Starbucks building 130Million dollar manufacturing plant in CHINA!?!?!

Starbucks Coffee Innovation Park in China Elevates Manufacturing and Extends Global Roasting Network 12 March 2020•3 min read SHARE Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare in email New roasting facility in 2022 will be Starbucks largest manufacturing facility outside the U.S. Investment of $130 million (USD) further deepens Starbucks long-held commitment to elevate specialty … Read more

#JOURNALISM AND “PACKED CROWDS:”

Danish news site reminds people of being skeptical of how news photographers take pictures. Here is the same place, one picture taken with a zoom lense, and the other with a wide-angle lense: https://t.co/lPMJDHXOfD pic.twitter.com/mOSpiFEsDx — Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) April 26, 2020 Golly, why would the media do such a thing? Next thing you know … Read more

Axios Returns Taxpayer Bailout… Gannett Layoffs Continue… Google Hides Its Pain Well

Online news site Axios returning $4.8 mln U.S. payroll loan WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) – Online news site Axios said on Tuesday it was returning a $4.8 million U.S. loan amid a public backlash over some companies taking assistance from the program created by Congress in March.   Gannett layoffs continue as photographers complain they … Read more

Euro area money supply is booming again

by Shaun Richards In ordinary times the 25 members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank would be getting ready to go to Frankfurt. This time though, they may well be making sure their version of Zoom works properly.I do hope they are not using Zoom itself as it is not secure meaning … Read more

Alex Newman – Federal Government Cannot Bail Everybody Out. Pension Crisis is a $5 Trillion Unsustainable Scam

Journalist Alex Newman the virus has finally brought trillions of dollars in unpayable underwater state pensions in to the light as blue states are asking for a federal bailout. Newman says, “Right now, President Trump is talking about rebuilding our infrastructure. One reason our infrastructure is crumbling is 1/4 to 1/3 of our state and … Read more

Timing Is Everything, Drip, Drip, Then The Flood, Prepare For Information Warfare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_97w-59BDc The patriots are now bringing the entire country back online, the [DS]/MSM are trying everything they can to stop this. The patriots are now dripping out declassified information on GP, FISA and Flynn. The [DS]/MSM are now in overdrive to spin and stop as much as they possibly can, what we are witnessing is … Read more

Macy’s Unsecured Bonds Cashed 53% Since Feb 14. Can it Get Through this Crisis and Stay Relevant?

It has been living off its real estate portfolio of “owned boxes” for years by selling them. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Macy’s, the largest surviving department store in the US, and still clinging by its fingernails to the last rung of the top 10 ecommerce retailers in the US, down from 7th place in 2019, may never reopen many of … Read more

Alphabet earnings call writeup

by qwerty622 -very strong growth in cloud, specifically in their google suites offering (analytics tools and shit for cloud). Up 52 percent YOY increase in searches but less commercial searches (ex. increase in “sue bae titties”, decrease in “how much real estate can i buy for 10$”) no surprise there. 30 percent increase in google … Read more