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Sixth Time The Charm? Meet The ZiG: Zimbabwe's New 'Gold-Backed' Currency
25.04.2024, 19:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sixth Time The Charm? Meet The ZiG: Zimbabwe's New 'Gold-Backed' Currency Authored by Peter C. Earle via The American Institute for Economic Research, Zimbabwe’s historical relationship with money has been inundated with mistakes, recklessness, and hardship. During the peak of its 2008 hyperinflation, the nation experienced a catastrophic economic...
Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests'
25.04.2024, 00:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests' A 33-year old Iranian activist and rapper who has recently been involved in anti-government demonstrations has been handed a shockingly draconian sentence by an Iranian court. Toomaj Salehi was first arrested in Oct. 2022 for publicly backing the so-called 'anti-hijab' protests...
China Is Leading The Global Nuclear-Power Build-Out
25.04.2024, 00:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Is Leading The Global Nuclear-Power Build-Out Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, China is currently constructing a total of 26 nuclear power units with a combined capacity of 30.3 gigawatts (GW), the highest in the world, according to a report by the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) cited by local media. China's nuclear power...
Germany Arrests Unprecedented Six Spies In Less Than A Week
24.04.2024, 16:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Arrests Unprecedented Six Spies In Less Than A Week German security services say they've arrested an unprecedented six suspected spies in only the past week, and four of these are believed to have been working for the government of China, while the other two are suspected Russian agents. As we reported earlier, the latest case unveiled Tuesday...
Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China
24.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China Multiple Chinese companies are focused on commercializing flying cars, utilizing a design that is different from the popular eVTOL aircraft that have been developed over the last several years, according to a new report from Nikkei this week. XPeng AeroHT, an affiliate of the electric vehicle startup, plans...
Amash Battling Trump-Endorsed Deep-State Doozie For Michigan Senate Nomination
24.04.2024, 02:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Amash Battling Trump-Endorsed Deep-State Doozie For Michigan Senate Nomination Former Rep. Justin Amash on Monday announced that his Senate campaign had submitted the requisite signatures to appear on Michigan's Aug. 6 primary ballot. The GOP field for a shot at a Democrat-vacated seat includes an archetypal Deep Stater in former Rep. Mike Rogers, who...
VIP: Backstage Access, Private Dinner At ZeroHedge Crypto Debate Featuring Schiff, Roubini, Scaramucci And Voorhees
24.04.2024, 00:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - VIP: Backstage Access, Private Dinner At ZeroHedge Crypto Debate Featuring Schiff, Roubini, Scaramucci And Voorhees On May 3, ZeroHedge is partnering with Crypto Banter to bring together top macroeconomic minds to debate Cryptocurrency: is it the financial engine of the future or a worthless bubble? In the anti-crypto corner is the man whose name is...
Biden's FTC Blocks $8.5 Billion Deal Between Michael Kors & Coach As Central Planners Target Fashion
23.04.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's FTC Blocks $8.5 Billion Deal Between Michael Kors & Coach As Central Planners Target Fashion President Joe Biden's antitrust enforcement has been on a deal-blocking crusade ahead of the presidential elections in November. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission targeted the fashion industry for the first time. It sued to block Tapestry's $8...
Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Resigns Over Oct.7 Failures
22.04.2024, 18:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Resigns Over Oct.7 Failures Israel’s top military intelligence official has announced his resignation in a shock development for the country while it's still at war, citing his failure to anticipate the Oct.7 Hamas terror attack. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, chief of the Israel Defense Forces Military...
Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore
22.04.2024, 16:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore Hot on the heels of last week's tech and momentum rout, shaken traders will have to wait until Friday for the main macro event namely the US core PCE print within the income and spending report. Economists expect the core PCE deflator to come in at +0.30% vs. +0.26% last month. This would...
The Three Oil And Gas Stocks Most Sensitive To Oil Price Swings
22.04.2024, 12:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Three Oil And Gas Stocks Most Sensitive To Oil Price Swings By Alex Kimani of OilPrice Following a strong rally amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, oil prices have pulled back sharply in the current week as demand worries outweigh geopolitical concerns. WTI crude for May delivery has declined 5.1% from the Friday close to trade at $83...
“Democratization” and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: When Neo-Nazi Symbols Become “The New Normal”
21.04.2024, 15:34 Uhr. Global Research - https: - In the Ukraine parliament, extremist symbols are on display. The flags of France, the UK, Canada, hang alongside those of the Neo-Nazi Svoboda party together with two White supremacist flags. The post “Democratization” and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: When Neo-Nazi Symbols Become “The New Normal” appeared first on Global Research...
Biden To Withdraw Troops From Niger As Region Increasingly Turns To Russia
21.04.2024, 13:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden To Withdraw Troops From Niger As Region Increasingly Turns To Russia In what is simultaneously a humiliating setback for the Deep State and a welcome victory for noninterventionist American taxpayers, the White House on Friday announced that US military forces will be withdrawn from Niger over the coming months. The move comes after Niger's mid-March...
Hard Money Heat Check
19.04.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hard Money Heat Check Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance There are few things I like more about NBA basketball than when a player gets so hot that it seems as though they can't miss a shot, no matter where they are shooting from. The legendary video game NBA Jam captured this beautifully, for those that remember. A “heat check” is when a hot player...
Biden Wins Endorsement Of Kennedy Family Members
19.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Wins Endorsement Of Kennedy Family Members Authored by Emel Akan and Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden on April 18 traveled to Philadelphia, the final stop of his three-day tour of the crucial battleground state, where he received the Kennedy family’s endorsement for his reelection campaign. President Joe...
Inside The Disinformation Industry
18.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inside The Disinformation Industry Authored by Freddie Sayers via UnHerd.com, “Our team re-reviewed the domain, the rating will not change as it continues to have anti-LGBTQI+ narratives… The site authors have been called out for being anti-trans. Kathleen Stock is acknowledged as a ‘prominent gender-critical’ feminist.” This was part of an...
Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses
18.04.2024, 14:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses US equity futures are higher after four consecutive days of selling, although that is the same pattern we have seen all week as futures initially rise only to dump later in the day. As of 7:40am, S&P futures are up 0.3% while tech stocks were set to outperform, pushing the Nasdaq 0.4% higher after TSMC delivered...
Gold Vs. S&P 500: Which Has Grown More Over Five Years?
18.04.2024, 11:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Vs. S&P 500: Which Has Grown More Over Five Years? Gold is considered a unique asset due to its enduring value, historical significance, and application in various technologies like computers, spacecraft, and communications equipment. Commonly regarded as a “safe haven asset”, gold is something investors typically buy to protect themselves...
Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell To Explain Why Cuts Are Still On Table Despite Soaring Inflation & Strong Growth
16.04.2024, 19:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell To Explain Why Cuts Are Still On Table Despite Soaring Inflation & Strong Growth Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak this afternoon and the big question is how many times will he said the word "patience", "confidence", and/or "we must get Biden re-elected." Powell has been less hawkish than many of his peers...
Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal
16.04.2024, 15:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal S&P futures traded modestly in the green, erasing earlier losses and signaling a recovery after the S&P 500 fell more than 1% in the past two sessions, following stronger than expected earnings from index heavyweight UnitedHealth Group which soared 6% after reporting first-quarter...
Yuan Weakens After 'Unbalanced' Chinese Economy Sees GDP Beat In Q1 But Domestic Consumption, Production Disappoint
16.04.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yuan Weakens After 'Unbalanced' Chinese Economy Sees GDP Beat In Q1 But Domestic Consumption, Production Disappoint China’s economic growth beat expectations in Q1, rising +5.3% YoY - considerably stronger than the +4.8% consensus, and inching ahead of Q4's +5.2% YoY growth. Source: Bloomberg Notably, that this is the first time the market compares...
Johnson, Trump Announce Election Integrity Bill To Require Proof Of Citizenship To Vote
15.04.2024, 13:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Johnson, Trump Announce Election Integrity Bill To Require Proof Of Citizenship To Vote Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former President Donald Trump are urging support for a bill aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting in federal elections. Republican presidential candidate...
Spirulina Significantly Reduces COVID-19 Mortality: Study
15.04.2024, 09:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Spirulina Significantly Reduces COVID-19 Mortality: Study Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who took spirulina had a lower risk of death than those who did not, according to results of a randomized controlled trial recently published in Frontiers in Immunology. (MarcinWojc/Shutterstock) Study...
Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel
14.04.2024, 21:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel Iran's direct attack on Israel on Saturday evening is viewed certainly as an escalation in the Middle East conflict. Tehran's missile and drone attack (widely unsuccessful) has been well-telegraphed (read: here & here) for the last two weeks, pushing up...
Watch: Non-English Speaking Military-Aged Venezuelan Male Attempts To Rob Bank In Ohio Using Translator App
14.04.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Non-English Speaking Military-Aged Venezuelan Male Attempts To Rob Bank In Ohio Using Translator App President Biden's disastrous open southern border policies have sparked a migrant crime wave. This comes amid the ten million plus illegal aliens that have invaded the nation through the collapsed southern border, alongside recent calls from...
Harvard To Once Again Require SATs For Admissions
13.04.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Harvard To Once Again Require SATs For Admissions Harvard is joining the ranks of other universities in recognizing the obvious: SATs are a great way to measure aptitude. And now that Harvard is busy grappling with other issues like plagiarism among its top ranks, it has decided to quietly shuffle SAT requirements back to where they were pre-Covid...
Intel, AMD Slide After Beijing Tells Telecoms To Phase Out Foreign Chips
12.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Intel, AMD Slide After Beijing Tells Telecoms To Phase Out Foreign Chips The newest phase of the technology war between the US and China involves Beijing's plan to eliminate American-made semiconductor chips from Chinese telecommunications systems by 2027. This strategy is expected to impact US chip manufacturers such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices...
Biden (Yes, Biden) Promises Rate-Cut By Year-End As Fed Minutes Signal Caution & Slowing QT
10.04.2024, 20:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden (Yes, Biden) Promises Rate-Cut By Year-End As Fed Minutes Signal Caution & Slowing QT Thanks to today's magnificent unwind, the market and monetary-policy landscape has changed dramatically since the last FOMC meeting on March 20th. Gold is still the biggest winner while bonds are a bloodbath with stocks flat and the dollar and oil up... Source:...
Equity Mantra Now Is To Buy Dips But Hedge Risks
10.04.2024, 02:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Equity Mantra Now Is To Buy Dips But Hedge Risks By Jan-Patrick Barnert, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist There are two pieces of stock market wisdom which — unlike many others — often ring true: “buy protection when you can, not when you must” and “a hedged pot never boils.” Both seem to be at play right now. Last Thursday’s...
Working From Home "Here To Stay": Here's The Best States To Live When You Can Avoid The Office
09.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Working From Home "Here To Stay": Here's The Best States To Live When You Can Avoid The Office During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies transitioned to a work-from-home model to maintain operations, a practice many have continued, according to WalletHub, who recently studied work from home trends. From October 2023 to January 2024, over...
Combating "Hate": The Trojan Horse For Precrime
06.04.2024, 17:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Combating "Hate": The Trojan Horse For Precrime Authored by Conor Gallagher via Naked Capitalism, Philip K. Dick’s 1956 novella The Minority Report created “precrime,” the clairvoyant foreknowledge of criminal activity as forecast by mutant “precogs.” The book was a dystopian nightmare, but a 2015 Fox television series transforms the...
Lab-Grown Meat Isn't For Everyone
06.04.2024, 02:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lab-Grown Meat Isn't For Everyone Would you eat laboratory-grown meat? This question, as Statista's Anna Fleck reports was posed recently to respondents of their Consumer Insights survey, seems to divide opinions. Laboratory-grown meat, also known as cultivated or cultured meat, is produced from animal cells, often taken by biopsy. These are then...
Futures Rebound As Oil Remains Above $90; All Eyes On Payrolls
05.04.2024, 14:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound As Oil Remains Above $90; All Eyes On Payrolls US futures rebounded from yesterday's late day rout even as European stocks slumped the most in almost two months and Asian markets tumbled the most in a month, tracking Thursday's broad market retreat as oil prices held near five-month highs above $90 and investors braced for today's...
Google Eyes Paid AI Search Features, Explores Subscription Model; Report
04.04.2024, 21:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Eyes Paid AI Search Features, Explores Subscription Model; Report Authored by Amaka Nwaokocha via CoinTelegraph.com, Google is considering introducing premium features powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in its search engine. The move would mark the first time a core Google product is behind a paywall. However, the free search...
New York's Election Year Anti-Crime Strategy Too-Little, Too-Late, Critics Say
03.04.2024, 22:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New York's Election Year Anti-Crime Strategy Too-Little, Too-Late, Critics Say Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times, Facing a critical election year and constant evidence of the progressive rollback of tough-on-crime policies, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democrat leaders are scrambling to counter the narrative that theirs is the...
Xiaomi SU7 EV Sells Out Of 2024 Inventory Within 24 Hours Of Launching
02.04.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Xiaomi SU7 EV Sells Out Of 2024 Inventory Within 24 Hours Of Launching The Xiaomi SU7 EV launch was such a resounding success that the vehicle sold out of all of its 2024 inventory within a span of 24 hours, according to InsideEVs. The automaker is the latest to throw its hat in the fray and make a grab for marketshare in China, alongside of leaders...
Mass Layoffs Begin At California Fast Food Chains As $20 Minimum Wage Law Takes Effect
02.04.2024, 15:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mass Layoffs Begin At California Fast Food Chains As $20 Minimum Wage Law Takes Effect This result shouldn't surprise anyone. Inflation has driven up operational costs for businesses across the US and shrunk profit margins for major food chains in the past few years. This has led to higher menu prices (like the "$18 Big Mac") and slowing sales for...
Behind Massive Mail-In Ballot Push Is A Little-Noticed Executive Order
31.03.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Behind Massive Mail-In Ballot Push Is A Little-Noticed Executive Order Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal effort to register voters using the government’s vast reach, including throughout the U.S. prison system, is raising concerns from critics who have said it won’t benefit Democrats and Republicans equally...
On The Brink Of A Dramatic Change: The Digitalization Of Money
29.03.2024, 01:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - On The Brink Of A Dramatic Change: The Digitalization Of Money Authored by Efrat Fenigson via Bitcoin Magazine, The current state of Central Bank Digital Currency Projects globally summarized by Efrat Enigson, independent journalist and host of the "You're The Voice" podcast... “What underpins a world order is always the financial system. We are on...
Appeals Court Extends Block On Texas Arrests Of Illegal Immigrants
28.03.2024, 19:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Appeals Court Extends Block On Texas Arrests Of Illegal Immigrants Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A divided appeals court has upheld a preliminary injunction against the State of Texas, continuing to stall the enforcement of Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4), a state law targeting illegal immigration that allows the state to arrest...
Over 20% Of The World's Oil Refining Capacity Is At Risk Of Closure
28.03.2024, 19:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Over 20% Of The World's Oil Refining Capacity Is At Risk Of Closure Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Weakening refining margins and carbon taxes put a fifth of global refining capacity at risk. Europe and China face the highest closure risk due to declining demand and environmental regulations. The rise of electric vehicles and biofuels...
"We Don't Want Your Nice, Cheap Stuff, Thanks"
28.03.2024, 18:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Don't Want Your Nice, Cheap Stuff, Thanks" By Michael Every of Rabobank Thinking you can successfully forecast what markets will do is a fool’s game. However, some recent financial market headlines were easy to forecast years ago. Markets didn’t, and are still failing to join the dots between said headlines and what they imply for asset prices...
The Many Ways A Porous Border Means Crime Without Boundaries
27.03.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Many Ways A Porous Border Means Crime Without Boundaries Authored by James Varney & Abigail Degnan via RealClear Politics, When President Biden’s supporters attacked him for describing the man who allegedly murdered Georgia co-ed Laken Reilly as an “illegal,” they shined a light on one of the most contested words in American politics. The...
US 'Backed Itself Into Corner' By Blaming ISIS For Moscow Attack As Fires Burned: Kremlin
27.03.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US 'Backed Itself Into Corner' By Blaming ISIS For Moscow Attack As Fires Burned: Kremlin Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Wednesday gave an interview to Russian state-run English language media wherein she continued to advance the Kremlin's claims that the Ukrainian government or its Western partners likely had something to...
Escobar: The Nuland/Budanov/Tajik/Crocus Connection
27.03.2024, 07:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Escobar: The Nuland/Budanov/Tajik/Crocus Connection Authored by Pepe Escobar, Let’s start with the possible chain of events that may have led to the Crocus terror attack. This is as explosive as it gets. Intel sources in Moscow discreetly confirm this is one of the FSB’s prime lines of investigation. December 4, 2023. Former chairman of the Joint...
"So It Goes"... Just Not Towards Low CPI Or Neutral Rates
26.03.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "So It Goes"... Just Not Towards Low CPI Or Neutral Rates By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday’s Global Daily underlined we shouldn’t look to central banks or markets for clear answers on where long-run inflation and neutral rates will sit. Meanwhile, politics and geopolitics echo Kurt Vonnegut’s “So it goes” - just not towards low CPI and...
"It's A Far Deeper Recession Than Publicized..." Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Screams Stagflation
26.03.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "It's A Far Deeper Recession Than Publicized..." Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Screams Stagflation "Many good things may happen, but the actual occurrence remains to be seen..." That's about as rosy a picture as one could glean from the respondents to today's Dallas Fed Manufacturing survey. Against expectations of a small improvement from -11.3 to...
Bitcoin Erupts Higher In Epic Futures Short Squeeze
25.03.2024, 19:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin Erupts Higher In Epic Futures Short Squeeze With bitcoin ETFs relentlessly buying the digital currency/commodity/devaluation hedge for the past two months (despite the relentless liquidations taking place at the fee outlier GBTC)... ... and the infamous "Mr. 100" buying up all the bitcoin mined in the last 2 days... 🧮 $120m in 2 days👇...
China Blocks Use Of Intel, AMD Chips In Government Computers: Report
25.03.2024, 11:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Blocks Use Of Intel, AMD Chips In Government Computers: Report After the US took several steps to prevent Chinese companies from acquiring both the latest Nvidia AI chips as well as Europe's semiconductor titan ASML from sending its advanced chipmaking machines to Beijing (which resulted in a one-time flood of Chinese orders into both ASML and...