Major legal setback for Biden halt to deportation orders for illegal immigrants. Texas court win strikes blow against immigration policy imposed by executive fiat.

The state of Texas won its first lawsuit Thursday against the Biden administration over the president’s executive order directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to halt for 100 days deportations of immigrants who entered the country illegally. Texas Attorney General …

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Explainer: how banks fed Aramco bond frenzy: Record orders of $100bn for debut oil bond shine a light on Wall Street tactics

by NineteenEighty9 https://www.ft.com/content/6c4d38c0-5ada-11e9-939a-341f5ada9d40 Saudi Aramco’s debut international bond sale drew $100bn of investor orders for the initial $10bn available to buy, smashing records for an emerging-market bond sale. How does that imbalance between orders and allocations happen, and what does …

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California jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $29 million in latest talcum cancer trial

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/jury-orders-johnson–johnson-to-pay-29-million-in-cancer-trial.html On Wednesday, a California jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $29 million to a woman who alleged that asbestos in the company’s talcum-powder-based products caused her mesothelioma. J&J denies allegations that its talc causes cancer, saying numerous studies …

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Sharp slowdown in credit card transaction data, new factory orders suggest that global trade activity will slow further, oil is tanking again on fears of global slowdown

Given the sharp slowdown in credit card transaction data, safe to say that retail sales will miss to the downside. $TLT $SPX pic.twitter.com/vHZErtjEE3 — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) January 29, 2019 Retail sales from First Merchant not looking great. pic.twitter.com/uK2BbC3tCd — …

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