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via Mike Shedlock According to the research firm’s Global Shipment Report, China accounted for 24% of all iPhone shipments in Q2 2023, while the U.S. market accounted for 21%.\ image courtesy of Statista, annotations added The Wall Street Journal reports China Bans iPhone Use for Government Officials at Work China ordered officials at central government agencies …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23071.html Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the start of a marketing process for the approximately $33 billion Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loan portfolio retained in receivership following the failure of Signature Bank, New York, New York. The majority of the CRE loan portfolio being marketed is comprised of multifamily properties, …
via pjmedia: The bad news is we’re probably going to lose World War III — the Taiwan War, the Pacific War, whatevs — to China. The good news, if you want to see it that way, is that China might drive us all the way back to Hawaii without having to fire a shot. Let …
by Martin Armstrong The Ukrainians carried out a mass attack with 20 kamikaze drones against the Pskov air base 700 km from the border with Ukraine and 30 km from Estonia. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge blaze and damaging four Il-76 military transport planes, which …
The New York Times revealed a group of Silicon Valley billionaires are behind the $800 million in land purchases, or about the size of two San Franciscos, around Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, California. We previously covered the mysterious Flannery Associates, which has quietly amassed a staggering 55,000-acre farmland portfolio encircling three sides of the military …
NOT AGAIN! COVID MANDATES RETURN TO HOLLYWOOD… …MAJOR STUDIO REQUIRES MASKS, DAILY TESTING COVID mask mandates are returning to Hollywood, with Lionsgate being the first major studio to reinstate masking and daily testing for its Los Angeles office workers. Lionsgate is requiring employees who physically work at its headquarters in Santa Monica to wear masks …
by Chris Black Every single time. I can’t believe that this is some kind of promotion video for an actual Disney product and not a YouTube skit from 2010. #RachelZeigler the new #SnowWhite is the most unlikable actress I have ever heard…She hates her Snow White character, and after she came out against the original …
Foxconn Technology (OTCPK:FXCOF) is starting production of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iPhone 15 at a facility in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and aims to deliver the phones only weeks after they begin shipping from factories in China, Bloomberg News reported citing people with knowledge of the matter. The tech giant aims to narrow the …
by AdMaleficent2789 Goldman Sachs expects core inflation to fall enough for the Federal Reserve to start cutting rates in Q2 2024, but economists leave the door open for a higher-for-longer scenario. By Q2, “we expect core PCE inflation to have fallen below 3% on a year-on-year basis and below 2.5% on a monthly annualized basis, and …
by betsharks0 Didn’t they literally say no rate cuts before 2025?
USA Today doesn't like my tweet from last month👇and tries to 'fact check' it. https://t.co/IXx41wcNwX Let's walk through USA Today fact-checker Kate Petersen's effort. 1/ pic.twitter.com/8QbMtAiebp — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) August 8, 2023 The USA Today 'fact check' reports that the satellite data among NOAA and NASA program vary. First, all satellite temps are processed …
Animated: Global Debt Projections (2005-2027P) 💳️https://t.co/8XFqKNQowE pic.twitter.com/v4lUyCxnDE — Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) August 1, 2023 In 1971, global debt was a “mere” $4 trillion. In 2023 global debt is $325T excluding derivatives. How much longer can this debt bubble go? 🚨 pic.twitter.com/jJbSMdWH7h — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) August 2, 2023 The core of global debt is now …
by confoundedinterest17 Joe Biden said that Republicans will impeach him in the House of Representatives since inflation is coming down. Huh? No Joe, it is because your are the most corrupt President in history, a compulsive liar and your economic policies are pure World Economic Forum mandates (open borders, Central Bank Digital currency, green energy, …
If you don’t hold it, you don’t own it. h/t Simian_Stacker
Social media app Threads, Meta’s new Twitter alternative, has seen a nearly 70% decline in the number of daily active users since its July 7 peak, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, spoiling their explosive launch just two weeks ago and paling in comparison to Twitter, the social media giant it’s trying to dethrone. …
CRE Dominos Fall: Starwood Defaults On $212.4 Million Atlanta Office Tower https://t.co/UsEj7FkpyP — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 19, 2023 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1681383187375693824
Dude WTF is this… The President of the United States… When do the people in the media start to question his ability to lead? pic.twitter.com/EpLqgvRa61 — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) July 18, 2023
by Chris Black They’re desperately coping with losing the war. 'I’m not allowed to do anything inside #Russia. Why? Because #Putin will use #nuclear weapons? The kids who are dying don’t care'https://t.co/1rVCVM8K8f#Ukraine commander to who #NATO is sending long range missiles & F-16s thinks he has the right to attack civilians in #Russia — Pete …
Total BTFP & OCE didn't drop this week. The Fed paused pulling liquidity from the banks Now that we know Bullard is leaving the Fed on Aug 14 that's the likely target week when the Fed plans to start dramatically reducing BTFP & OCE liquidity, causing the banking crisis in Sep🤫 https://t.co/lwuGir9xCj pic.twitter.com/om91NKrS9u — Financelot …
Options traders are loading up on contracts that will jump in value should equities see a big drop NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) – Options traders are taking advantage of muted U.S. stock market gyrations to load up on contracts that would jump in value should equities see a big drop, boosting the number of …
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/hub/news/2023/07/official-cash-rate-remains-on-hold Highlights: The RBNZ has decided to keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50%. Remember, this is the rate of interest which the RBNZ charges on overnight loans to commercial banks. The RBNZ expects the OCR to remain at this level for a while to ensure inflation returns to the target range …
The EU's Mass Censorship Regime Is Almost Fully Operational. Will It Go Global? https://t.co/MrD74epkNR — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 8, 2023 CNN encourages viewers not to see anti-pedophile movie Sound of Freedom. pic.twitter.com/wBTkLhWkbW — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) July 8, 2023 U.S. Government Files Emergency Stay Request to Keep Censoring Americans on Social Media The U.S. …
by Simian_Stacker https://www.cnbc.com/bonds/ Big moves in the debt market. US 3M T-BILL YIELD new high wen 50bps pic.twitter.com/mCbZMOxnf0 — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) June 29, 2023 1-Year Treasury Bills now have a yield of 5.32%, the highest level since December 2000 pic.twitter.com/jKj27cpliq — Barchart (@Barchart) June 29, 2023 The decline in headline CPI is primarily driven by …
Gold looks to be getting ready to blaze through this historic resistance and move substantially higher. A surge in the metal price will likely mark the beginning of a new gold cycle that should be accompanied by a much-awaited influx of capital into the mining industry. pic.twitter.com/iKgOX71NZv — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) June 17, 2023 …
(Breitbart) A federal judge scheduled E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump for January 2024, just days before Republican primary voters will begin the presidential nomination process. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan set Carroll’s civil trial against Trump for January 15, 2024, in a brief scheduling order. https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/06/15/e-jean-carroll-second-defamation-trial-donald-trump-gop-primary-january-2024/ JUST …
by Chris Black Any single place where women are banned is a threat to all women, everywhere. They actually expect you to believe that the only reason male-only spaces ever existed was because men held an irrational hatred of women, for no reason. Has that been your experience? The Guardian: Mild signs of a potential …
