The federal budget deficit in December totaled $13.5 billion, helping to push the deficit for the first three months of this budget year up 41.8 percent from the same period the previous year. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the …
via washingtonexaminer: Seven of 10 new students in a Baltimore-Washington area school district are immigrants, their legal status unknown and their second language English, according to a series of new media reports about the impact of surging immigration on local communities. …
via washingtonexaminer: Vice Media is laying off 10 percent of its staff as part of a plan to become profitable. The company will cut about 250 people of its 2,500-person staff, and those cuts will span all departments, including nonwriter and …
by DCG Shocker, not. From NY Post: For the world’s richest man, charity begins — and stays — at home. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has given only a tiny fraction of his $160 billion fortune to philanthropic causes, falling …
by Michael Snyder Although she has only been in Congress for less than a month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting more attention than any other member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She has been setting social media ablaze with her posts …
by Michael Snyder In just a few days, this will officially be the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, and there is no end in sight. President Trump is pledging that he will not sign any spending bill unless it …
by DCG The Seattle Times reports: Nearly 100 percent of Seattle’s new tax on the distribution of sweetened beverages has been passed on to consumers through higher in-store prices, a new report estimates. But some taxed beverages have increased in price more than …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca5YgK3P4rk That’s because 63% of Americans threw out their televisions!! Along with their Television “PROGRAMMING”!! Jim
Despite the analyst’s bearish outlook, Apple watchers more generally are still overwhelmingly bullish. According to Reuters, Apple currently has 13 “strong buy” ratings from analysts, 10 “buy” and 20 “hold” ratings, with no “sell” or “strong sell” ratings. These analysts …
This is already a bear market, stocks are plunging at least 20 percent: Ned Davis Research from CNBC. via CNBC: The wild trading that’s gripped Wall Street may be no ordinary correction. According to Ned Davis Research’s Ed Clissold, a bear …
via dailysignal: Much of today’s incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and most of the uncivil and contemptuous are people with college backgrounds. Let’s look at a few highly publicized recent examples of incivility and …
JP Morgan economists said the economy should grow at a slower pace of 1.9 percent from the fourth quarter’s year over year rate of 3.1 percent. They point to reduced stimulus from fiscal and monetary policy and negative drag from …
by Michael Snyder These large stock market declines are starting to become a regular thing, and tech stocks are getting hit particularly hard. But we have been in a bull market for such a long time that many investors are having …
via PJmedia: Dr. Robert Epstein, a psychologist who studies search engine manipulation effects (SEME), has warned that Facebook and Google could shift as many as 12 million votes in the 2018 mid-term elections. A new Recode analysis of employee contributions at tech …
by Michael Snyder We just got more evidence that the middle class in America is rapidly disappearing. According to a shocking new study that was just released, 62 percent of all jobs in the United States do not pay enough …
by Michael Snyder The middle class in America has been declining for decades, and we continue to get even more evidence of the catastrophic damage that has already been done. According to the Social Security Administration, the median yearly wage in …
Venezuela’s annual inflation hits 488,865 percent in September. Daily inflation is now 4 percent, according to opposition legislator Angel Alvarado, with monthly inflation rising to 233 percent in September from 223 percent in August. In an effort to stabilize prices, …
Last week, CNN dropped a full 41 percent in the daytime TV ratings and fell 36 percent in primetime compared to the same week last year. AdWeek reports, “CNN ranked No. 6 across basic cable in total prime time viewers, …
by Michael Snyder A lot of people are going to be financially ruined by Hurricane Florence. As you will see below, only 9 percent of all homeowners in South Carolina have flood insurance, and up in North Carolina that figure …
BREAKING: The White House: “The Atlanta Fed now predicts 5 percent growth in the third quarter — putting the economy on the track that candidate Trump promised, even as Democrats scoffed.” "The Atlanta Fed now predicts 5 percent growth in …
by Chris Black In other, unrelated news, Google announced a 10% reduction in its work force. Joke aside, according to a study released on Thursday by GovPredict, 9 out of 10 Google/Alphabet employees made political donations to Democrats. Truth be …
by Michael Snyder Should the U.S. government provide medical care for everybody? A shocking new poll that was just released found that 70 percent of all Americans actually want this to happen. Of course if they also asked people if they …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRomMUWujE8
by SP Performances 5 days 1 month YTD 1 year 5 years 10 years Max Gold Price per Ounce (VEF) -0.82% 100.85% N/A 2,224,621.24% 3,428,439.64% N/A 12,495,881.72% Live Gold Spot Price – Venezuelan Bolívar (VEF) ================================================================= Maduro orders 96 percent …
via RTRS For the quarter ended June, Foxconn reported a net profit of T$17.49 billion ($567.25 million), versus T$17.9 billion a year ago. This was below a mean estimate of T$21.936 billion ($711.45 million) from nine analysts polled by Thomson …
via sfgate: California law strictly limits interest rates on loans of less than $2,500, and sets no numerical ceiling on interest for higher loans. But rates on loans for $2,500 or more can nevertheless be so oppressive — or “unconscionable” — …
via @stephlandsman The bulls may be treading water. According to Ned Davis Research’s Ed Clissold, there’s a high probability a record year-end rally will give way to a painful 2019. “You could be looking at the first 20 percent-plus decline in …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKXqNMBQf_k Only 48%?
