Yes, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple have collaborated with China, but their actions were legal. It’s time for Prez Trump to use his 1977 Act powers to make collaboration illegal.

Over the years, @Google, @Microsoft, @Yahoo and @Apple "have shown themselves all too willing to collaborate" with the Communist Party of #China, says US Attorney William Barr in speech. pic.twitter.com/pZMxzerbU5 — Steve Herman (@newsguyusa) July 16, 2020 It’s time for …

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Trend in Interest Rates

by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Marty, Good morning. Repo rates have been creeping up ever so slightly and quietly. Points wise not much, but percentage-wise, numbers are getting bigger. Has everybody been lulled to sleep and looking the wrong way again? Best, …

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LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES:

Ummm, and we can’t have school why exactly? https://t.co/Xo0Q70ELef — David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) July 16, 2020 WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY: De Blasio Says Releasing Criminals Made NYC Safer (But Violent Crime Grew By 250%). On Thursday, New York Mayor …

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Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Near Record Levels

by visualcapitalist Delinquency rates across commercial properties have shot up faster than at any other time. As thousands of restaurants, hotels, and local businesses in the U.S. struggle to stay open, delinquency rates across commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)—fixed income investments backed …

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