China bans all pig travel in African Swine Fever infected regions as six and seventh outbreaks occur (futures)

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A new case of African swine fever has been confirmed in Wuxi in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, China’s agriculture ministry said on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever/china-confirms-african-swine-fever-case-in-wuxi-city-jiangsu-province-idUSKCN1LJ1LL China bans pig travel from African swine fever regions as sixth case …

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Trump Tries to Deal with the Pension Crisis

by Martin Armstrong   Most small businesses do not offer retirement plans because the excessive regulation which drives the costs significantly higher. Trump’s new Executive Order is primarily designed to reduce those costs by streamlining the excessive regulation. The order further makes …

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Housing Bubble Pops in Sydney & Melbourne, Australia

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter And with impeccable timing, an immense flood of new construction. In Sydney, breeding ground for one of the world’s biggest housing bubbles, prices of single-family houses dropped 7.3% in August, compared to a year earlier. Prices …

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China’s ‘New Silk Road’ Project Hits Debt Jam

by stockboardasset President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” trade infrastructure project could be hitting significant bottlenecks as some countries begin to sound alarms regarding the massive debt loads their governments are incurring. Xi first announced the trade initiative also known as the “New …

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