China’s home prices fell at slower pace in Dec amid easier financing for housing market

#China’s #home prices fell at slower pace in Dec amid easier financing for housing market https://t.co/Flss4rT4mp — YUAN TALKS (@YuanTalks) January 17, 2022 *China’s seen their TFP (total factor productivity) diminish heavily since 08 – thus eroding GDP w/ it (China’s real GDP is less than half what it was 15yrs ago) Meanwhile China’s ICOR … Read more

Email scams on the rise. Protect Yourself!

Edit because some don’t read: email sender can be spoofed. So, you can verify the sender, and still get scammed! Just saw this article in the nypost. Amazon email scams are up 500%! And, my inbox is filling up with various phishing schemes daily. The article is good to draw attention to it, and possible … Read more

Dem: Spending stops inflation

House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D‑Conn.) claims that the expanded federal child tax credit and passage of President Biden’s stalled, multitrillion-dollar Build Back Better Act would help fight inflation.Inflation has hit its highest level since 1982, according to the latest data. Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan included automatic, advance CTC payments, which … Read more

An NFT restaurant opening in New York will serve up status with a side of seafood. membership tokens currently going for $13,600.

NFTs have been steadily making their way into the restaurant world (along with seemingly every other sphere, from art to politics). And so a restaurant whose founders claim is the first of its kind, essentially offering admittance only to the holders of a limited number of non-fungible tokens, seemed inevitable. Flyfish Club, set to open … Read more

Are the hackers/scammers pushing too far?

by TheGreatHambino2 I feel like I’ve seen countless news stories of scammers/hackers preying on individuals, liquidity pools, exchanges, etc. It just boggles my mind that despite all of these scams and hacks draining people’s coins/wallets, new money keeps flowing into crypto. Is the main thing propping up the crypto market at this point the stable … Read more

Xi: crush bad digital economy

SHANGHAI (Reuters) — President Xi Jinping has called for improved regulation and governance of China’s digital economy to guard against its “unhealthy” development as Beijing aims to boost the sector’s contribution to the country’s growth.In an essay in the ruling Communist Party’s publication Qiushi on Saturday, Xi called for focusing on key areas including integrated … Read more

Your Pay Stubs Are Important

Pay stubs are an important part of your working life as an employee, as important as receiving the money you are due to be paid. There are a number of reasons why your pay stub is important and why you should request them if you do not receive one from your employer. We have gathered … Read more

CEO with Down syndrome runs successful cookie company that helps others with disabilities get jobs

In high school, she was bullied. After college, it was difficult to find a job. But through all the difficult times, Collette Divitto, has had one thing that makes her happy: baking. Divitto, who has Down syndrome, decided to channel her passion into a career, opening her own cookie company. “So actually, I always loved … Read more

Politics Is Dead, Here’s What Killed It

by Charles Hugh-Smith Here’s “politics” in America now: come with mega-millions or don’t even bother to show up. Representational democracy–a.k.a. politics as a solution to social and economic problems–has passed away. It did not die a natural death. Politics developed a cancer very early in life (circa the early 1800s), caused by wealth outweighing public opinion. This … Read more

What In The World Is Happening To Our Planet? One Of The Most Catastrophic Disasters In Modern History Should Be A Wake Up Call For All Of Us

by Michael Snyder Why does our planet keep getting hit by “historic disaster” after “historic disaster”?  Over the past couple of years, an extremely unusual series of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions has rocked the globe.  Authorities keep telling us that “everything is normal”, but the truth is that there is absolutely … Read more

China’s economy grew 8.1% in 2021, weaker than expected…. Cuts policy rates for the first time since April 2020

China’s economy grew 8.1% in 2021 compared to a year ago Analysts polled by Reuters expected China to report fourth-quarter GDP growth of 3.6% from a year ago, slower than the 4.9% expansion reported in the third quarter. However, retail sales missed expectations, growing by 1.7% in December from a year ago. Analysts polled by … Read more

There is a bubble and it is going to burst…

#recession … #StockMarket #Bubble edition And this is before accounting for the past decade's unsustainably high profit margins… 👇 https://t.co/7lHaugOWTj — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) January 16, 2022 https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1482804482006126592 $spx margin debt pic.twitter.com/bFXLCB1yuq — Álvaro Oviedo (@alvoviedo) January 16, 2022 #bonds pic.twitter.com/EjKhTFLigx — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) January 16, 2022

Teacher alleges she was fired for not ‘meowing’ back at student who identifies as a cat

“I start looking on the ground, through the fourth row—everything’s good. Go to the fifth row—everybody’s there. Then I hear ‘meow!’ I’m like, ‘Okay, what’s up with that? Who’s doing it?’ And this little girl in the very front row says, ‘You have to meow back at him; he identifies as a cat.’ Are you … Read more