First Republic Bank (FRC) PLUNGES -30% on Open

View post on imgur.com https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FRC/ First Republic deposits dropped 40% in the first quarter. Cutting 25% of workforce. Pursuing strategic options. Stock down after hours. Here we go again. pic.twitter.com/ijMWHUkUNm — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) April 24, 2023 We’re running …

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BE AFRAID…..WHO is going nuts again

You can not make THIS shit up. WHO is at it again. Be scared, very scared. One side of the conflict. as war-torn Sudan has taken control of a polio lab, AFP reports. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Rr77qd/aftonbladet-direkt?pinnedEntry=1106862     h/t Limpan    

‘Huge biological risk’ after Sudan fighters occupy lab: WHO. Ground Zero – Ebola, Marburg?

The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that fighters in conflict-ravaged Sudan had occupied a central public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation. https://insiderpaper.com/huge-biological-risk-after-sudan-fighters-occupy-lab-who/ https://twitter.com/_/status/1650807844537528324 1/3WHO Monitoring Marburg WHO Dr. Abdi Rahman …

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Glenn Greenwald gave an excellent summation of Tucker Carlson’s history at Fox, from advocating for Julian Assange to criticizing the war in Ukraine from the outset. (Bonus: Dunking on AOC!)

I think the whole video is well worth the watch, but if you’re in a hurry, start at 1:21:42 for the “little tyrant” coverage, lol. “Like so much of what she says, it is not just authoritarian, but incredibly stupid and ignorant.” …

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Federal Reserve Alert! Today, a CLOSED meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System was held under expedited procedures as it was determined that the public interest did not require opening the meeting. Matter Considered: advance and discount rates to be charged by the Fed banks.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Quarterly Trends for Consolidated U.S. Banking Organizations 4th quarter 2022: Held-to-Maturity assets ~10% of assets. Remember, unrealized losses on available–for–sale and held-to-maturity securities totaled $620 billion in the 4th quarter: Recipe for systemic stress for the broader banking …

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