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They sold us on cheap smart tools and now even big names run out of money in months. When the bubble starts leaking from inside the companies themselves you know the party is ending fast. This shows that the traditional …
Bill Ackman is right… 2005-2020, globalisation and Chinese urbanisation caused 15 years of global deflation and a long era of ZIRP. 2025-2045, AI will likely cause a long period of deflation (big productivity gains) and likely a long era of …
Lots of different sectors of the economy are at risk with Ai, but one sector benefits from everything that is happening. Silver mining. Most silver mining companies are struggling to just maintain their current level of production. Globally, silver mining …
If this is the mindset going forward, the degree is just a receipt and the real skill is knowing which button to press. That is not evolution, that is convenience winning over competence. Seriously. https://twitter.com/dicesweetlifee/status/2024479199168274438 Former Goldman Sachs executive: Knowledge …
Already 25 data center cancellations and postponements this month, expecting to see a 100+ month towards midterms (excludes local/county moratoriums) pic.twitter.com/ftpCQDA1UP — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) January 18, 2026 Here are a few recent data center postponements from early January 2026 …
Data center updates in the last 24 hours ⬇️ > Brenham, TX city council blocked tax incentives & zoning changes for a large French-owned data center > Imperial, CA failed to approve site plans for $10 billion project, random shadow …
Philippine authorities Monday detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects. Massive corruption has been blamed for substandard or non-existent flood control projects in the poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country long …
The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers' ability to manage billions of dollars in projects. The Corps will be immediately pausing over $11 billion in lower-priority projects & considering them for cancellation, including projects in New York, …
General Michael Flynn exposes to James O’Keefe that there are rooms in the Pentagon full of people “working” on projects the Government no longer does. They aren’t doing anything They just show up, “work” an 8 hour day and get …
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-chicago-infrastructure-funding-9ef6c7829fc85553bf8d3dbaa759611e CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown. The administration is pausing a …
OMB Director Russ Vought just canceled $8 billion in climate funding for CA, NY, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, OR, VT, and WA. He also froze $18 BILLION for NYC infrastructure projects “to ensure …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Is the market right or the Fed? I created the above chart from CME Fedwatch projections on September 20. The Fed and the market project roughly the same path through December of 2025. However, the Fed …
Fun fact. In order to revive the stalling real estate market, Chinese government halted projects under construction and demolished buildings which could accommodate over 75 million people (more than the entire population of the United Kingdom).pic.twitter.com/YbnCScKi1V — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September …
The illusion is unraveling. The AI boom isn’t growth. It’s a public hemorrhage disguised as inevitability, a silent collapse dressed in corporate slogans. Every headline about funding, every press release about partnerships, every glossy demo conceals a truth the spreadsheets …
Is Tesla’s AI hype fueling a stock promotion or real growth? While deflecting attention from previous product that was supposed to justify market cap. His comment proves FSD and robotaxi is a flop. No-one could’ve seen that coming, right?! — …
Breakdown of the Cuts: $679 million total rescinded by the Transportation Department $435 million of that was earmarked for a floating wind farm in Northern California Another $47 million was slashed from a Maryland-based project The largest single cut: Humboldt …
Trump didn’t just win. He followed the law. “Congress has mandated legal disputes over federal government grants and contracts be pursued only in the Court of Federal Claims,” Solicitor General John Sauer told the justices. That’s not a loophole. That’s …
95% of organizations that are pouring money into generative AI have little or nothing to show for it. That isn’t rumor. That’s MIT’s own conclusion. They say the machines can’t retain data. They can’t adapt. They can’t learn over time. …
$61.9 billion. That’s how much companies are spending on generative AI in 2025. IDC says investment jumped 94% this year. https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/genai-paradox-companies-pouring-billions-into-ai-it-has-yet-to-pay-off-125081302003_1.html The payoff? Still nowhere to be seen. McKinsey finds nearly 80% of firms use generative AI—but the same number …
Billions in chip projects scrapped in Europe. INTEL TO LAY OFF 15% OF WORKERS, CANCEL BILLIONS IN PROJECTS IN BID FOR REBOUND-WSJ — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) July 25, 2025 INTEL EMPLOYEE COUNT BY YEAR 2022: 131,9002023: 124,8002024: 108,9002025: 75,000 INTEL …
Apple: Introducing, transparent icons. Tesla: Introducing, Robotaxis. pic.twitter.com/6LdlzLQo3F — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) June 10, 2025 Apple and Tesla are moving in opposite directions, and the contrast couldn’t be clearer. Apple, once the undisputed leader in innovation, unveiled transparent icons for …
U.S. Energy Secretary Christopher Wright breaks down the Trump administration’s latest move to cancel 24 Biden-era projects on ‘Mornings with Maria.’
One of the oddest things in the House budget bill was cutting the private market incentives in energy markets. 81% of incremental power generation will be crippled by that single stroke of the pen. How do we compete in AI …
The AI boom has reached an unsustainable level. Investors are throwing money at projects with little regard for the real risks or long-term viability. Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing into the AI sector like a river, and the …
Bank of America recommends to sell the rip 🍀 — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) April 11, 2025 BLACKROCK CEO LARRY FINK SAYS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MUCH GREATER EMBEDDED INFLATION IN THIS COUNTRY – CNBC — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) April 11, …
The grift is real pic.twitter.com/DT95M8LjWg — Gimme3Steps (@TheSouthGAJohn) February 18, 2025 🚨BREAKING: President Trump lists MASSIVE fraud in Social Security: 200 to 209 years old, 879 people. 210 to 219 years old, 866 people. 220 to 229 years old, 1,039 …
This is systemic corruption at its worst. USAID’s millions are flowing to addresses that don’t even exist. Empty plots, dilapidated buildings—it’s almost as if they’re laundering money, pretending to fund projects that never materialize. The secrecy around these grants is …
by Mike Shedlock Based on Fed economic projections, it should not have cut interest rates today. Lead image is from today’s Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) from today’s FOMC meeting. Key SEP Projections PCE inflation for 2024: 2.4 percent up from 2.3 …
Nvidia $NVDA only expects revenue of $37.5 billion next quarter. The growth is slowing. (*Reminder, all of these companies are using Non-GAAP instead of GAAP because it allows them to do round-trip financing 🤫) https://t.co/RTniBc6M8j pic.twitter.com/7cNDvdbNIx — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) November …
by Mike Shedlock Kamala can hide behind her newfound support (lie) for fracking as long as she has “environment justice” and the courts on her side. DC Court Vacates LNG Approval Please note DC Court Vacates LNG Approval at Port of …