from Zero Hedge It has long been speculated that Mattress Firm, the US mattress retailing giant, was in a solvency crisis, largely as a result of an aggressive expansion strategy in recent years coupled with the spectacular collapse of its parent, Steinhoff International Holdings …
by NEE 48 percent of Americans speak a foreign language at home in America’s five largest cities One in Five American Residents Speak a Language Other than English in 2017 New US Census Bureau data finds that roughly half (48.2 percent) …
via CNN: General Electric, once America’s most valuable company, is now in sharp decline. In a year full of dubious landmarks, GE has encountered another: The storied conglomerate is now worth less than $100 billion. That hasn’t happened since March 2009 …
by howmuch Buying a home used to be part of the American dream. It lets you build equity over the years, gives you a significant financial asset, and provides a pride of ownership or investment in the surrounding community. The problem is …
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, better known as CALPERS, has offered the job of chief investment officer to Ben Meng, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Meng is an official of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange, its foreign …
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by Natura Naturans Hey, why not? Israel is bleeding the US for billions a year, why not China? Americans feel like they got cuckholded by Israel after spending $10 TRILLION to erase Israel’s enemies Iraq, Libya and Syria. But then Israel …
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmWxoc9XcAAluHi.jpg By definition, the largest companies by market cap are the most valued by investors in absolute terms. Of course, these companies change all the time. Secular trends rise and fall, and economic cycles rinse …
via king world news Trouble is brewing underneath the stock market as last week saw the 3rd largest cluster of Hindenburg and Titanic warnings since 2009. Every day last week triggered a Hindenburg or Titanic technical warning signal. Similar clusters preceded consistent …
by Simon Black If your retirement plans consist entirely of that pension you’ve been promised, it’s time to start looking elsewhere. As you probably know, pensions are giant pools of capital responsible for paying out retirement benefits to workers. And …
by ssilBetulosbA Avaaz, a 47+ million member strong activist group that battles corruption, helps protect the environment and in general fights for human, animal and environmental rights across the globe, has been hit by a nasty subpoena after actively battling …
This is the largest systemic fraud of the century – dwarfing the mortgage crisis – the @federalreserve has deliberately induced it aswell as done nothing about it thanks to @OccupyWisdom and @LanceRoberts for focusing on it!!! pic.twitter.com/7dJXcNxiVk — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) …
China is attempting the largest artificial rain experiment in history, on an area about three times the size of Spain. via businessinsider: China’s ‘Sky River’ will be the largest artificial rain experiment in history, covering a land mass larger than Alaska …
by stockboardasset Pittsburgh’s last remaining daily newspaper, the 232-year-old Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, notified readers that it is discontinuing publication of its Tuesday and Saturday newspapers as it prepares for a digital transition, said The Hill. The Post-Gazette had announced plans in June to …
Since Donald Trump came into office, the shadow government has gone into panic mode, because the people are waking up, to all the lies and deceptions they have been told by the fake media news companies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD4uUcxXB0c
Obama 2008 campaign fined $375,000 President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations — one of the largest fees ever levied against a presidential campaign, POLITICO has learned. The fine — …
Can’t wait for the soul of America to be restored, I don’t think this will ever happen. https://youtu.be/ZhMLVTpPvyQ The people of the world are sick and tired of being set against each other by powerful criminals who want us divided …
#China's peer-to-peer lending industry, the world’s largest, is shrinking, BBG reports. Savers have been rushing to pull money amid a govt crackdown that's seen some platforms halted & put under police investigation. Outstanding loans dropped 26% in July to 956bn …
by Chris Martenson There are ample warning signs that another serious financial crisis is on the way. These warning signs are being soundly ignored by the majority, though. Perhaps understandably so. After 10 years of near-constant central bank interventions to …
by Thinker The people of the world are sick and tired of being set against each other by powerful criminals who want us divided so they can continue to rape, steal and exploit us. Currently the gravest threat to the …
California’s largest fire ever keeps growing as winds fan flames The largest fire in California history continued to grow Thursday while firefighters worked to protect threatened communities. Crews are on especially high alert this week after a firefighter who traveled …
via The Bear Trap Report *LIRA DROPS TO NEW RECORD AS TRUMP STEPS UP TARIFFS ON TURKEY *TRUMP AUTHORIZES DOUBLING OF TARIFFS ON TURKEY STEEL, ALUMINUM *USD/ZAR SURGES 2.1% TO 14.3829, HIGHEST SINCE NOVEMBER 2017 *Indonesian rupiah, the currency at …
by stockboardasset Ford Motor Credit Company LLC (“Ford Credit”) filed additional court documents with the Northern District of Texas last week, claiming Reagor-Dykes Motors, LP and other related Debtors entities ran “the largest floor-plan-financing frauds in the history of the United States.” …
middle class gets limited to no real wage increase, meanwhile, Wall Streets gets record buybacks! pic.twitter.com/Auck3xC7Fq — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 7, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1026958307238572033 via marketwatch: The gap between the rich and the poor in America has ballooned over the last several …
The Latest: Southern California fire expanding into forest Authorities say twin blazes rapidly spreading in Northern California have become the state’s largest wildfire in history. The fires burning a few miles apart and known as the Mendocino Complex ignited July …
by visualcapitalist For any corporation, the Board of Directors plays a crucial role in corporate governance. Elected by the company’s shareholders, the board is meant to represent shareholder interests – it ultimately hires the CEO, sets strategic objectives, approves annual budgets, …
by stockboardasset Apple Inc. delivered a stellar earnings report for its fiscal third quarter on Tuesday, as demand for premium iPhones remained resilient and services such as App Store, Apple Music, Apple Care and Apple Pay sales expanded to record levels. …
by stockboardasset via G, P & Capital This move in stocks looks complete. Sentiment is now excessively bullish right as the S&P 500 tests upper resistance from a sharp rally. The S&P 500 should roll over shortly. Particularly when you consider that …
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DicAwRmVsAAd97J.jpg This chart shows that the five largest S&P 500 stocks have a market capitalization equal to the bottom 282 S&P 500 stocks. This turned out to be something of a Rorschach test, which was …
by goldsilver The S&P 1,500 is a very broad index. In fact, its constituent companies represent over 90% of the entire market cap of all US stocks. And, a frighteningly increasing number of them are the walking dead. By design, the …