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CENTCOM Issues Civilian Warning to Iran; U.S. Closes Three Embassies; Allied Evacuations Expand Across Gulf:: 🚨 Read Alert:https://t.co/Fvk3QnxDVI — Defcon Alerts: Global Threat Monitor (@Defcon_Level) March 8, 2026 MIDDLE EAST — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a safety warning to civilians in Iran on March 8, naming the cities of Dezful, Esfahan, and Shiraz as …
OpenAI said it raised $110 billion in its latest funding round. Amazon invested $50 billion, Nvidia invested $30 billion and SoftBank invested $30 billion in the round, OpenAI said Friday. OpenAI continues to grow at a rapid pace, but the AI giant faces intensifying competition from Anthropic and Google. OpenAI has closed a $110 billion …
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@GC.1 https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@SI.1/ 🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: The U.S. dollar records its largest daily drop since mid-December 2025, falling 0.7% after Trump’s threats to Europe over the future of Greenland triggered widespread selling of U.S. stocks and government bonds. pic.twitter.com/Tf12qxAduf — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) January 23, 2026 Silver hits record high above $100/oz as gold closes in …
by Michael There are all sorts of signs that the relentless pressure that has been causing an enormous amount of stress on our financial system is starting to break things. Do you remember how bad things got in 2008 and 2009 when home prices fell dramatically? Well, as you will see below, it is beginning …
$VIX looks calm, but the rate of change is not. Higher lows, higher closes, and a seven-month high while the market sits a few percent off all-time highs. The tape is tightening, not relaxing. pic.twitter.com/InUuwhFXkH — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) November 27, 2025 can i have the permission to chart vix future? pic.twitter.com/IRJxCWvuCL — …
Chinese Stock Market closes at highest level since January 2022 📈 pic.twitter.com/2stRIJEMmx — Barchart (@Barchart) October 1, 2025
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15148559/bartell-drugs-closures-seattle-cvs-rite-aid.html The great American drugstore shakeout has claimed another victim — as yet another regional favorite vanishes from the high street. After 135 years in business, one of Washington’s most iconic pharmacy chains has shut its doors for good, closing its final three locations last weekend after weeks of inventory blowouts. The collapse follows a …
Poland closed its border with Belarus at midnight Thursday because it sees danger approaching, not for a routine security check. The Zapad-2025 exercises will start Friday in Belarus and western Russia, and Warsaw is moving first. Nuclear simulations, hypersonic missile tests, and troop movements are planned near the Suwałki Gap, the narrow strip of NATO …
by Michael It is being reported that Iran is seriously considering closing the Strait of Hormuz. We don’t know how high the price of oil will go if that happens, because it has never happened before. Of course I think that it would be safe to assume that the price of oil would rapidly surpass …
🚨BREAKING: Death Sentence Delivered: Hudson’s Bay to Execute 8,000 Jobs by June 1 🔹 80 stores nationwide to close🔹 ~8,340 jobs (89 % of workforce) axed by June 1🔹 Another 899 cuts by June 15; only 120 retained to oversee shutdown🔹 355-year legacy ends under a > $1… pic.twitter.com/MmfF7EjkRc — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) May 27, 2025 …
Dip buying failed for the first time in almost 6 weeks w a red week posted on $SPY The winds are shifting — Merlin Capital 🧙♂️ (@merlinscapital) May 23, 2025 My main question about tariffs is if we see the EU attack the Mag7. The US might have a trade deficit with the EU but …
This is Ivanpah, a solar power facility in the Mojave Desert. Fifteen years ago they got a $1.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy. Now 11 years later, the facility is closing. pic.twitter.com/Mky4KRgPPK — 🗡️🛡️Sir Rickster🛡️🗡️ (@Rickster_75) May 2, 2025
It sounds like China’s equivalent to our Walmart just closed most of its stores. It operated via pre-paid cards. So if they close, people get screwed out of what they spent on the cards (vouchers). Panicking Crowds rush in and strip the markets bare in hours. all but a couple stores close. China has other …
Summary of the official White House page https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-closes-de-minimis-exemptions-to-combat-chinas-role-in-americas-synthetic-opioid-crisis/ 1. Anything sent outside of official postal (via UPS, DHL, FedEx, etc.) will require duties paid, and 2. Anything sent though official post will have a 30% or $25 duty PER ITEM (which ever is greater) starting in May–moving to $50 in June. Welp there goes Temu, …
A Welsh landfill dump where 8,000 Bitcoins are thought to be buried will be repurposed, at least partly, into a solar farm. According to BBC News, the local council will close the landfill in the 2025-26 financial year, and then it will be capped. Planning permission has been secured to develop a solar farm at …
TGI Fridays has quietly shuttered multiple locations across three states as the struggling restaurant chain navigates Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Local reports found closures at four Las Vegas locations, two Long Island outposts, and several Pennsylvania storefronts. The company has not publicly commented on the latest round of shutdowns and did not respond to a request …
What a failure…why take the job? Didn’t even give any severance. 🚨 BREAKING: Party City is closing ALL stores after almost 40 years in business! CEO Barry Litwin announced to corporate staff that operations are "winding down" IMMEDIATELY, with today being their final day. This marks the end for America's largest party supply retailer. pic.twitter.com/30tmqSbXFy …
Overwhelming illness there, a little bit of sickness here. Kids are being turned into human punching bags. https://t.co/HPK1RbWoR3 — Jammer (@acrossthemersey) December 10, 2024 School district closes for a week due to 'overwhelming illness.' Ah, the new normal—where 'returning to normal' means redefining normal entirely. — Rooted_In_Reality (@realonesknow87) December 10, 2024 Several school districts in …
Waves of restaurants across United States are closing down. Restaurants that used to be American icons and relatively affordable dining establishment. But inflation has changed all of that and these restaurants are no longer. The value they once were and customers simply are choosing higher value options or eating at home. At the same time, …
Applebee’s closed several locations overnight, blindsiding employees who discovered the news in their inboxes. The sudden shutdowns, concentrated around Kansas City, were reportedly due to financial challenges and franchisee decisions. Sources KSHB MSN Yahoo Finance
Volkswagen to shut three factories, axe jobs and cut pay by 10%, says union The German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to shut at least three factories in its home country, lay off thousands of workers and cut pay by 10%, according to the company’s union. The deeper-than-expected cuts come as the company faces weak sales …
Nvidia shares closed at a record on Monday as Wall Street gears up for earnings season and updates from all of the chipmaker’s top customers on their planned spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. The stock climbed 2.4% to close at $138.07, topping its prior high of $135.58 on June 18. The shares are now up …
Several hundred “underperforming” 7-Eleven locations across North America are closing, the convenience store announced. Seven & I Holdings, the chain’s Japan-based parent company, revealed in an earnings report Thursday that 444 locations of 7-Eleven are shutting down because of a variety of issues, including slowing sales, declining traffic, inflationary pressures and a decrease in cigarette …
A major french fry supplier is cutting jobs as customers continue to count their pennies amid inflated prices at fast-food chains. Lamb Weston, the largest producer of french fries in North America, announced last week it was closing its plant in Connell, Washington, meaning 375 employees, or 4% of its workforce, would be laid off, according to an …
I thought this was interesting and worthy of note, a day that will go down in history. We should have kept some plants going as a backup I think, we will see what the future brings. We already pay the most in the world for energy, 400% more than the USA! UK is the first …
If the price closes below 58k end week, the bears 🐻 are gonna feast 🍖 on the hopefools next week. We await. https://t.co/AAEiVelLIb pic.twitter.com/OmpSh7dTye — The Great Martis (@great_martis) August 19, 2024
The iconic restaurant chain Hooters has abruptly announced the closure of 40 locations nationwide, citing the rising cost of food and rent. The restaurant chain, known for its attractive and scantily dressed waitresses, will close stores in Florida, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia. “Like many restaurants under pressure from current market conditions, Hooters has …
The McDonald’s at San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria has closed its doors after 30 years in business. The franchisee owner, Scott Roderick, cited two main reasons for the closure: Rent and Property Taxes: The landlord was unwilling to negotiate a long-term and sensible rent for the Stonestown location. Additionally, the property taxes and shared tenant mall fees were the highest paid for …
As America restricts access to its southern border, many asylum seekers risk deportation as they make the long journey to New York City.
I thought Asians were a minority, and “people of color?” Many come from other countries….blacks are generally born in America…what gives? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13266205/Seattle-closes-gifted-talented-schools-racial-inequities.html “Seattle has shuttered its gifted and talented programs because the school board determined they had too many white and Asian students. The district began phasing out its Highly Capable Cohort schools and classrooms …