The News Just Ain’t The News No More

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer M. C. Escher The Tower of Babel 1928  Two thirds of Americans get at least some of their news on social media. Google and Facebook receive well over 70% of US digital advertising revenues. The average daily time spent …

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Multiple Online Banking Systems Go Down in the UK

Payment chaos. For bottom-line-obsessed bank executives, IT systems are an expense that needs to be slashed. The results are showing up. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Internet banking has become a crisis-prone business in the UK, …

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Mark Dice: He Finally Admits It

extremists are using YouTube to monetize 4:08 their toxic ideas conservatism is toxic 4:11 now the alternative influencer network 4:14 report also recommends that YouTube 4:16 banned channels from even interviewing 4:19 certain people saying quote the platform 4:23 should not …

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Why 80% Of Americans Face A Retirement Crisis

by Lance Roberts Fox Business recently discussed a new study showing that more Americans doubted they would be able to save enough for retirement than those confident of reaching their goals. There were some interesting stats from the study: 37% are …

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Trump-haters triggered by ‘Presidential Alert’ cell-phone text message

by Dr. Eowyn UPDATE: The cell-phone alert is postponed to October 3, 2018, because of Hurricane Florence. (iHeartRadio) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Originally scheduled for today, at 2:18 p.m. EDT, all U.S. cellphones will make a loud tone, vibrate, and receive a “Presidential …

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VIDEO: Sara Carter: “It was a silent coup. There are documents that are going to shock the conscience of our country. They will be charged.”

Quoted text begins about halfway through the video. https://streamable.com/jfc3s Slightly longer version of the video 2 posts down by: Coppercoal (Includes an important intro quoting President Trump on these matters) BONUS: Sara Carter: 2:28 “There could be and there will …

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Insiders selling at large Canadian banks

Three articles in Globe and Mail over past two weeks about executives at two biggest Canadian Banks (BMO and CIBC) selling. Latest article today: Bank of Montreal (BMO-T)On Sept. 4, chief human resources officer Richard Rudderham exercised his options and …

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Investors are now earning the smallest earnings yield on the S&P 500 relative to 2-year Treasury yields since 2007; Today’s market has eerie resemblances to previous market peaks

Investors are now earning the smallest earnings yield on the S&P 500 relative to 2-year Treasury yields since 2007. pic.twitter.com/DHhOqOBq2G — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) September 20, 2018 So, companies are more leveraged than ever.  According to Bloomberg, “The average debt-to-capital …

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For somebody who only lives on passive income you should check out Law 22. If you reside in Puerto Rico for at least 183 days out of every year, you pay no taxes on the passive income.

by Jen_Bat Puerto Rico has its own Department of the Treasury, aka Hacienda. This is the agency that develops the tax returns (like the IRS does in the US), according to local and federal laws. Every person with employment income etc. derived …

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