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US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases
25.04.2024, 02:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. The naval engineering firm Gibbs & Cox developed the concept, known as the Mobile...
Skincare Firm Vows To Rid 'Ozempic Face' In New Marketing Push
25.04.2024, 01:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Skincare Firm Vows To Rid 'Ozempic Face' In New Marketing Push One side effect of GLP-1 medications for weight loss is "Ozempic Face." This happens when the rapid loss of body fat produces a hollowed-looking face, wrinkles, sunken eyes, and changes in the size of the lips, cheeks, and chin. To counter this, skincare companies are ramping up the marketing...
Kering Tumbles On Profit Warning As Gucci Revamp Stumbles
24.04.2024, 15:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kering Tumbles On Profit Warning As Gucci Revamp Stumbles Gucci owner Kering SA's problems in mainland China are only mounting as the French luxury giant issued a profit warning. As a result, shares of the company in Paris plunged to a six-year low. Lackluster Chinese demand for the luxury goods maker, which includes the Gucci, Balenciaga, Bottega...
Primary Protest Vote: 17% Of Republicans Vote Nikki Haley In Biggest Battleground State
24.04.2024, 15:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Primary Protest Vote: 17% Of Republicans Vote Nikki Haley In Biggest Battleground State On more than one occasion this primary season, the Biden-Harris campaign has been found itself on the wrong side of significant protest votes -- for example, when 13.3% of Michigan Democrats voted "uncommitted" to register their deep dissatisfaction with his handling...
Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System'
24.04.2024, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System' Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Payments firm Block, formerly known as Square, has announced plans to develop a Bitcoin mining system in response to challenges faced by mining operators. In an April 23 blog post, Block said it had completed development of a...
Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks
24.04.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks Equity futures rose for the third day in a row - last week's brutal drubbing a distant memory - with tech outperforming as Tesla soars premarket after Elon Musk vowed to launch less-expensive vehicles as soon as late this year while Texas Instruments jumped 7% after...
WTI Holds Gains After API Reports Unexpected Crude Inventory Draw
23.04.2024, 22:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Holds Gains After API Reports Unexpected Crude Inventory Draw Oil priced ended notably higher today after recovering strongly from overnight weakness (driven by a Bloomberg report that said fresh U.S. sanctions targeting vessels and refineries handling Iranian oil shipments were having a muted impact on crude supply). If implemented and enforced...
2nd Democrat Congressman Sued For Defamation By Ex-Biden Associate Tony Bobulinski
23.04.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 2nd Democrat Congressman Sued For Defamation By Ex-Biden Associate Tony Bobulinski Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A U.S. congressman is being sued for allegedly defaming a former associate of the Bidens who claims to have personally met with President Joe Biden. The lawsuit was filed on April 22. Ranking member of the...
BlackRock Triples Larry Fink's Home Security As Anti-Woke Backlash Accelerates
23.04.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BlackRock Triples Larry Fink's Home Security As Anti-Woke Backlash Accelerates BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink's efforts to push 'wokesim' or environmental, social, and governance policies across corporate America have been in reverse in recent years amid the backlash from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill and 19 state attorneys general...
Congress Passes New Iran Oil Sanctions But Biden Unlikely To Enforce Them
23.04.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Congress Passes New Iran Oil Sanctions But Biden Unlikely To Enforce Them Over the weekend, as part of the $95 billion package providing funding for aiding Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan which passed by a vote of 360-58 on Saturday, the US House also passed new sanctions on Iran’s oil sector set to become part of a foreign-aid package, putting the measure...
Head Of Climate Research At Hedge Fund Andurand Expresses Skepticism Over Carbon-Credit Boom
22.04.2024, 14:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Head Of Climate Research At Hedge Fund Andurand Expresses Skepticism Over Carbon-Credit Boom The head of climate research at commodities hedge fund firm Andurand Capital Management says now is not the time to bet on a bull market for carbon credits. There is growing pessimism in the voluntary carbon markets amid turmoil within the world's top arbiter...
Sam Altman Powers Up America With Clean Energy Startup Investment
22.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sam Altman Powers Up America With Clean Energy Startup Investment Sam Altman and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are betting on solar power and energy storage that can supply a low-carbon future to artificial intelligence data centers. Altman, the face of the AI chatbot boom, has also invested in nuclear power technology to fuel America's...
"Hard Crash": Construction Jobs In Philadelphia Set To Plunge As Residential Projects Hit A Wall
21.04.2024, 20:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Hard Crash": Construction Jobs In Philadelphia Set To Plunge As Residential Projects Hit A Wall Construction jobs in Philadelphia could plunge soon as a result of a "glut" of residential projects finishing up with questionable demand waiting behind them, according to a new report from BisNow. In fact, some developers are calling for a "hard crash"...
Middle Class Can't Afford Homes In Nearly Half Of Top 100 US Metros, Study Finds
20.04.2024, 16:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Middle Class Can't Afford Homes In Nearly Half Of Top 100 US Metros, Study Finds By Sam Bourgi of CreditNews, Housing is becoming an exclusively upper-class privilege in a growing number of cities. According to a new study by Creditnews Research, in 2024, middle-class households could afford to buy an average home in just 52 of the country’s 100 largest...
Goofy Greens And Regulators Threaten Nuclear Revival
20.04.2024, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goofy Greens And Regulators Threaten Nuclear Revival Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClear Wire, Despite its commitment to “no more gas, oil, or coal,” Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign against one of the nation’s “greenest” governors, California’s Gavin Newsom. Their goal? To stop the U.S. Department of Energy from doling...
Major War Just Narrowly Averted & Biden Already Mulls $1BN+ In New Arms For Israel
20.04.2024, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Major War Just Narrowly Averted & Biden Already Mulls $1BN+ In New Arms For Israel President Biden is mulling his first new major arms sales to Israel since the unprecedented Iranian missile and drone attack which targeted the country last Saturday. Though the world just narrowly avoided witnessing a major regional war explode with Thursday night's...
The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits
20.04.2024, 00:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, There are many myths about energy and the economy. In this post I explore the situation surrounding some of these myths. My analysis strongly suggests that the transition to a new Green Economy is not progressing as well as hoped. Green energy planners...
Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation
19.04.2024, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation While US futures are still modestly in the red, they are not only well off the worst overnight levels, but they are almost unchanged since yesterday's close following a performative Israeli retaliation. which followed a performative Iranian attack, which...
23andMe Saved From Collapse After CEO Floats Private Takeover
19.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 23andMe Saved From Collapse After CEO Floats Private Takeover DNA-testing company 23andMe soared in the early cash session in New York on news that Anne Wojcicki, the CEO, plans to take the struggling company private after three years on the public markets. The company once sported a $6 billion valuation and has since collapsed to $235 million. ...
Soros Nonprofit Gives 8-Figure Sum To Far-Left Super PAC
19.04.2024, 01:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Soros Nonprofit Gives 8-Figure Sum To Far-Left Super PAC Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, One of the many nonprofits run by far-left billionaire George Soros donated tens of millions of dollars to a major super PAC that funds multiple left-wing groups. According to Fox News, Federal Elections Commission (FEC) records posted Monday reveal...
'Israel Propped Up Hamas': Fireworks Ensue During ZeroHedge Debate, Dennis Prager Says Atrocity Claims 'Libel'
18.04.2024, 20:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Israel Propped Up Hamas': Fireworks Ensue During ZeroHedge Debate, Dennis Prager Says Atrocity Claims 'Libel' On Wednesday night, against the backdrop of the war in Gaza expanding to Lebanon and Syria, ZeroHedge held a debate to discuss the war in the Middle East. Debating that question and more at last night’s ZeroHedge debate were talk show host...
New Study Calls Into Question Whether DEI Programs Really Boost Corporate Earnings
18.04.2024, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New Study Calls Into Question Whether DEI Programs Really Boost Corporate Earnings Authored by Jonathan Miltmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It’s safe to say that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is one of the more controversial ideas of our time (and a multibillion-dollar industry). (Benjamin Child/Unsplash.com) Some, such as Elon...
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...
Ex-Mossad Chief Says Hitting Iran's Nuclear Facilities 'On The Table'
17.04.2024, 17:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ex-Mossad Chief Says Hitting Iran's Nuclear Facilities 'On The Table' Several statements were issued by Iranian leaders on Wednesday as they attended a military parade at a base north of Tehran which featured displays of attack drones and ballistic missiles, just days after Iran's unprecedented Saturday night attack on Israel. The head of Iran's military...
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...
The US-Mexico Dispute Over GM Corn Safety Could Transform American Agriculture
16.04.2024, 23:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US-Mexico Dispute Over GM Corn Safety Could Transform American Agriculture Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mexico’s effort to keep genetically modified corn out of the country is triggering a trade dispute with the United States and Canada that could affect the future of agriculture. (Illustration by The Epoch Times...
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...
Morgan Stanley Shares Rebound On Strong Revenues
16.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Morgan Stanley Shares Rebound On Strong Revenues Morgan Stanley shares are quickly recovering from last week's mauling (after WSJ reported regulatory probes of how the bank handles wealth management clients “who are at risk of laundering money"), this morning after reporting Q1 wealth management and equities trading revenue that beat expectations...
20 Years Later, Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Get Their Day In Court
16.04.2024, 02:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 20 Years Later, Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Get Their Day In Court Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams, Two decades after they were tortured by U.S. military contractors at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, three Iraqi victims are finally getting their day in court Monday as a federal court in Virginia takes up a case they brought...
Baltimore Bridge Collapse: FBI Agents Board Container Ship In "Court-Authorized" Investigation
15.04.2024, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Baltimore Bridge Collapse: FBI Agents Board Container Ship In "Court-Authorized" Investigation Almost three weeks following the incident where a massive container ship collided with and caused the collapse of the 1.6-mile long Francis Scott Key Bridge, thus paralyzing the Port of Baltimore and severely disrupting supply chains throughout Baltimore...
Daytime Solar Power Glut In California, Rooftop Sales Plunge 90%
15.04.2024, 15:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Daytime Solar Power Glut In California, Rooftop Sales Plunge 90% Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Demand for rooftop solar systems dries up in California after subsidies drop. 100 contractors go out of business. Fancy that... California Home-Solar Boom Collapses The Wall Street Journal reports The Home-Solar Boom Gets a ‘Gut Punch’ The...
Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel
15.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel Following the emotional rollercoaster of this weekend geopolitical "straight to DVD" soap opera, in which Iran pretended to retaliate to Israel's embassy bombing with an attack that was meant to be a dud (and succeeded), which in...
Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace
13.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace Ukrainian cities and especially the country's energy infrastructure have been getting pounded by intensified Russian missile and airstrikes over the past several days and weeks, leading to widespread power outages across the country. Russia's defense ministry said...
Washington Elementary School Permits Pride Club, Denies Prayer Group
12.04.2024, 21:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Washington Elementary School Permits Pride Club, Denies Prayer Group Authored by Scottie Barnes via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Washington state school is accused of violating two elementary students’ First Amendment religious freedom protections by denying their request to form an interfaith prayer club on campus. Coach Joe Kennedy praying...
How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots On The Ground This Election
12.04.2024, 15:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots On The Ground This Election Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClear Wire, Progressives are using legal loopholes and the power of the federal government to maximize Democrat votes in the 2024 election at taxpayers’ expense, RealClearInvestigations has found. The methods include voter registration...
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...
JPMorgan Slides After Dimon Warns On Net Interest Income, Outlook Disappoints
12.04.2024, 14:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - JPMorgan Slides After Dimon Warns On Net Interest Income, Outlook Disappoints Q1 earnings season officially opened moments ago when JPM became the first mega bank to reports results, and even though JPM beat on across the board - and even unexpectedly released reserves instead of setting money aside for yet another quarter - the stock is lower by more...
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...
The Passive Investor Problem
11.04.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Passive Investor Problem Via SchiffGold.com, When John Bogle died in 2019, people around the world mourned. Bogle created the Vanguard Group and made the index fund mainstream. Index funds are investment vehicles that invest in a class of investments as a whole, rather than trying to predict what specific stocks or securities will do best. So...
Democrats Commit Vastly More Dark Money Than Republicans For 2024
11.04.2024, 02:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Democrats Commit Vastly More Dark Money Than Republicans For 2024 Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock) Democratic dark money groups, megadonors, and unions are funding a massive spending effort aimed at reelecting President Joe Biden and advancing the Democratic Party’s power...
Goldman Is "Taking Profits On Tech & Moving To Other Sectors"
10.04.2024, 21:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Is "Taking Profits On Tech & Moving To Other Sectors" 'Sell Mortimer, Sell!' That is the message (our translation) from Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), who told Bloomberg today that they are taking profits from high-flying technology shares and putting the money into cheaper companies. “We like taking profits on technology and moving...
No Taxes For 'Black Folk,', Says US Rep. Jasmine Crockett
10.04.2024, 15:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Taxes For 'Black Folk,', Says US Rep. Jasmine Crockett Via American Greatness, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (R-Texas) has suggested that black people in the United States pay no taxes, reported Dallas City Wire. “Just this past week I saw, I don’t remember which celebrity, but it was actually a celebrity, and I was like, that’s not necessarily...
Renewed Inflation Risks Aren't Scaring Buyers Yet
10.04.2024, 13:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Renewed Inflation Risks Aren't Scaring Buyers Yet By Michael Msika, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist The stock market’s momentum is stalling and soaring commodity prices have brought inflation worries back to the forefront. For now, it’s not enough to prompt Wall Street strategists to change their bullish view. HSBC strategists led...
Iron Ore's Two-Day Rally Biggest In Years On China Bottoming Hopes
10.04.2024, 04:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iron Ore's Two-Day Rally Biggest In Years On China Bottoming Hopes Over the past year, there has been a surge in doom-and-gloom headlines about China's economy. The country's mercantilist policymakers have spent months attempting to stimulate a fragile economy through monetary easing while keeping the real estate crisis at bay. However, a more...
David Hogg Group Hit With Allegations Over Spending Practices And Policies
10.04.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - David Hogg Group Hit With Allegations Over Spending Practices And Policies Authored by Jonathan Turley, Gun control activist David Hogg has been hit with allegations over the spending practices of his group Leaders We Deserve PAC. Conservative outlets are reporting that the group spent comparably little on actual candidates as opposed to travel and...
Scandal Rocks Biden's Labor Dept For Lying About Sharing Non-Public Inflation Data With Secret Group Of Wall Street "Super Users"
10.04.2024, 00:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Scandal Rocks Biden's Labor Dept For Lying About Sharing Non-Public Inflation Data With Secret Group Of Wall Street "Super Users" A little over a month ago, a scandal erupted among the (relatively small( group of economists who keep a close eye on the monthly inflation data reported by the Biden Department of Labor, when they learned that there is an...
Insurers Spy On Houses Via Aerial Imagery, Seeking Reasons To Cancel Coverage
09.04.2024, 05:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Insurers Spy On Houses Via Aerial Imagery, Seeking Reasons To Cancel Coverage Insurance companies across the country are using satellites, drones, manned airplanes and even high-altitude balloons to spy on properties they cover with homeowners policies -- and using the findings to drop customers, often without giving any opportunity to address alleged...
Here's What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl
08.04.2024, 21:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here's What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl Back in early December, just after Powell's dovish pivot shocked everyone, many closet oil bulls like BofA's energy strategist Francisco Blanch, predicted that a dovish Fed would send oil back to $100. Unfortunately for him, oil did nothing and just one month later, as no oil buying had materialized, Blanch threw...
Israel Pulls Troop Division From Gaza, Re-Enters Truce Talks, Cooling Geopolitical Pressure
08.04.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Pulls Troop Division From Gaza, Re-Enters Truce Talks, Cooling Geopolitical Pressure Israel's military has confirmed that for the first time it is actually pulling troops from southern Gaza instead of adding them. Specifically ground forces are being withdrawn from Khan Younis following months of intense fighting which has destroyed much of the...