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$GOOGL just rolled out real-time voice translation in Google Meet — starting with English and Spanish. pic.twitter.com/DIAr9ZAQbj — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) May 20, 2025
Inflation starting to creep up to multi month highs according to Truflation… pic.twitter.com/48e7Q8x6Cb — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) May 19, 2025 Trump imposing tariffs then demanding that retailers not pass on the cost of tariffs to their customers by raising prices would be like the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate but then demanding that banks not …
Black Swan watch. #BOJ The Bank of Japan is caught between responding to their weak economy (stimulus ) or torching the yen carry trade to protect their currency by raising rates. pic.twitter.com/zuMWIKAsMb — Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) May 16, 2025 There’s more delinquent student loans in Q1 2025 than there were in Q1 2020 – last …
by Michael When prices go up, our standard of living goes down. That is the way that it works. I have been writing quite a few articles about the shortages that the global trade war is going to cause in the months ahead. Without a doubt, they will be extremely painful. But there will also be very …
Now things start getting interesting. Nasdaq is starting the week off exactly like April 2022. https://t.co/izVTSoaVTJ pic.twitter.com/R8iRpv7exu — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) May 5, 2025 Another good reason to expect a pullback after the recent run, is that #market #breadth is approaching 90% which is where previous bull runs ended. pic.twitter.com/CvGqz8ZgdR — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) May 5, …
Walmart has announced new programs, including “Grow with US” and the 2025 Open Call, to expand support for American-made products and American small businesses, as President Donald J. Trump pursues a policy of supporting American producers through tariffs on foreign goods. Who’s Involved: Walmart U.S., led by President and CEO John Furner and CFO John …
BREAKING: 44.4% of home sellers gave concessions to buyers in March, near the highest share on record. The percentage has increased by ~10 points since July 2024 and has DOUBLED since June 2022. In Seattle, 71.3% of sellers gave concessions, the highest share among the 24 major metropolitan areas. This was followed by 63.9% and …
by Michael Experts are telling us that the supply chain disruptions that we are facing are likely to be more severe than anything that we witnessed during the last pandemic. Anyone that believes that we can easily replace 438 billion dollars of imports from China is just being delusional. There are thousands of products that are made in …
Tesla's Net Income fell 71% over the past year to $409 million. This was the first sub-$1 billion quarter for Tesla's bottom line in 4 years. $TSLAhttps://t.co/l5IYmkeySJ pic.twitter.com/ecd8oAiHYk — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) April 22, 2025 BREAKING: Elon Musk announces he’ll be stepping back from DOGE starting in May. “Next month I will start allocating more …
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is revising their residency requirements for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. “I do know that there are several people in our community that are going to be affected,” says Maritza Bedolla, mortgage loan officer with Primary Residential Mortgage in Tyler. Starting May 25, …
🚨 JUST IN: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announces everyone will need a REAL ID to fly starting MAY 7. pic.twitter.com/SpwkWb3Nwt — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 11, 2025 Starting May 7, 2025, the Transportation Security Administration will begin enforcing a rule that has been quietly approaching for two decades. Every U.S. traveler aged 18 or older …
Famed hedge fund investor Steve Eisman, famous for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, now appears to be two-for-two. In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail, hours before President Donald Trump announced a pause on new global tariff hikes, Eisman said he expected ‘cooler heads to prevail’. At least for the time being, they have. On …
T-Bills are warning about troubles again ⚠️ Is the BOJ selling USD in the market again to buy back JPY after printing too many of them to once again save the sinking JPY carry trade ship or is Norinchukin in need of another shot of liquidity adrenaline to stay in business? https://t.co/ErG511e2zt pic.twitter.com/4VL4YLuso3 — JustDario …
https://www.cnbc.com/2009/09/14/the-financial-crisis-this-dayone-year-ago-sept-15-2008.html HOLY FUCK. This is worse than the nuclear option:https://t.co/bYpi0vI8Zl The good news is that I think the Fed will be cutting rates by next week when markets go into Trump Lehman mode this week. EM currency crisis on deck. pic.twitter.com/4eEtlOoUJh — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 2, 2025 The tariff announcement is already pushing #markets to …
By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist I warned that the Fed was going to break something. Well, things are starting to break. The latest round of economic data was disastrous. Consumer confidence collapsed to its lowest reading since January 2021. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the Expectations Index, which is based on consumers’ …
STEPHEN A. SMITH RIPS HIS OWN STAFF FOR BEING LEFTISTS.pic.twitter.com/q8NZl3QLHW — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 22, 2025
Unitree unveiled a new video of its G1 robot performing acrobatic feats, as part of its lead up to production.
Alexa+ is billed as a major upgrade that includes individual voice recognition through Alexa Voice ID, nuanced calendar scheduling, Ring home security system integrations, and product purchasing capabilities. It’s Amazon’s latest effort to generate a profit from Alexa, which lost $25 billion in revenue between 2007-2021 according to The Wall Street Journal last year. While …
Revolving debt, which mostly includes credit card balances, jumped 8.2% in January, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest consumer credit report. Altogether, consumer debt, including student loans, auto loans and credit card debt, now stands at $5 trillion. Higher prices driven by tariffs could stretch household budgets even more in the months ahead, experts say. …
Doge is starting to have a material impact We may get a shocker tomorrow pic.twitter.com/UWrSEqmulb — Andreas Steno Larsen (@AndreasSteno) March 6, 2025 ⚠️BREAKING: *U.S. JOB CUTS TOTAL 172,017 IN FEBRUARY; PREV. 49,795 – CHALLENGER *HIGHEST SINCE JULY 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/wbQvtScyTY — Investing.com (@Investingcom) March 6, 2025
It’s the highest level of concern we’ve seen since the Dot Com Bubble. What does this mean? The U.S. economy is heading into dangerous territory. But it’s not just the stock market that’s in trouble. The U.S. government’s interest expense has gone off the charts, pushing past a staggering $1.1 trillion. And if current trends …
Indonesia is set to reach full implementation of its mandatory B40 biodiesel programme, which contains 40% palm oil fuel, starting this March. The programme was initially poised for implementation starting 1 January 2025 but was delayed due to regulatory issues. Indonesia to implement mandatory B40 diesel starting March 2025 According to Reuters, the B40 diesel reduces the …
by Michael At this moment, we are witnessing an epic struggle for dominance between the United States and China. A technological arms race is raging, and the Chinese are beginning to pull ahead. I realize that this may be difficult for many of you to believe, but if you doubt what I am saying just read …
This is my backyard & it’s still coming down pic.twitter.com/b54jC4Vn4E — SAVAGE RAIN (@RAINYDAY4U) January 21, 2025 Blizzard Beach. ❄️⛱️ Unprecedented blizzard warnings for Louisiana along the Gulf coast. This has never happened and should not be happening. This is not normal. The climate has changed. pic.twitter.com/Z2f7qXhQ0O — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) January 21, 2025 Crystal …
If you live anywhere within the triangulation of these 3 cities EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY I'm not being hyperbolic. Emergency services are split in 3 directions, all 3 fires are 0% contained, and it's going to be raining ash, power outages, water shortages Pack up and GO pic.twitter.com/lP3Irp5Whv — AJAC (@AJA_Cortes) January 8, 2025 https://twitter.com/Cayko22/status/1877094428222919108
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 250 branded medications including Pfizer COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, Bristol Myers Squibb’s cancer cell therapies and vaccines from France’s Sanofi at the start of 2025, according to data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors. Nearly all of the drug price increases …
Liquidity finally starting to move away from utter nonsense? 🥹 https://t.co/2XcGNGNOpi pic.twitter.com/sJ5lZoqTQb — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) December 23, 2024 The United States is making many threats, blind to the Eastern world’s focus on consolidating power through its supply chains. The West is currently obsessed with digital wealth. The East is fixated on hard assets. These …
If real ID is required to fly, then I refuse to go to any of these Blue states until they require ID to vote. pic.twitter.com/8Rjv3RhgwL — synergytruth (@synergytrusa) November 30, 2024
Big Brother is watching you tour Big Ben or drink pints in that Irish pub. The United Kingdom, which comprises England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, now has an Electronic Travel Authorization System (ETA). According to the Travel Weekly website, the ETA started in 2023 and was just required for travelers from several Middle Eastern …
