China and US inflation is decelerating

China PPI falls into deflationary territory. pic.twitter.com/68nFthqTdO — Eric Basmajian (@EPBResearch) August 9, 2019 Core PPI decelerates to 2.10% pic.twitter.com/rRr72d79Xz — Eric Basmajian (@EPBResearch) August 9, 2019 US PPI Ex. Food, Energy & Trade decelerates from 2.1% to 1.7% pic.twitter.com/nGTiSHXxuE — Eric Basmajian (@EPBResearch) August 9, 2019 UK GDP contracts in Q2 pic.twitter.com/J2fRyUmcNo — Eric … Read more

Reuters: The global economy is probably in recession, with most cyclical indicators showing business activity is flat or falling.

via Alastair Williamson: yup – industrial slowdown is very real Global PMI Heatmap Column: Global economy is probably in recession – Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – The global economy is probably in recession, with most cyclical indicators showing business activity is flat or falling. Recessions become obvious only once they are well established given the lagging … Read more

Uber’s Q2 losses were bigger than total 2018 losses for all but three S&P 500 companies… Imposes engineer hiring freeze

KEY POINTS General Electric, Kraft Heinz and Newell Brands are the only companies in the S&P 500 that lost more money last year than Uber’s $5.2 billion second-quarter deficit. Most of Uber’s loss was tied to stock-based compensation. Uber shares fell after disappointing results. https://cnb.cx/2yLbCPn   This hiring freeze comes after 400 layoffs in its … Read more

Top 10 Fastest Rising Drug Prices

by AtomicQuasar Ever thought drugs were getting more expensive? Here’s some data to back it up. From 2012 to 2017, these were the top 10 fastest-rising prices among the 36 top-selling drugs available from 2012-2017. ​ The rest of the charts + Article: https://www.clearvuehealth.com/b/drug-price-increase/ ​ Tools Used: D3 for Calculations, CSS/HTML for bars. Data Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2734804

Hundreds of exposed Amazon cloud backups found leaking sensitive data

How safe are your secrets? If you used Amazon’s Elastic Block Storage snapshots, you might want to check your settings. New research just presented at the Def Con security conference reveals how companies, startups and governments are inadvertently leaking their own files from the cloud. You may have heard of exposed S3 buckets — those Amazon-hosted storage servers packed … Read more

Is Extreme Bearishness A Contrarian Indicator?

via upfina: Sentiment surveys show that investors got extremely nervous during this recent correction over the past few weeks. It’s quite remarkable that the percentage of bears got almost as high as the December 2018 mini-bear market and the percentage of bulls fell nearly as low as then. At the worst, the S&P 500 fell 6.8% … Read more

ENTIRE NATION SHOCKED to the Core When Hannity Reveals Details in the DOJ Spygate Investigation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOqdJF0bxrQ Jim Hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, Sean Hannity told his audience again on Tuesday that when the DOJ investigation on FISA abuse and the Spygate scandal on Trump is complete — “It will shock the conscience of a nation.” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/sean-hannity-my-sources-are-telling-me-the-doj-investigation-of-spygate-will-shock-the-conscience-of-a-nation-video/

DELUSIONAL MSNBC Analyst Makes Sick Connection to Trump’s Decision To Fly Flags At Half-Staff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k2hwvDs44g Chuck Ross from The Daily Caller reports, A former FBI assistant director used numerology on MSNBC Monday to link neo-Nazism to President Donald Trump’s decision to fly flags at half-staff to honor the victims of events in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/06/msnbc-analyst-numerology-trump-flags/