Mattress Firm, which has been grappling with declining sales following an overexpansion and a scandal at its parent company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday. The nation’s largest mattress retailer has been ailing amid a surge of bed-in-a-box online retailers, too …
Don't think for a minute that Elon's 'very close to profitability' includes stock based compensation. I know Elon better than he does. It doesn't. And that's why he hates me.$TSLA pic.twitter.com/JO8TfaKJmz — TC (@TESLAcharts) September 30, 2018 Getting reports from …
via Markit Global PMI at second-lowest since November 2016. Slower developed and emerging market growth. Exports and consumer sector see steepest slowdowns. Prices rise sharply. Global economic growth edged lower in August, according to the latest PMI surveys, down to …
Link to an archived article with a summary of DiGenova’s comments, for those who are unable to listen. h/t meltthesnowflakes
The Chinese government is destroying cross, burning bibles, closing churches and forcing Christian believers to sign papers renouncing their faith as the crackdown on religious congregations in Beijing and several provinces intensifies. The suppression of religious freedoms comes as an …
SACRAMENTO — A newly released research poll from Opinion Research on Elections and Public Policy shows Republican John Cox is closing the gap between himself and Democrat Gavin Newsom in the race for California’s next Governor. Nine-hundred voters participated in …
via chicagobusiness: The next year to 18 months should see an increase in shut downs, with the risks coming following years of mergers and acquisitions. (Bloomberg)—Industry M&A may be no savior as the pace of hospital closures, particularly in hard-to-reach rural …
PORTLAND, Ore. — The owners of a Portland food cart located near the Occupy ICE PDX camp announced they are closing the business due threats and verbal attacks by protesters. Julie and Scott Hakes, owners of The Happy Camper Food …
More than $1 trillion in stock-backed loans close to margin call eruption — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) July 17, 2018 Morgan Stanley is cashing in on risky, stock-backed loans (2017) Morgan Stanley revealed Tuesday that it’s making a bundle selling risky …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CczQISd9H_Y Embattled ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page will meet with members of Congress behind closed doors on Friday and Monday Lisa Page to meet with Congress behind closed doors on Friday and Monday https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/politi… Peter Strzok’s Out of Scope Polygraph https://www.c-span.org/video/?c473803… …
Chicago’s last Sears to close for good Sunday Mike Lord remembers treating the Sears at Six Corners as a neighborhood hangout when he was a kid. When his parents pushed to turn off the TV and get outside, he would sneak over …
via goldtelegraph: The official news bulletins on the economy are positive. Officially, unemployment is at 3.8 percent, a low not seen in two decades. The big picture looks great as companies are making record profits and consumers are spending again. But …
I was thinking that we are in the beginning of the deflationary phase with credit markets beginning to fail. But she raised an interesting point; if things start to fail central banks can move on and print more money. Only …
https://twitter.com/steen_jakobsen/status/1001704171878387712?s=11 pic.twitter.com/EMGSufO5H5 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 30, 2018 5 Pieces Of Evidence That Signal A Vicious Recession Could the next recession be upon us? In his latest video, Mike Maloney shows five startling pieces of evidence that add up to …
By Ruby Henley The Massachusetts House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would give judges the power to seize weapons from individuals reported as a danger to themselves or others. It would allow family members, roommates, current and former …
by DCG From Daily Mail: Chelsea Manning is no longer living as a transgender woman in a male military prison, serving the lengthiest sentence ever for revealing US government secrets. She’s free to grow out her hair, travel the world, and spend …
‘Store count isn’t everything,’ CEO Suzanne Greco says Sandwich maker has plans for U.K., China, India, Latin America Subway Restaurants, the world’s most ubiquitous dining chain, will continue closing U.S. stores as it expands internationally. After peppering the nation with …
by sundance Allow me to introduce:”SUPER-MAGA-NAFTA-WINNING“ This Reuters article is framed around Mexico making a surprise announcement they will support the U.S. steel tariff against China by shutting down the NAFTA back door on that specific trade segment…. However, the bigger story is Mexico’s admission/concession …
by Chris While the headlines are going to note some carnage in the markets today, keen observers will note the super powerful “nothing but buying” for the final 25 minutes that really stemmed the worst of it. Nearly 20 points …
Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move U.S. consulate in Russia’s second-biggest city to be closed ‘There is no justification for this response,’ U.S. counters Russia said it’s expelling 60 U.S. diplomats and closing …
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — A self-driving car was slapped with a ticket after police said it got too close to a pedestrian on a San Francisco street. The self-driving car owned by San Francisco-based Cruise was pulled over for …
Globally we watch as the turmoil builds and builds. The propaganda is spilled throughout the media. People find themselves heavily burdened by the system that was created to trap them. And in the end, many fall because of the devaluation …
Hillary’s Other America. For years, I’ve been writing that the great myth about Hillary Clinton is the notion she shared even a fraction of her husband’s political skills. There is no transitive property to marriage. If Bill Clinton could play …
Zombie Companies have risen to all-time highs due to cheap money and high liquidity. Endless refinancing perpetuates overcapacity and incentivises low productivity. …And you wonder why salaries don't rise. (source BIS) pic.twitter.com/UqLdfDq4BC — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) March 14, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/973863037756170241 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJxcRZx0zwE Hilarious!… Mueller Just Became A Laughing Stock Even To The Left… & He Thinks He Still Has Any Influence In Or Sphere… ROTFLMAO https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-0…
Self-described “fact-checking” site Snopes.com is on the verge of collapse, and may be near shutting down, according to an appeal for donations issued by the site’s owners. After wide criticism of its left-wing bias, Snopes finds itself in financial trouble. There …
via John Mauldin, While the unemployment rate is very low, other measures of the labor force suggest the economy is not at full employment. A full employment economy would suggest stronger wage growth than we’ve seen recently. In the mainstream media, …
by Chris What a day! With a real battle going on between the VIX sellers and futures buyers on one side and the cash sellers on the other. Up down, down up, on and on. The Dow futures went as high …
…Discovered in the 19th century, the Voynich manuscript uses “alien” characters that have long puzzled cryptographers and historians. Now, however, computing scientists at the University of Alberta say they are decoding the mysterious 15th-century text. The first stage of the …
By Robert Carbery The retail apocalypse has hit the banking sector as physically going into a bank becomes less and less necessary in this age of rapid technological change and retail disruption. Wells Fargo closed 194 net branch locations …