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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s largest protests in three years erupted Monday after the country’s currency plummeted to a record low against the U.S. dollar, and the head of the Central Bank resigned. State TV reported the resignation of Mohammad Reza Farzin, while traders and shopkeepers rallied in Saadi Street in downtown Tehran as well …
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Treasury Market 10-Year Treasuries suffered their largest delivery fail rate in 8 years 🤯📉 pic.twitter.com/xph8wivnfc — Barchart (@Barchart) December 28, 2025 $30.5 billion worth of trades in the most recently issued 10‑year Treasury note failed to settle during the week ending December 10. This is the highest level of delivery fails since …
We are seeing MASSIVE swings in markets right now: Between 11:55 AM ET and 12:25 PM ET, the S&P 500 erased -$450 billion in market cap. 23 minutes later and $320 billion in market cap has been added back. That's a $720 BILLION swing in market cap in under 1 hour. Capitalize… pic.twitter.com/88bfWEEP1V — The …
🚨 @POTUS announces "WARRIOR DIVIDENDS" — a $1,776 non-taxable lump sum payment for our great service members, already on its way. https://t.co/s9lVlknp6x pic.twitter.com/PsINTaUoVt — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 18, 2025 .@POTUS: "Next year, you will also see the results of the largest tax cuts in American history… many families will be saving between $11,000 …
via Zorro Excellent question. Thailand’s relationship with China is deep, multifaceted, and of critical importance, spanning economics, military, tourism, and infrastructure. It is one of the most significant bilateral relationships in Southeast Asia. Here’s a breakdown of the key areas of dependence and interconnection: 1. Economic & Trade Interdependence (The Core) · Trade: China is …
pic.twitter.com/NSn8Oqi4rJ — Annie (@ZeroWarningShot) December 11, 2025 BREAKING: US rent prices declined -0.2% MoM in November, to $1,706, recording the largest November drop in at least 15 years. This also marks the 5th consecutive month of flat or negative rent changes. Annual rent growth slowed to +0.7%, down from +1.5% in Q1 2025. This comes… …
“Nearly 12 million federal student loan borrowers are behind on payments, according to new Education Department data. 5.5 million are in default, mostly from before the pandemic. Another 6 million are delinquent, with most over 270 days past due and headed toward default. An additional 6.7 million are in forbearance from Biden’s SAVE plan litigation. …
US Treasury just bought back $12.5 Billion of its own debt, the largest buyback in history. byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance US Treasury just bought back $12.5 Billion of its own debt, the largest buyback in history. Do you realize what’s happening? Japan ran this same playbook in the 1990s when their debt hit 60% of GDP. They …
Heavy snow and ice in Indiana led to a huge pileup of 45 cars and trucks. On Saturday morning on the eastbound I-70 highway in Vigo county near the town Terre Haute, the bad weather caused vehicles to lose control on the road. A spokesperson for nearby Riley Fire Department told WTWO 2 it was …
Wow. Tax refunds in 2026 are now projected to be the "largest in American history" pic.twitter.com/IWzZ8r4COd — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) November 26, 2025 Federal tax refunds often represent a family’s single largest check of the year, and next year’s refunds could be even bigger, with the average payment set to increase by about $1,000 per …
Either she is FULL OF SH*T, She got ripped off or she bought the largest trees they had. Thats mostly Tribeca. I used to walk and buy my tree not far in the West Village for about 70 bucks 10 years ago. Their own website now has the cheapest which they will deliver to YOU …
The Harvard Endowment’s Biggest Public Investment is Now Bitcoin The endowment dramatically increased its holdings of a spot bitcoin ETF since its previous such report. According to a new SEC filing, the Harvard University endowment’s largest publicly-traded investment is now in the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which is a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) operated …
US rent prices are declining at a historic pace: National apartment rents fell -0.31% MoM in October, marking the steepest October decrease in over 15 years. This also marks the 3rd consecutive monthly decline, as elevated supply continues to weigh on prices nationwide. 3 of the 5 largest monthly rent declines over the last 15 …
That’s the kind of move governments make when they think people won’t push back. If they can shut down the opposition’s bank accounts, they can shut down anyone’s. GERMAN BANKS FREEZE AfD ACCOUNTS IN ESCALATING CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT Multiple German banks are shutting down accounts linked to AfD, now the country’s largest opposition party, without …
China just fired the first shot in the next liquidity war, and the Fed will have no choice but to follow. The Chinese central bank is about to surpass the Fed to become the largest central bank in the world again. The PBOC has officially resumed quantitative easing. And I believe it’s only a matter …
Friday night witnessed more heavy Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, which has left a reported eleven people killed and large swathes of Ukraine without power. Moscow said its attacks targeted the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s military confirmed Saturday morning that Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles from the air, land, and sea, primarily targeting …
US Rents were down 0.9% over the last year, the 29th consecutive month with a YoY decline. Renting a home is cheaper than paying a mortgage in all 50 of the largest metros in the US. byu/Boo_Randy_II inHouseBuyers
You stole a non-profit — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2025 i helped turn the thing you left for dead into what should be the largest non-profit ever. you know as well as anyone a structure like what openai has now is required to make that happen. https://t.co/k85Bfn5My6 — Sam Altman (@sama) November 2, 2025 …
New home sales in China collapsed by 42% in October when compared to last October, representing more than just another setback for the beleaguered Chinese real estate market, the world’s largest asset class. This is a major problem for Chinese banks, not that they were expecting different. So, we see interest rates are back to …
🚨 HOLY CRAP! The country’s LARGEST federal workers’ union just demanded Chuck Schumer and Democrats REOPEN the government by passing the Republican clean CR They represent nearly a MILLION workers! American Federation of Government Employees President: “It’s time to pass a… pic.twitter.com/06F4ftX6md — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 27, 2025 🚨 BREAKING: Democrats are internally panicking …
Donald Trump has ordered the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation in his war on narco-terrorists from Venezuela. The USS Gerald R. Ford is joining the deployment of US Southern Command, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on Friday. The $20 billion, 1,090-ft vessel — which can carry more than …
Thank goodness we have vigilant, hyper-competent stewards of our financial system such as Sens. Maxine Waters and Elizabeth Warren to ensure no systemic risks are allowed to threaten the solvency of our banks. What’s going on in the Corporate Junk Bond Levered Funds? 👀 @DowdEdward pic.twitter.com/9XLSpJ5kf4 — Will O'Hara, CMT (@WillOHara131) October 20, 2025 “Bank …
Good Morning from Germany, which is increasingly losing out in trade w/China. Over the past 12mths, exports have dropped to €82bn, while imports have climbed to €165bn. The resulting trade deficit of €83bn is the largest since March 2023 and close to the record of €87bn. This… pic.twitter.com/auSjmfoDC7 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) October 20, 2025 …
NEW from me: California keeps losing tech jobs Amidst the AI boom, the US is in the largest sustained drawdown in tech employment since the dot-com bust And what tech jobs remain continue to leave California for the rest of the US The US continues bleeding tech jobs—tech employment is down 90k from its 2023 …
Shocking stat of the day: Working Americans now allocate an average of $2,358 per year into the Magnificent 7 stocks. This comes as 71% of 401(k) contributions, totaling $8,580, are going into equities, according to Apollo. Meanwhile, the Magnificent 7 account for almost… pic.twitter.com/2arwU9RXrG — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 15, 2025 Addressing Charlie Mungers …
by Michael Are the financial markets about to be greatly shaken? The housing market is imploding, corporate bankruptcies are surging, there are all sorts of warning signs in the employment market, and much of the population is feeling our seemingly endless cost of living crisis very keenly. But so far the stock market has seemed immune to the …
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE BREWING: ZAPORIZHZHIA WITHOUT POWER FOR 9 DAYS Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been relying on diesel generators for 9 days now, after its last external power line was cut during fighting. Russian-installed officials say Ukrainian shelling is preventing repairs. Ukraine says Russian shelling is to blame. The reactors are shut down but still …
$7.6B BITCOIN FRAUDSTER PLEADS GUILTY IN UK’S BIGGEST CRYPTO CASE Zhimin Qian, who ran a Ponzi scheme in China, fled with the loot, and laundered it into bitcoin, just pleaded guilty in London. Police found 61,000 bitcoin on her devices in a Hampstead mansion, now worth over £5bn, but didn’t clock it until three years …
The largest walkout in U.S. government history is happening right now, and most people have no idea what it means. More than 100,000 federal workers are resigning this week, not from burnout or scandal, but because the Trump administration designed it that way. The trigger was an email from the Office of Personnel Management titled …
JUST IN – Israel military issues evacuation order for Yemen's Hodeidah Port, the country's second largest port. An attack is imminent. pic.twitter.com/z9TwF525BQ — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 16, 2025 “Urgent warning to everyone present at the Port of Hodeidah in Yemen… The Defense Army will attack in the coming hours in the area specified on the …