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The Federal Reserve has aggressively increased interest loan rates to combat record inflation. That means higher car financing costs, which could leave the auto industry facing a demand problem. The shift comes just as new cars are slowly becoming more widely available as supply chain bottlenecks ease. DETROIT — New cars are slowly becoming … Read more
Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said Monday. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was detected in the country’s Mubende district. The virus has now … Read more
https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1578236605042565120 Rachel Queen Burton, an Australian #trans TikTok star, has been charged with eight child sex abuse offenses in Adelaide. On Thursday, prosecutors asked for the case to be adjourned for 10 weeks to allow prosecutors to further do an electronic analysis of her laptop. pic.twitter.com/oakzVVOcMr — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 7, 2022 h/t Dan
President Biden’s latest State Department hire, who once urged Americans to “embrace China,” has worked with two prominent Chinese Communist Party front groups to foster ties between Washington and Beijing. Biden tapped Nina Hachigian to serve as the State Department’s special representative for subnational diplomacy. The newly created position is aimed in part at countering China’s growing … Read more
Biden hates Republicans so much, he would rather give oil money to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia than Texas. It’s been a tough year for consumers, inflation is killing household budgets, and according to KPMG, 91% of top CEOs expect a long, tough recession. The Biden administration is even ready to reduce sanctions on Venezuela to get more … Read more
Getting kinda tired risking nuclear war for this dude. https://t.co/3jEVx4ymNB — Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) October 6, 2022
Tyson said it will begin a “phased relocation” of the corporate employees early next year and that the move will benefit collaboration and decision making. Members of the Tyson family, which founded Tyson Foods, and several top executives have long been based in Arkansas. A company spokesperson said no layoffs are associated with the relocations. … Read more
by BoatSurfer600 FRANKFURT (Oct 7): The European Central Bank (ECB) is ratcheting up pressure on some banks to keep 2022 bonuses in check amid fears about the darkening economic outlook, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The euro area’s top banking supervisor has told individual lenders recently that it expects restraint in variable … Read more
Since 2000, Pfizer has incurred $10.268b in penalties In 2012, Pfizer paid $45 million to settle charges of bribing doctors and other health-care professionals employed by foreign governments in order to win business. The Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit said: ‘Pfizer subsidiaries in several countries had bribery so entwined in their sales … Read more
(DNYUZ) A top Justice Department official told former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers in recent weeks that the department believed he had not returned all the documents he took when he left the White House, according to two people briefed on the matter. The outreach from the official, Jay I. Bratt, who leads the department’s … Read more
by BoatSurfer600 Inflation and rising interest rates will make it tough for some people to repay their debts, and one group of Aussies will soon be down $1300 a month, the Reserve Bank of Australia has conceded. Releasing its twice-yearly financial stability review on Friday, the RBA said there was a small group of borrowers … Read more
Source: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/dutch-seed-plant-grower-plantise-close-due-energy-costs-statement-2022-10-06/ Alternate source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/dutch-seed-plant-grower-plantise-to-close-due-to-energy-costs-statement AMSTERDAM — Plantise BV, a large Dutch grower of seed potatoes and other seed plants, on Thursday said it intends to close, citing high energy and rising labor costs. The company, which has 400 workers on 50 hectares of greenhouse farms and posted sales of 68.7 million euros ($67.7 million) in … Read more
Maybe we deserve a recession. pic.twitter.com/UiL7LtGJxm — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 6, 2022 State Pensions & Treasuries pulling a Bank Run on BlackRock 🔥 pic.twitter.com/5uEBu9OuxK — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) October 7, 2022 pic.twitter.com/dRsndEx9XH — Clown World Today (@cwt_news) October 6, 2022
by BoatSurfer600 NURSES will provide “critical care” for patients in the event of strike action — but only a decent pay rise will stop a continuing exodus of tens of thousands from the NHS, their union warned today. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leader Pat Cullen spoke out as 300,000 nurses across Britain began voting … Read more
A top Florida state official warned Thursday that firefighters have battled a number of fires caused by electric vehicle (EV) batteries waterlogged from Hurricane Ian. EV batteries that have been waterlogged in the wake of the hurricane are at risk of corrosion, which could lead to unexpected fires, according to Jimmy Patronis, the state’s top … Read more
https://t.co/B2fB15gCjK — Libertarian Party of Delaware (@LPofDelaware) October 6, 2022 If anyone wants to learn how federal funding makes these types of situations more likely please read this thread. https://t.co/3gHodNPzl1 — Libertarian Party of Delaware (@LPofDelaware) October 6, 2022 AC
So TPTB all thinks Russia did it Russia said USA did it Now Norway , Denmark and Sweden refuse the owners of the pipe to carry out checks on the pipe Sweden, Denmark and Norway block Nord Stream from examining pipeline Nord Stream, the company which owns and operates the gas pipeline hit by … Read more
This leaves NO DOUBT they want to destroy this country. Is it time to enact our constitutional duty to throw them all out yet? What say you? The first bill, which received unanimous support from lawmakers, would make voting by mail a permanent feature of D.C. elections, as well as require that at least 55 … Read more
All cities are led by Democrats. Are you surprised? pic.twitter.com/T1bEkRNgbO — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 6, 2022 The FBI released a report showing the rise in murders slowed last year, but conveniently, LA and NYC did not submit their data. More tinkering with the numbers to make it appear that life is better under Joe … Read more
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