Lay offs at world’s largest hedge fund

Bridgewater Associates has laid off several dozen employees across the company this month, an unusually large cut at the world’s largest hedge fund firm. The layoffs impacted Bridgewater’s research department and client-services team as well as among its recruiters. The cuts also affected the firm’s “audit groups” that assess the performance of employees in various … Read more

AMAZON Met With Startups — Then Launched Competing Products! ‘Billions From Censorship, Monopoly, and Child Labor Is Not Honest Capitalism’…

Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing Products When Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN 0.48% venture-capital fund invested in DefinedCrowd Corp., it gained access to the technology startup’s finances and other confidential information. Nearly four years later, in April, Amazon’s cloud-computing unit launched an artificial-intelligence product that does almost exactly what DefinedCrowd does, said DefinedCrowd founder and Chief Executive Daniela … Read more

Der Spiegel reports that a network of extreme right Germans are buying up land in Cape Breton to build a colony

Der Spiegel reports that a network of extreme right Germans, including the broadcaster Eva Herman (who has spoken in favour of Nazi Germany’s family values), are buying up land in Cape Breton to build a colony of “like-minded people.” https://twitter.com/sdbcraig/status/1286479269074317313   Sounds like some folks are really fed up with Madame Merkel.     h/t … Read more

IT’S ORWELLIAN LANGUAGE ALL THE WAY DOWN: Media, Portland Mayor Mischaracterize Assault on Federal Courthouse as “Protests”.

“At least three federal officers in Portland may not recover their vision after earlier this week demonstrators, who have shown up in crowds of over 1,000 for more than 50 consecutive nights, shined lasers in their eyes and threw fireworks at a federal courthouse, officials said.” As we’ve covered here at LI, antifa violence in Portland, Oregon, and … Read more

Trends In The Nursing Industry

Much like many other industries, nursing is constantly changing, and there are always new trends impacting this area of healthcare in terms of the way that care is provided, the lifestyle of nurses, qualification, recruitment, and many other areas. Of course, it is hard to predict what the near future might look like for nursing … Read more

This is the insanity that the $TSLA bulls are building on…

This is the insanity that the $TSLA bulls are building on. Global auto OEM factories average 250,000/units annually. Right now Tesla has 2 factories, and is targeting 500,000 deliveries in 2020. https://t.co/NhcCBG8QfF — . (@WallStCynic) July 24, 2020 https://twitter.com/Hoz94s/status/1286693153840467969 The recent price hikes in tesla stock had nothing to do with fundamentals. Tesla hasn’t produced … Read more

NASDAQ pulling back? Can’t be…right?

#NASDAQ pulling back? Can't be…right? Double-top has formed, target would suggest a modest pullback to 9,965 where it will find support at the 55EMA. @LanceRoberts what do you think, finally going to get a pullback? $NQ $QQQ pic.twitter.com/n3jxVjUy0m — Jim Colquitt (@jimcolquitt) July 24, 2020 Another WTF chart of the day. https://t.co/3mEP4YXU9x pic.twitter.com/MaJyAiGRL4 — Greg … Read more

Silver closing in on its best week in 40 YEARS. Yet chart below suggests bull market in its very infancy.

#Silver closing in on its best week in 40 YEARS. Yet chart below suggests bull market in its very infancy. Macro fundamental signs pointing to colossal multi month/multi year upmove in price. Eventually targets all time highs. H/T @TaviCosta great perspective. pic.twitter.com/JeutynDAKe — Dan Tapiero (@DTAPCAP) July 24, 2020   Gold Eagle Sales Already 3X … Read more

How is this any different then Bengazi? Democrat Mayors/Governors telling police to stand down.

Ain’t this the truth? ARRRRGH! Totally ass backwards. Those elected are suppose to protect their constituents not use a mob to attack them destroying property and their businesses. How many people have died due to this anti-American insurgent behavior? These officials are aiding, abeting and protecting the enemy (lawless domestic terrorists). How is something like this even possible? … Read more

WAR ON WOMEN UPDATE: Police officers shouldn’t be responding to rape calls if the suspect runs away, Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said it would be better to not have police officers responding to rape calls in situations when the rapist has already fled, according to The Federalist. Instead, Ellison suggests, it is preferable to have a social worker trained in interacting with rape victims respond to such a call. In making his … Read more

TED CRUZ’S BILL WOULD PUNISH LOCAL OFFICIALS WHO FAIL TO PROTECT CITIZENS AGAINST RIOTERS:

via WSJ: The bill would hold state and local officials liable when they abdicate their legal duty to protect the public in cases where death, serious bodily harm or significant property damage have occurred. Specifically, my bill would allow for treble damages, meaning a plaintiff could be awarded triple the amount of the damage done … Read more