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They forgot to include 10% for the big guy that’s why they didn’t get away with it via Yahoo: “Ukraine’s SBU security service and Defense Ministry have exposed an official involved in the embezzlement of UAH 1.5 billion ($40 million) earmarked for the procurement of artillery shells for the Ukrainian military, the ministry said on …
via dismal-jellyfish: Source: https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2023/12/dropping-like-a-stone-on-rrp-take-up-in-the-second-half-of-2023/ Background: Liberty Street has a paper Treasury Bill Supply and ON RRP Investment based on the Staff Report Banks’ Balance-Sheet Costs, Monetary Policy, and the ON RRP. TLDRS: The authors call out the increase in Overnight Reverse Repurchase (ON RRP) take-up from 2021 to May 2023 was influenced by several factors, including higher balance-sheet costs …
Vivek Ramaswamy has said, if elected: I will reduce headcount at the U.S. Federal Reserve by >90% and limit its scope to doing exactly *one* thing: stabilize the dollar as a stable unit of measurement. pic.twitter.com/8lZBGZqkwH — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 17, 2023 Hedge Funds have turned bearish on the U.S. Dollar for the first time …
The Obamunists are in a hole, they really don’t know what to do next. So they will continue to double down on failure. The Ukrainian Army is fading, losing ground in the field, and there are obvious internal squabbles going on, amid rampant corruption. So Lyndon Johnson, err… I mean… Biden, is sending an Offial …
Interesting how all of the @NvrBackDown24 staff started “resigning” after I posted this…. People are jumping ship before all of the stories about the scandals start dropping… It’s so bad, I’m told it may result in FBI investigations into members of @TeamDeSantis. 👀 https://t.co/dPMP1rtv6q — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 3, 2023 They have the pics …
The media landscape continues to face severe challenges, exemplified by The Washington Post’s decision to cut 10% of its staff, indicating a substantial financial loss exceeding $100 million this year. The broader trend is evident as over 25% of all U.S. newspapers (daily and weekly) folded in the past 15 years. Newspaper advertising revenue mirrored …
Israel Orders Immediate Evacuation of Staff in Egypt Embassy 🇮🇱🇪🇬 | URGENT: ISRAEL ORDERS IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OF ALL ITS STAFF FROM ITS EMBASSY IN EGYPT. — OFFICIAL DJTEMMY🇳🇬🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@ODjtemmy) October 18, 2023 Yedioth Ahronoth: Israel evacuates its embassy staff in Egypt https://t.co/vKwtTGyON2 — EndGameWW3 🇺🇸 (@EndGameWW3) October 18, 2023
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FTX staff wrote ‘oops’ on a spreadsheet which showed it owed $20billion five months before it collapsed. A court in New York heard that Sam Bankman-Fried, the boss of the failed crypto exchange, ordered his staff to prepare the document in July 2022 as investors demanded their money back. Crypto prices had tumbled and the …
https://www.ft.com/content/9663a97e-9ee3-4b70-a804-38ccbe432203 India tells Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff Rift between Ottawa and New Delhi deepens over murder of Canadian Sikh separatist Related:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182 India has told Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomats from the country, in an escalation of the crisis that erupted when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said New Delhi may have …
The impact of spiking interest rates after more than 10 years of 0% is hitting. More here: Onset of the Economic Avalanche Becomes Clear Recession Warning: Employers Slash Staff at Record Pace Since 2009 The global business landscape is under strain, with the UK signaling a potential worldwide recession. A new survey reveals the …
Financial markets ponder the prospect of a fresh inquiry at the company, still yet to get to grips with huge financial problems that have sparked a series of defaults on its debts. Shares in crisis-hit China Evergrande have plunged by up to a quarter after the apparent detention of staff by police. The company, which …
Over a third of people appointed to the HHS leave to take jobs in private sectors Republican presidents were more likely to appoint people directly from industry READ MORE: ‘Patient influencers’ are being paid by big pharma More than half of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) staff go on to work for big pharma, a …
I’m talking to a man who was told last October that his 75-year-old uncle – in hospital after being abused by his carers – was “end of life” and had three days to live. The doctors said he had sepsis and that he was definitely going to die. The man – his uncle’s next of …
https://twitter.com/texasrunnerDFW/status/1686187300516954112 EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Car Loans Tougher to Get, More People Getting Rejected by Lenders. https://twitter.com/1200616796295847936/status/1686034230470451201 The total for all commercial properties that were in distress was $72 billion, in the US, up 13% from the first quarter, per Bloomberg. pic.twitter.com/rG3DWoF14z — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 31, 2023 Tech bulls are right, this is not 1999. …
A woman and her teenage daughter say Delta Air Lines staff served a boorish passenger drink after drink, then did nothing when he manhandled and sexually assaulted them on a long flight from JFK Airport to Greece, according to a federal lawsuit. The pilot and flight attendants didn’t even call police to have the man …
(justthenews.com) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is laying off more than one-third of his campaign staff as he falls in 2024 presidential primary polls… DeSantis has been dropping in polls overall since he announced his campaign. He is still second to former President Donald Trump, who is receiving more than half of the Republican primary votes …
Suumit Shah, founder and CEO of Bangalore-based e-commerce company Dukaan, said that the bot, which was built by one of the firm’s data scientists, could respond to initial queries instantly, compared to staff taking an average of one minute and 44 seconds. Shah, who founded the company in 2020, said the layoffs were ‘tough’ but …
A report on Justice Sonia Sotomayor claimed that she earned $3.7 million in book sales since joining the Supreme Court, partially because her staff “prodded” libraries and colleges that hosted her in the past to buy her works. The Associated Press released a report based on over 100 open records requests to public institutions where Sotomayor appeared in the …
Pride Month” is over and a day to be proud of, the Fourth of July, is upon us! But a news director, his assistant and two staffers from WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan will spend the holiday trying to figure out where to work next. Over the weekend, some were fired over distributing a memo …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: Memorandum from the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis My understanding is figures 9 and 10 outline the daily market participants’ gross positions in securities exceeding 7% and 10% of the security’s market capitalization. On average, 65 participants exceed the 7% threshold daily, and 46 exceed the 10% threshold. The highest recorded numbers …
by AssuredlyAThrowAway On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced a policy change that will kill essentially every third-party Reddit app now operating, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader, leaving Reddit’s official mobile app as the only usable option; an app widely regarded as poor quality, not handicap-accessible, and very difficult to use for moderation. In …
