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via marketwatch: Another potential blow has been struck against the longstanding way in which real-estate agents get paid. In April, the Department of Justice wrote to CoreLogic, a real-estate software provider, demanding that the company turn over information on how it works with Multiple Listing Services, the locally owned and operated compilations of real estate data. … Read more
CNN’s Polo Sandoval reported on “the largest group” of illegal immigrants that border agents have apprehended in recent years. Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment below to share your thoughts on the video.
by PerkyTots09 Eric Schmidt was confronted about “Big Tech’s” role in the global government agenda by independent journalists at this years Bilderberg conference
The Trump administration will implement a new policy Friday asking most applicants for U.S. visas to provide information on their use of social media, a U.S. Department of State official tells Hill.TV Most visa applicants, including temporary visitors, will be required to list their social media identifiers in a drop down menu along with other … Read more
Millennials are doing far worse financially than generations before them, with student loans, rising rents and higher health care costs pushing the average net worth below $8,000, a new study shows. The net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996, according to research released Thursday by Deloitte, the accounting … Read more
via twitter: Don’t expect the coming election to be “fair,” even by the lax standards of the last few. Every left-controlled institution will be all-in to kill off Trump, regardless of collateral damage.
by DCG Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee was urging the passage of bills enforcing safe gun storage and enhanced background checks when buying or selling assault weapons. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ORG XMIT: WATW110 Washington State has some strict gun control laws. Presidential candidate … Read more
by Martin Armstrong UBS will charge a 2 franc fee for withdrawing cash at the bank counter beginning in July, be it a withdrawal in CHF from a UBS private account or from a UBS current account. Thus, UBS stands (at least for now) pretty much alone. A survey of various institutions revealed that hardly … Read more
from Financial Survival Network Craig Hemke of TF Metals Report believes that the Fed will be forced to cut rates at the next meeting on June 18-19. The yield curve has become inverted which is almost always a precursor to recession. Is the economy actually weakening? It only takes two consecutive quarters of negative growth to make a … Read more
by Troy The stock market is falling after hours on new trade war news. In an environment like this, predicting the short term is extremely difficult. Trump talks about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, stocks go up. Trump talks about slapping new tariffs on Mexcio, stocks go down. Today’s headlines: Investors are turning bearish on stocks very quickly. … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith As a society, we are ill-prepared for the end of “politics is the solution.” It’s fun to be a politician when there’s plenty of tax revenues and borrowed money to distribute, and when the goodies get bipartisan support. An economy that’s expanding all household incomes more or less equally is fun, fun, fun … Read more
His lawyer suggests if the price is too high, he may be willing to take his friend, former president of Mexico, down with him. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Emilio Lozoya, a former chief executive of state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), was issued with an arrest warrant on Wednesday for … Read more
Nigel Farage is getting ready to shake politics in the UK. He promises to sweep away parties that have dominated UK politics for over 100 years. The [CB] economy is declining rapidly, the housing market is declining, Trump will put pressure on the Fed to cut rates and start stimulus. GDP was revised by for … Read more
by Dennis Miller In 1935, Parker Brothers introduced the game “Monopoly”. Wikipedia tells us: (my emphasis) “Monopoly is a board game…. Players roll…dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be … Read more
Jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange is reportedly “too ill” to even speak at a scheduled extradition hearing today. He is said to be “gravely ill” and even near death. If Assange is worth more dead than alive to the governments he has embarrassed by publishing the truth about their crimes, are they trying to make … Read more
El Nino and warmer-than-average Atlantic help shape this season’s intensity Weather NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year. This outlook forecasts a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season and a 30% chance of a below-normal season. The hurricane … Read more
Specialists presented the oldest known record of a total solar eclipse. The recording was made in May 1900, and was recently restored at 4K resolution. A Briton Nevil Maskelyne in North Carolina filmed a total solar eclipse on May 28, 1900, as part of an expedition of the British Astronomical Association. The record made then … Read more