Apple Loves the CCP

Beats Studio, the high-end consumer audio company founded by rap producer Dr. Dre and later acquired by Apple, is launching a special “Year of the Tiger” edition of their Beats Studio Buds to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. Founded …

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Wall Street loves socialism for bankers, but not for ordinary people — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon decries socialism. Unless of course it’s the banks that need a government bailout

by User_Name13 Insane levels of hypocrisy here from JPMorgan CEO and bankster-extraordinaire Jamie Dimon. This has been the playbook in America for the wealthy the past 40 years: Privatize the gains, socialize the losses. Us taxpayers pay to bailout bankers …

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Market loves the “big progress” tweet. Meanwhile, copper is in retreat and China’s PMI just hit a contractionary three-year low print of 49.4 in Dec as growth weakens to a 28-year low.

Market loves the "big progress" tweet. Meanwhile, copper is in retreat and China's PMI just hit a contractionary three-year low print of 49.4 in Dec as growth weakens to a 28-year low. — David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) December 31, 2018 https://twitter.com/MacroTechnicals/status/1079719892302159873 …

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US Chamber of Commerce Anti-MAGA as usual, LOVES NAFTA Loophole: how third-party nations gain access to the U.S. market through Canada and Mexico, skirting U.S. trade tariffs and direct U.S. trade agreements

by sundance As U.S. Trade Officials meet with auto executives surrounding ongoing NAFTA sector negotiations, U.S.T.R. Ambassador Robert Lighthizer appears on Fox News to discuss ongoing trade initiatives with Laura Ingraham. It’s challenging to discuss the basic ‘fatal flaw’ within a modern NAFTA …

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