Jobless claims hit 5-decade low amid factory gloom

Initial Jobless Claims drop to 189,000; lowest application level since the 1970s… Chicago PMI collapses to 49.2; Manufacturing officially enters “Contraction Territory”… Tight Labor vs. Dying Industry: Fed faces “impossible” data split in final Powell weeks… Warsh Watch: Transition team …

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BREAKING: Tehran officially rejects US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire: Foreign Minister Araghchi claims terms for a lasting end to the war are the priority. IG Weekend Wall Street down nearly 200 points

It’s less than 48 hours to Trump’s ultimatum to Iran: open the Strait of Hormuz or the power grid gets destroyed. Iran has rejected every U.S proposal so far, and seems to relish the opportunity to call Trump’s bluff. So …

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Iran claims strike on US carrier

Claimed missile strike on USS Abraham Lincoln Iran’s military claimed to have launched cruise missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, with state-linked media asserting the strike forced the US fleet to change position. President Trump said …

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The STRAIT Jacket–Iran says it has been taken in by Trump’s empty claims three times already so there is no point in negotiating with someone you cannot trust to hold to his word or his stated intent

by David Haggith It suits the president well. Iran flat-out rejected Trump’s “peace plan” today (again) and continued its attacks around the gulf and at Israel where missile interceptors seem to be stretched a little thin now in their ability …

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Iran claims massive cyberattack on US as retaliation for ‘brutal attack’ on elementary school. US to blame for strike on Iran girls’ school that killed 175

An Iranian-linked hacking group has claimed responsibility for the global disruption of one of the world’s leading medical technology companies. Michigan-based Stryker experienced a global outage on Wednesday, saying thousands of employees have lost access to work systems. It employees …

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WE ARE BACK AT WAR! Iran rejects ceasefire and Trump claims of war progress, warns regional oil exports could halt. Iran is planning to impose duties on tankers and ships in the Gulf

IRAN REJECTS TRUMP CLAIMS OF WAR PROGRESS, WARNS REGIONAL OIL EXPORTS COULD HALT Iran dismissed Donald Trump’s statements suggesting the war is nearing completion and warned that continued U.S.-Israeli attacks could lead to a halt in oil exports across the …

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