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'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr
23.04.2024, 01:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former Attorney General Bill Barr dismissed the idea that former President Donald Trump is a power-hungry “right-wing dictator,” noting that the real threat facing the United States is the...
No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report
22.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An independent governmental watchdog investigation concluded that there was no evidence to support that the FBI was targeting Catholics based on a leaked memo. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan...
Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus
22.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus Tesla is slated to report earnings tomorrow and, as FT notes, investors are bracing for the "worst results in 7 years" from the EV manufacturer. Analysts predict that Tesla will post revenues of $22.3 billion for Q1, representing a year-over-year...
Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period
22.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period US equity futures rose, putting the S&P on pace for its first gain after 6 straight days of losses, as focus shifted from Middle East tensions to a raft of company earnings this week, including four of the Mag7 tech megacaps which got hammered last week. At 7:40am, S&P emini futures...
Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War
22.04.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War By John Liu, Zhu Lin and Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists China’s most-promising industries are facing a growing threat of trade restrictions from Western governments, blurring the outlook for stocks that have the potential...
Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High
19.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High Well, that escalated quickly... In a week characterized by data supporting 'no landing' from a growth perspective and disappointment from a disinflation perspective... Source: Bloomberg This was reinforced by FedSpeak that was without exception - hawkish! As they suddenly realized...
Freedom Caucus Posts Rotating Guard To Block Sneaky Leadership Moves
19.04.2024, 19:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Freedom Caucus Posts Rotating Guard To Block Sneaky Leadership Moves In a sign of growing discord among House Republicans, members of the Freedom Caucus are taking turns monitoring the House floor to prevent the GOP leadership from using sneaky procedural tactics to sap the power of increasingly rebellious conservatives. Specifically, they're wary...
AI Bubble Stumbles: First ASML, Now TSMC Downgrades 2024 Global Chip Outlook
19.04.2024, 16:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Bubble Stumbles: First ASML, Now TSMC Downgrades 2024 Global Chip Outlook According to a first-quarter update on Wednesday from Dutch chip giant ASML - the world's sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips - chip makers aren't rushing to prepare for the next leg in the AI boom. This was confirmed on Friday when Taiwan...
Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip
18.04.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip China's smartphone market has stumbled into a downturn as economic woes turn consumers cautious. At the same time, consumers are ditching Apple's new iPhone 15 and have embraced domestic brands. Huawei Technologies Co. is one of those domestic brands that gained popularity...
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...
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA
18.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA Authored by Tucker Carlson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) The U.S. House is expected to vote Friday on a two-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly known as FISA. This transcript has been edited for length and reprinted with permission from Tucker Carlson. A few...
Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang
17.04.2024, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang Exactly three months ago, AI stocks were soaring, semiconductor names were flying and the tech sector was euphoric after Dutch chip giant ASML - the world’s sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips and Europe’s most valuable technology...
Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs
17.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs US equity futures and European markets are higher, reversing several days of losses after positive earnings from some of Europe’s biggest companies lifted the mood as markets were roiled by a more hawkish outlook for interest rates. Futures on the S&P 500 rose by 0.4% reversing three days...
Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy
17.04.2024, 01:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A national coalition of 18 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster in a lawsuit initiated by the State...
Johnson Unveils Separate Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills That MTG Calls A "Scam"
16.04.2024, 15:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Johnson Unveils Separate Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills That MTG Calls A "Scam" After months of pushback over packages to send US-taxpayer-funded foreign aid to Israel and Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a plan Monday evening to hold four different votes on bills which would decouple aid by country, including Taiwan. Johnson will also put...
Dollar, Oil, & Gold Jump; Stocks & Bonds Dump As 'WW3-On'-Risk Reignites
15.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dollar, Oil, & Gold Jump; Stocks & Bonds Dump As 'WW3-On'-Risk Reignites It was all looking so shiny and BTFD-y - Iran had sent some missiles towards Israeli folks; 'allies' blocked 99% of them; and Israel appeared unlikely top respond 'imminently'. Stocks were up, crypto was up, oil was down as 'WW3-off' meant risk-on. But, then the headlines just...
Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks
12.04.2024, 15:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks Futures are tumbling this morning, hit by disappointing earnings and outllook from the largest US bank, JPMorgan whose stock is down around 3% in a soggy launch to Q1 earnings season, while growing fears of an imminent conflict between Israel and Iran have sent oil surging and...
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...
From Taiwan To Fentanyl: Biden–Xi Dialogue Changes Nothing
12.04.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From Taiwan To Fentanyl: Biden–Xi Dialogue Changes Nothing Authored by Antonio Graceffo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference after meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' week in Woodside, Calif., on Nov. 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP...
Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI
11.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI Futures are weaker signaling further losses on Wall Street as stubborn inflation forces investors to reduce their expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts; tech stocks are underperforming following the significant surge in Treasuries yields which has continued...
House Conservatives Tank FISA Bill in Blow to Speaker Johnson
10.04.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Conservatives Tank FISA Bill in Blow to Speaker Johnson By Joseph Lord of The Epoch Times House conservatives on April 10 tanked a procedural vote to advance a surveillance power reauthorization bill in protest against its lack of warrant requirements. The development is another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) who already faces an ouster...
Futures On Edge Ahead Of Critical CPI Report
10.04.2024, 14:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures On Edge Ahead Of Critical CPI Report Futures are up small before the March CPI data was expected to show further moderation in price pressures following stronger readings at the start of the year, with Mag7 mixed and Semis lower, tracking bigger gains in Europe. Bond yields are uniformly 1bps lower, USD is off a touch, and commodities are mostly...
Taiwanese Chip-Making Giant TSMC Gets Billions In US Grants, Loans For Third Arizona Chip Factory
09.04.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taiwanese Chip-Making Giant TSMC Gets Billions In US Grants, Loans For Third Arizona Chip Factory Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, plans to build a third chip factory in Arizona after receiving $6.6 billion in grants and $5 billion in loans through US government subsidies. This is part of...
Samsung To Double Chip Factory Investments In Texas As Chips Act Supercharges Reshoring Efforts
05.04.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Samsung To Double Chip Factory Investments In Texas As Chips Act Supercharges Reshoring Efforts The Biden administration's fast approach to industrial policy and re-shoring of semiconductor production has been through the Chips and Science Act. The United States is progressing down the path of rebuilding its semiconductor manufacturing base after...
House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers
05.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers By Adam Andrzejeski of OpenTheBooks The House Freedom Caucus was founded in 2015. Self-styled fiscal conservatives promoted themselves as a bulwark against establishment spending that would bankrupt the nation. It turns out that many are better at breaking their promises than stopping...
"Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut"
04.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut" By Michael Every of Rabobank The bigger 'Bigger Picture' Fed Chair Powell noted the FOMC will wait for a clearer signal from the data before starting rate cuts, which he continues to expect to begin “at some point this year.” In particular, he said that recent...
Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts
04.04.2024, 14:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts US equity futures are higher with both Tech and small-caps outperforming, while the dollar is lower even as yields are higher from Wednesday's close. As of 7:50am, S&P futures were 0.3% higher and Nasdaq futs rose 0.4%, boosted by Powell’s comments that recent inflation figures did not “materially...
Futures Drop As Rates Continue Rising With Brent Back To $90
03.04.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Drop As Rates Continue Rising With Brent Back To $90 US futures are down small with Tech underperforming and small-caps flat, as rates held at 4 month highs, and Brent is about to rise above $90. As of 8:00am, both S&P and Nasdaq futures are down -0.2%, with yields higher pre-market ahead of Powell’s 12.10pm ET speech; despite his dovish...
TSMC Shutters Some Chipmaking Plants As Quake Rocks Island Nation
03.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - TSMC Shutters Some Chipmaking Plants As Quake Rocks Island Nation Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the leading contract chipmaker for Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., shuttered some of its chipmaking capacity and evacuated plants after the biggest earthquake in 25 years rocked the island nation, just east of mainland China. Taiwan plays a significant...
Rickards: Ukraine's Starting To Get Dangerous
03.04.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rickards: Ukraine's Starting To Get Dangerous Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, A lot of people seem to have forgotten about the war in Ukraine. That’s a mistake. Russia is slowly but steadily defeating Ukraine, which is becoming increasingly obvious to everyone except the most anti-Russian diehards. That’s leading to desperation...
RAND Sees "Internet Of Brains" By 2050
31.03.2024, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - RAND Sees "Internet Of Brains" By 2050 Elon Musk-led Neuralink Corp. implanted a brain chip into the head of a 29-year-old man with quadriplegia. The paralyzed millennial was recently seen using what he described as "The Force" to move a computer cursor around the screen to play Civilization VI with his mind. This is further evidence that the 'trans-humanism'...
Trump Selling $60 Bibles To 'Make America Pray Again'
27.03.2024, 19:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Selling $60 Bibles To 'Make America Pray Again' Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump announced on March 26 his collaboration with country singer Lee Greenwood to promote the “God Bless The USA Bible,” encouraging people to buy it and “make America pray again.” “All Americans need a Bible in their...
US Futures Rebound Ahead Of Busy Data Calendar As New Record High Looms
26.03.2024, 13:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Rebound Ahead Of Busy Data Calendar As New Record High Looms It's as if Monday's modest dip never happened: S&P futures are trading are higher, surpassing Monday's highs, with both Tech and small-caps outperforming, as investors keep a close eye on any potential market impact from the collapse of a major commuter bridge in Baltimore after...
CCP’s Military Growth 'Largely Funded' By US: Ret. Navy Capt.
26.03.2024, 02:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CCP’s Military Growth 'Largely Funded' By US: Ret. Navy Capt. Authored by Dorothy Li and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Chinese Communist Party has aggressively built up its military, expanding its arsenal of both conventional and nuclear capabilities. The growth was largely funded by its rival, the United States. A missile...
Jordan Subpoenas Biden's Ghostwriter In Continuing Classified Records Probe
25.03.2024, 14:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jordan Subpoenas Biden's Ghostwriter In Continuing Classified Records Probe Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed President Joe Biden’s ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, on Friday, pressing for details about the president’s handling of classified documents. Chairman...
Futures Slump, Dragged By Semis As Global Chip War Escalates
25.03.2024, 13:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slump, Dragged By Semis As Global Chip War Escalates Futs are lower following the S&P's best weekly performance of the year (sparked by dovish comments by Fed chair Powell during the last FOMC) which sent the market up +2.3%. At 7:50am, S&P futures were 0.4% lower and Nasdaq futures dropped 0.6%, dragged by MegaCap tech names which were mostly...
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...
Spending Deal Bans Flying Pride Flag Over US Diplomatic Buildings
23.03.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Spending Deal Bans Flying Pride Flag Over US Diplomatic Buildings Authored by Caden Pearsen via The Epoch Times, The government spending bill that House lawmakers passed on Friday included an effective ban on pride flags flying over diplomatic buildings but dropped nearly all of the 45 GOP-included provisions targeting LGBT concerns. Specifically, the...
The Hertz Meltdown Reveals Scale Of The EV Debacle
23.03.2024, 14:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Hertz Meltdown Reveals Scale Of The EV Debacle Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed its ambition: to phase out gas-powered cars in favor of electric vehicles (EVs). Incredibly, this announcement comes as we are flooded with overwhelming...
Swamp Wins: Senate Approves $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill, Narrowly Averting Gov't Shutdown
23.03.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Swamp Wins: Senate Approves $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill, Narrowly Averting Gov't Shutdown A partial US government shutdown was averted in the wee hours of Saturday morning as the Senate approved a $1.2 trillion spending package. The measure will now go to President Biden's desk later today. The passage of the 1,012-page bill (did any lawmakers actually...
Fingerabdrücke auf Personalausweisen sind rechtens
23.03.2024, 00:06 Uhr. Transition News - https: - Seit 2021 werden in der EU Fingerabdrücke im Chip von Personalausweisen gespeichert. Daran gab es viel Kritik. Nun ist klar: Das ist rechtmässig. Ein Lichtbild sei weniger fälschungssicher, urteilte der Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH) diese Woche. Das Privatleben und die personenbezogenen Daten würden trotzdem genügend geschützt. Und die Fingerabdrücke...
"I'm Using The Force": Musk's Brain Chip Allows Paralyzed Man To Play Civilization VI
21.03.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I'm Using The Force": Musk's Brain Chip Allows Paralyzed Man To Play Civilization VI Elon Musk's Neuralink Corp. broadcasted a live stream on X featuring the first patient to receive its brain-computer implant, a 29-year-old man with quadriplegia. This groundbreaking procedure enables him to operate a computer cursor using thoughts, allowing him to...
Futures, Global Stocks Soar After Dovish Powell Greenlights Meltup
21.03.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Global Stocks Soar After Dovish Powell Greenlights Meltup Futures and global stocks are soaring and building on Wednesday’s powerful gains after the Fed signaled expectations for three rate cuts this year and said inflation eased substantially while Powell greenlit the next big pre-election leg to the rally with dovish press conference comments...
Reddit IPO Prices At Top Of Range, But Big Haircut To 2021 Valuation
21.03.2024, 12:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Reddit IPO Prices At Top Of Range, But Big Haircut To 2021 Valuation Reddit, the community-focused message board site with tens of millions of daily users, priced its initial public offering on Wednesday between $31 to $34 per share, the top end of the range, raising $748 million. Bloomberg reports shareholders sold 22 million shares at $34 a share...
Congressional 'Cronies' Saddle The US With NATO Forever
30.12.2023, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Congressional 'Cronies' Saddle The US With NATO Forever Authored by Eve Ottenberg via Counterpunch.org, Nobody in their right mind wants to be obliged to send their kid off to war in Eastern Europe if Romania and Moldova start bombing each other. Yet NATO membership requires just that. And courtesy of the best congress money can buy, now power to withdraw...
Norway Blacklists Gulf Companies From Investing In Pension Funds
29.12.2023, 09:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Norway Blacklists Gulf Companies From Investing In Pension Funds Via The Cradle, Norway’s largest pension manager has diverted millions of dollars from Gulf companies, citing concerns the companies may facilitate "human rights violations." KLP, which overlooks $70 billion, blacklisted companies listed in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and Kuwait from...
Will The War On Coal Leave America In The Dark?
26.12.2023, 18:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will The War On Coal Leave America In The Dark? Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the Biden administration promises to eliminate coal power throughout the United States, energy experts are sounding the alarm about what will be left of U.S. energy infrastructure if these plans succeed. (Illustration by The Epoch Times...
Another Major US Chip Plant Delays Mass Production Until After 2024 Election
26.12.2023, 17:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another Major US Chip Plant Delays Mass Production Until After 2024 Election President Biden has made revitalizing domestic chip production a critical strategic priority, supported by tens of billions of dollars in Chips Act subsidies. Despite this, there have been postponements in mass production plans for two different chipmakers, potentially hindering...
Behind The Democrats' Efforts To Regulate The Supreme Court
26.12.2023, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Behind The Democrats' Efforts To Regulate The Supreme Court Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Democrats’ push to impose a code of conduct on the U.S. Supreme Court is driven by their desire to exert power over a court that hasn’t been ruling their way on key issues, legal experts say. (Illustration by The Epoch Times...