved in “brokering a deal with Vladimir Putin,” and China had arrested “CIA operatives in China” in retaliation for the U.S. government arresting his “client the chief of intelligence of the people’s … Read more
FDA Roundup: December 6, 2022 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency: • Today, the FDA issued a final guidance, Homeopathic Drug Products, describing the agency’s approach to prioritizing enforcement and regulatory actions for homeopathic products marketed in the U.S. without the required FDA … Read more
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Coup. President Pedro Castillo announces his decision to close the Congress of the Republic and “exception government”. This in a message to the Nation a few hours after the debate on the vacancy motion against him and in the midst of serious accusations against him. “To convene in the shortest term elections for a new … Read more
Some people on the lowest incomes will receive a £25 cold weather payment due to the freezing conditions. The Met Office has warned of an Arctic blast hitting the UK, which could cause overnight temperatures as low as -10C by the end of the week. Motorists could face treacherous conditions on the roads, with train … Read more
pic.twitter.com/92voOIH5d8 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 8, 2022 https://twitter.com/EddieZipperer/status/1600100012582612992 h/t PURA SANGRE
REPORT: Five electricity substations in Oregon and Washington are ATTACKED just days after two in North Carolina were SHOT UP causing widespread power outages… WTF? — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) December 8, 2022 pic.twitter.com/eSMMOajTZL — Melissa (@mlissa1) December 8, 2022 h/t last one
In the Netherlands they will be forcing farmers to sell their private land to the state. Protesting farmers have been thrown into black vans. This is a Communist style land grab. This is The Great Reset👇https://t.co/EajIi5DEW6 — PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) December 7, 2022