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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/05/china-and-us-agree-to-meet-in-october-for-trade-negotiations-chinese-state-media.html BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that the leaders of the U.S. and Chinese trade talks held a phone call in the morning and agreed to meet in early October for another round of negotiations. Liu He, China’s top negotiator on trade, spoke with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary … Read more

via pjmedia: It’s totally understandable that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is touchy about gun violence in her city. The city is a shooting gallery with citizens little more than clay pigeons. Last weekend was a typical holiday weekend in Chicago: 7 dead, 41 shot. Lightfoot’s answer to the violence? More gun control, of course. Senator Ted Cruz … Read more

via thefederalist: In other words, Penn admitted the entire point of his reporting was to get a Trump appointee fired. In the article, Penn explained that Olson was part of the administration’s efforts to draft wage-hour regulations, which, one assumes, Penn opposes on ideological grounds. That’s probably why Penn was combing through Olson’s Facebook history in … Read more

Its been the talk for 2 months. Its being expected. The market will be breathing down thier necks waiting for that hit of easy money. If those monitoring are right, we will see the long end of the curve drop respectively https://www.ccn.com/dow-jones-analysis-9-4-2019/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/feds-bullard-says-aggressive-step-is-needed-to-align-fed-with-markets-insure-against-trade-war.html   2 articles for your time   h/t mr. jingles

It says something when you have “all 10 countries” from ASEAN joining these drills. First US-ASEAN joint maritime drills kick off as Washington beefs up presence in South China Sea The United States and 10 Southeast Asian nations were set to kick off joint maritime naval exercises Monday, including drills in the disputed South China … Read more

Alan Greenspan says it’s ‘only a matter of time’ before negative rates spread to the US “You’re seeing it pretty much throughout the world. It’s only a matter of time before it’s more in the United States,” Alan Greenspan says. There is currently more than $16 trillion in negative yielding debt around the world as … Read more

Forget the titanium Apple Card — Amazon’s latest payment method uses flesh and blood. The e-tailing giant’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual human hand as a way to ring up a store purchase, with the goal of rolling them out at its Whole Foods supermarket chain in the coming months, … Read more

Between the traffic and the expenses associated with having a car, driving is a necessary hassle for many people. A recent study confirmed what many in New Jersey and New York hold to be true – driving is a major headache. WalletHub took a look at the 100 largest cities in the country across 30 … Read more

Rep. Bill Flores becomes 15th House Republican to announce plans to exit chamber WASHINGTON – Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, on Wednesday became the latest House Republican to announce plans to retire at the end of his current term, saying he wants to spend more time with his family and resume private-sector business activities. “After much … Read more

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHO CAN BUY A GUN White House considers new project seeking links between mental health and violent behavior https://t.co/EhrsWcgfyw — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 22, 2019 The Trump administration is considering launching a social credit score-style system in coordination with Big Tech that would use … Read more

by damien008 Ever wondered how Zillow/Trulia works? Its a simple website aggregator that gets 95% of its data from the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service Listings) and rest from direct postings. They sell overpriced ads that most agents do buy because they simply dont work and have crappy ROI. They basically sell ads to the … Read more

by soup_nazi1 I thought this was a really good article by Forbes about Beyond Meat. Main points: La Croix was a cultural phenomenon a few years ago and its parent company’s stock FIZZ shot up 550%. Coke, Pepsi, etc. released their own competing sparkling water products. Today, FIZZ trades at 60% of its high in … Read more