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ollar General is closing 96 stores sometime in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025. Another 45 stores under the pOpshelf brand will also be shuttered, with an additional six being converted into Dollar General locations. Dollar General quietly announced the store closings in its latest earnings report released on March 13. During the three-month …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he’s lifting tariffs on most goods from Mexico for 4 weeks amid economic fears from trade war. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-hes-lifting-tariffs-163610783.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-likely-defer-tariffs-usmca-153549096.html Update: Tariffs against Canada are also paused https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-likely-defer-tariffs-usmca-153549096.html h/t Patrick_Liu
Adm. Linda Lee Fagan was fired by the Trump administration on the president’s second day in office, according to a report Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, the former commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, who was terminated from her role last month over concerns about issues including the border, recruitment and DEI issues, was evicted from …
2 weeks in: Mexico cavedPanama cavedColombia cavedVenezuela cavedCanada panickingMass deportationsHostages are homeDEI programs endedBureaucracy slashedFBI purges are underwayUSAID funding cancelledGender ideology eliminatedDOGE already saved billions 51 intel… — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 3, 2025 Did you know that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including COVID-19, that killed millions of people? https://t.co/YVwyKA7ifs — …
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has executed a series of significant technology stock trades valued at over $30 million, according to recent congressional disclosure reports, while recovering from a hip injury sustained during an official trip to Luxembourg. What Happened: Pelosi’s latest trading activity includes substantial positions in major tech companies through options contracts. On …
The BOJ is stuck in a vicious cycle: – Ultra-low rates fuel the yen carry trade.– Rising global rates drive yen depreciation.– Depreciation forces intervention, depleting reserves. How long can Japan sustain this balancing act before the market breaks it? — Lukas Ekwueme (@ekwufinance) January 21, 2025 The JGB-US Treasuries spread is nearing a critical …
And here's Trump coin. It's sitting just above its $36 support. If that gives way, it's lights out. pic.twitter.com/uPRPzCEefG — Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble) January 20, 2025 THE PASTOR THAT SANG AT THE INAUGURATION IS NOW SHILLING HIS OWN MEMECOIN 😭😭😭 https://t.co/vBCPiKr4RY — Q-Cap (@qcapital2020) January 20, 2025 Heading to zero. pic.twitter.com/Lovm71TgKq — The …
Compare to August. On the Monday after the jobs report, stocks gapped down and the VIX exploded. Monday open was the low of the week. Today, the market gapped down amid relative complacency. This morning BTFD bounce could be the high of the week. pic.twitter.com/PnHNYjtIWw — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) January 13, 2025 This incipient bear market …
by James Hickman The year was 1901, and it was pretty much a who’s who of American business and finance at the time. Andrew Carnegie. JP Morgan. Charles M. Schwab. Elbert Gary (namesake of the city Gary, Indiana). It would be as if Elon Musk, Billy Gates, and Carl Icahn all got together on a new …
by confoundedinterest17 Well, its that time of year again. Mortgage applications drop to their lowest levels after Christmas until New Years Eve. Then mortgage applications pick up in the new year. Mortgage applications decreased 21.9 percent from two weeks earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending …
Warren Buffett Insider Trading Alert 🚨 Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought another $15.5 million worth of Versign $VRSN. Buffett has now bought about $90 million worth over the past 2 weeks. Warren Buffett Insider Trading Alert 🚨 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought another $15.5 million worth of Versign $VRSN. Buffett has now bought about $90 …
The MEDIAN duration of unemployment is 10.5 weeks. It was Dec 2008 by the time this series hit such lofty levels, 1 full year after the recession had begun, which took @nberpubs a record 366 days to backdate By then, the recession was 12 months old. It didn’t end until Jun 2009 https://t.co/VolPahwwiQ — Danielle …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: You said the computer does not support a bullish view of Trump taking office. Do you know why the computer is showing so many indexes are rolling over to the downside? John ANSWER: I strongly suggest that this is the time to pay close attention to Socrates, for this clearly shows that …
The Food and Drug Administration will decide on a ban of certain food dyes in the coming weeks after receiving a petition to review the safety of Red 3, NBC News reports. “With Red 3, we have a petition in front of us to revoke the authorization board, and we’re hopeful that in the next …
Enjoy the final weeks of elevated equity prices and narrow credit spreads, before a reversion to the mean. Only a miracle can fix this chart. pic.twitter.com/bS0iiblkmg — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) December 2, 2024 The Monday after Thanksgiving in 2021 was an up day. It was the last chance to get out. pic.twitter.com/pULj8PJcRf — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) …
An Arctic blast has brought snow, frost and dangerously cold winds to the northern Plains, the Midwest and the Great Lakes, creating “very difficult to impossible” travel conditions on one of the busiest days of the year, as millions of people head home from their Thanksgiving destinations. About 9 million people are under winter alerts …
BREAKING 🚨: China Chinese Equity Funds have seen an ALL-TIME HIGH $21 Billion withdrawn over the past 5 weeks pic.twitter.com/QoLyMF3TTf — Barchart (@Barchart) November 18, 2024 China’s 🇨🇳 population is expected to shrink by 51 million over the next decade By 2035, the population is expected to drop to 1.36B, down from a peak of …
"Toronto homeowner loses $500K in just 3 weeks" Is this just the beginning? Thank you @blogTO 🙏 https://t.co/6LVzl2hQY3 pic.twitter.com/efSd8m8E54 — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) November 9, 2024 📢 $800K Loss in Toronto 💸 📍Toronto, ON 🇨🇦 Toronto's condo market is imploding 📉. Not even interest rates are helping sellers. In mid 2021, months before the market peaked, …
#GOLD has entered the target zone between $2,780-$3,000 ahead of the US election. The overall trend remains positive, but a correction is expected within this range. Prepare for strong volatility in the coming weeks as the election outcome unfolds. pic.twitter.com/apdFdstUsU — Gold Predictors (@GoldPredictors) November 1, 2024
Global Central Bank Liquidity is now on trend, implying we're only 4 weeks away from a crisis. https://t.co/5mEWN5sH0i pic.twitter.com/d4iqi4j5MQ — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 24, 2024 VIX action is operating from a much higher base than the 1H 2024 days. Gaps & dips. pic.twitter.com/w1Tvszo2PV — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) October 24, 2024 Is it time for a …
The FBI and a federal agency dedicated to cybersecurity issued a warning on Oct. 18 about efforts by foreign actors trying to “spread disinformation” regarding the upcoming Nov. 5 election—with just over two weeks ago before the contest. The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said they have “no information suggesting …
by Mike Shedlock Let’s discuss momentum. Nate Silver mostly dismisses it, but I don’t. And the election is in 17 days. Yesterday, the Silver Bulletin election model flipped from Harris to Trump barely. That’s the first Trump lead since September 19. Does Trump Have Momentum? My answer is clearly. But Nate Silver mostly disagrees in …
Special Counsel Jack Smith made a new claim about Trump’s role on January 6, 2021, with less than two weeks until Election Day. A desperate Jack Smith claimed in a new filing that Trump “willfully caused his supporters to obstruct and attempt to obstruct” the certification of the 2020 election. The special counsel’s prosecutors said …
Nancy Pelosi’s husband unloaded more than $500,000 worth of Visa stock — less than three months before the credit card giant was slapped with federal antitrust charges, public documents show. Visa was hit with a lawsuit on Tuesday that alleged the company has illegally monopolized the debit card market — the culmination of a years-long …
There's clearly a lot of work to do to fix it, but that begins in 6 weeks… 🇺🇸❤️🔥💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/A6WYtOUrkU — mustLearnMore (@mustLearnMore) September 25, 2024 P.S. she also took an i.q test . . . It was 78. pic.twitter.com/WoHJOtjmPW — Deplorable M.E. (@MargoEpperson1) September 24, 2024
Fruit prices are about to skyrocket if they all strike at once. America could run out of popular fruit within weeks as 45,000 dockworkers who help import it threaten to strike America could soon face empty fruit aisles and skyrocketing prices as 45,000 dockworkers threaten to walk off the job, The looming strike, set to …
Beginning of the end https://t.co/QFLfpZtAoW pic.twitter.com/2s6353xJiX — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) September 18, 2024 GOLD A rate cut would send gold parabola before markets crash in coming weeks. pic.twitter.com/9rhpsWHtBG — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 17, 2024 Interest rates are crashing similar to pre-2008 levels, signaling potential economic instability. Interest rates are crashing like they did …
ABC News released the rules for next week’s presidential debate between Trump and Kamala Harris. According to ABC, both Trump and Harris agreed to the rules. The debate is scheduled for September 10. The Debate Rules per ABC News: The debate will last 90 minutes with two commercial breaks The two seated moderators, David Muir …
https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/03/an-important-update-on-concord/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/concord-is-being-shut-down-2-weeks-after-launch-after-it-didn-t-land-the-way-we-d-intended/ar-AA1pVSgO View post on imgur.com h/t dr0id