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The College Board plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT to try to capture their social and economic background, jumping into the debate raging over race and class in college admissions. This new number, called an adversity score by college admissions officers, is calculated using 15 factors including … Read more
The trade war has had a beneficial effect on some of China’s neighbors, as local manufacturers looked to outsource production and investigate supply chains further afield: according to SC-IQ, Taiwan now has the highest electronics manufacturing growth in the region, averaging 15 per cent in the first three months of the year. “Looking at US … Read more
via nytimes: The F.A.A. had already issued one directive after the Lion Air crash, instructing airlines to revise their flight manuals to include information on how to respond to a malfunction of the anti-stall system known as MCAS. But Mr. Michaelis pushed Boeing to consider calling for an additional one to update the software. Such a … Read more
via washingtonexaminer: That shift many have sensed from hard news to opinion and advocacy in the media, especially on cable TV, is real, according to a new and authoritative report from research giant Rand Corporation. In a study of trends from before 2000 to 2017, it found a big shift in how news is presented on … Read more
Keep in mind, he is/was a nurse. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/03/27/report-illegal-alien-accused-of-murdering-elderly-woman-possibly-a-texas-serial-killer/ An illegal alien accused of murdering an elderly woman could “possibly” be a serial killer and involved with multiple other deaths of elderly people in the Dallas, Texas area, a report states. According to the FOX 4 News, 45-year-old illegal alien Billy Chemirmir from Kenya was chased … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Trump has brought us to the brink of a trade war. Before we take the plunge, let’s remember what we are risking – and why. “If the tension is not managed intelligently and creatively, the danger is that the domestic consensus in favor of open markets will ultimately erode to the point … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: This summary of American politics explains why we are the way we are. It points the way to reform and a better future, if we are willing to pay the price. Marx’s economics have been tested and proven useless. But his sociology has proven itself. As income inequality in the US … Read more
By Rodney Johnson 100%. That’s how much the price of bitcoin increased since December 31. At last check, the cryptocurrency was trading at $7,502, after jumping 14% on Friday and 7% on Monday. For non-mathematicians, that’s more than 20% in just a couple of days. Not bad. So, are cryptos back? If you’re looking for an investment … Read more
d The Russian Hoax Authored by Graham Noble via Liberty Nation, If there is any issue that cries out for a special counsel investigation, it is the evolution of the Trump-Russia collusion theory. Attorney General William Barr may well have decided that the nation does not need to go through such an ordeal again, but he did the … Read more
Could a global collateral crunch cause “hair-trigger” markets to plunge into a 2008-style sell-off? Michael Howell, founder and managing director of CrossBorder Capital, breaks down the causes, and likely effects, of a liquidity crisis in global financial markets. Filmed on May 2, 2019 in London.
BY JOHN RUBINO Steve Keen: You don’t get asset prices at these levels without soaring leverage … Thom Hartmann: The coming war with Iran is yet another US false flag operation … Charles Hugh Smith: America’s next big crisis coming in June … Max Keiser: Gold would be $2,900 if it wasn’t being manipulated …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital The stock market is primed for a bounce. Bears had their chance to take out support yesterday and failed. Stocks held the most important line (red line below), suggesting it’s time for a bounce. Here are the Fibonnaci ratios for a bounce. The simplest move would be a dead cat bounce … Read more
by independenttrader Over the recent days, financial markets again has been dominated by the ongoing trade war between U.S. and China. However, prolonged negotiations are just one of many unsolved problems in Beijing. Donald Trump raises tariffs on Chinese products On Sunday, May 5, President of the United States announced on his Twitter account tariffs … Read more
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The White House is set to unveil a sweeping new plan that would radically transform the makeup of immigrants in the United States, ending the visa lottery program and implementing a comprehensive merit-based admissions procedure, three senior administration officials told Fox News on Wednesday. The move would more than quadruple the number of … Read more
by sundance Here we go…. President Trump is laying the groundwork to ban telecommunication companies based on identified risk to national security (ie. Huawei). Nations who engage in 5-G technology agreements are on notice they may be cut-off from communication partnerships with the U.S.A. [I think Wall Street just pee’d their pants a little..] [Executive Order] … Read more
Tell Trump how you have been hurt. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Yet too many Americans have seen their accounts suspended, banned, or fraudulently reported for unclear “violations” of user policies. No matter your views, if you suspect political bias caused such an action to be taken against you, share your story … Read more
by Michael Snyder 2019 is turning out to be a nightmare that never ends for the agriculture industry. Thanks to endless rain and unprecedented flooding, fields all over the middle part of the country are absolutely soaked right now, and this has prevented many farmers from getting their crops in the ground. I knew that … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But what will happen to banks and automakers when the cycle turns? Serious auto-loan delinquencies – 90 days or more past due – jumped to 4.69% of outstanding auto loans and leases in the first quarter of 2019, according to New York Fed data. This put the auto-loan delinquency rate at the … Read more
by Michael Snyder President Trump is doubling down on his tough approach with China, and apparently he has decided that now is the time to cripple their most important tech company. Huawei Technologies sells more telecommunications equipment than anyone else in the entire world, and it was anticipated that they would be one of the … Read more