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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...
Stocks Will Face Resistance While Liquidity Backdrop Is Weak
18.04.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Will Face Resistance While Liquidity Backdrop Is Weak Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The impulse from central-bank reserves in the US, or the change in their change on a monthly basis, points to further short-term resistance for stocks. The Federal Reserve’s quantitative tightening program is ongoing, but bank reserves...
Plaza Accord Lite? Japan, Korea Get Green Light From Yellen For FX Intervention
18.04.2024, 17:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Plaza Accord Lite? Japan, Korea Get Green Light From Yellen For FX Intervention One week ago, when Japan's PM Kishida visited the White House and unwittingly sparked the latest Beltway fashion scandal, when Jeff Bezos' current wife appeared dressed as a middle-aged stripper to the dinner honoring the Japanese delegation, sparking online outrage among...
"The Federal Reserve Is Clearly Trapped"
18.04.2024, 16:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Federal Reserve Is Clearly Trapped" Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Friend of Fringe Finance Lawrence Lepard released his most recent investor letter this week. He gets little coverage in the mainstream media, which, in my opinion, makes him someone worth listening to twice as closely. Larry was kind enough to allow me to share his thoughts...
It's Time To Pay Attention To Funding Risks Again
18.04.2024, 14:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Time To Pay Attention To Funding Risks Again Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The risk of a squeeze in US funding markets is increasing as the yield curve bear steepens, i.e. longer-term yields rise more than short-term ones. More attractive bill yields and climbing interest-payment costs on government debt are depleting reserves...
The Spear In AI's Back
18.04.2024, 13:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Spear In AI's Back Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, That real harm will result from the use of AI tools is a given. AI is like the powerful character in an action movie who looks invincible until they turn around, revealing a fatal spear embedded in their back. The spear in AI's back is the American legal system, which has been...
US Submits 'Assurances' To UK Govt Over Assange Extradition
18.04.2024, 12:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Submits 'Assurances' To UK Govt Over Assange Extradition Via Consortium News The United States Embassy on Tuesday filed two assurances with the British Foreign Office saying it would not seek the death penalty against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and would allow Assange “the ability to raise and seek to reply upon at trial...
The Polish President Revealed That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine's Industrial Agriculture
18.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Polish President Revealed That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine's Industrial Agriculture Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Oakland Institute published a detailed report in February 2023 titled “War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine’s Agricultural Land”, which exposed how foreign firms have clandestinely taken control of a...
Food Is Now An Investment – Here's Why Inflation Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon
18.04.2024, 06:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Food Is Now An Investment – Here's Why Inflation Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, One of the more difficult aspects of working in economic analysis is the problem of rampant disinformation that you have to dig through in order to get to the truth of any particular issue. In this regard, economics is very...
The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education
18.04.2024, 05:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education A new study by Online Gaming Groups has evaluated over 30 countries to determine the most cost-effective higher education systems, focusing on the percentage of average annual income spent on educational expenses. This analysis included countries with the highest university...
Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE
18.04.2024, 02:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE Long painted as safe havens of humanitarianism by the establishment media, sanctuary cities are slowly being exposed for the underlying hypocrisy that motivates their policies. Red states such as Texas and Florida have been very effective in pulling back the curtain...
Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal
18.04.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal Iran has newly declared that its military will begin a mission to escort Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea, protecting them from any potential hostile attacks or intercepts from the West or Israel, which comes as Washington and the European Union are readying expanded...
Los Angeles Mayor Urges 'More Fortunate' Residents To Help Fund Housing For Homeless
18.04.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Los Angeles Mayor Urges 'More Fortunate' Residents To Help Fund Housing For Homeless Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has suggested that “more fortunate” residents help fund housing for the homeless as part of a new campaign to tackle the city’s ongoing homelessness crisis. Los Angeles...
Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes
18.04.2024, 00:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes With Western sanctions widely failing against Russia, as well as Ukraine's depleted air force unable to patrol its skies, Western leaders have said General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets would be game-changing in the war (these are the same leaders that said the...
The Purpose Of War According To George Orwell (1984)
18.04.2024, 00:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Purpose Of War According To George Orwell (1984) Some food for thought from George Orwell's '1984'... Does anything really ever change? (emphasis ours) The primary aim of modern warfare is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living. Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do...
Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases
17.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has ruled Meta Platforms, Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg will not face personal liability in 25 legal complaints alleging his social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, have harmed children...
"Do Not Touch Me... I Am A Faculty Member": Cornell Professor Disrupts Coulter Speech
17.04.2024, 21:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Do Not Touch Me... I Am A Faculty Member": Cornell Professor Disrupts Coulter Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley, Monica Cornejo, an assistant professor of interpersonal communication, was forcibly removed from a Cornell University event this week after disrupting a speech by conservative commentator Ann Coulter. She is only the latest faculty member...
Will The World's Most Pro-Bitcoin Politician Embrace Gold?
17.04.2024, 20:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will The World's Most Pro-Bitcoin Politician Embrace Gold? Via SchiffGold.com, Since Nayib Bukele became president of El Salvador, El Salvador has been in American media and global political discussion more than ever. While much of the attention focuses on Bukele’s mass incarceration of gang members and a decline in homicide of over 70%, Bukele has...
Missouri Files Injunction To Block Biden's 'Illegal Student Loan Plan' While Lawsuit Plays Out
17.04.2024, 20:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Missouri Files Injunction To Block Biden's 'Illegal Student Loan Plan' While Lawsuit Plays Out Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on Wednesday that the state has filed for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the Biden administration's "illegal student loan plan," referred to by a coalition of states as "Plan B," which was implemented...
Omens For The Nasdaq As Technical Signal Proliferates
17.04.2024, 19:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Omens For The Nasdaq As Technical Signal Proliferates Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, A technical sell signal for the Nasdaq has hit levels not seen since the tech bubble. However, it should be taken in the context of a still supportive economic backdrop, with buoyant excess liquidity and low near-term recession risk. The Hindenburg...
Are We On Japan's Path Of Stagnation?
17.04.2024, 17:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are We On Japan's Path Of Stagnation? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We recently wrote Japan’s Lost Decades to appreciate better why Japan’s GDP is smaller than it was in 1995 and why it took 35 years for its stock market to set its recent record high. Many pundits claim the U.S. is following Japan’s path. The path...
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...
US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes
17.04.2024, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes Via Middle East Eye The Islamic Republic’s Saturday attack on Israel was a made-for social media moment. It was also the ultimate test of US efforts to cobble together a coalition of Arab states and Israel in a so-called Middle East NATO, to jointly defend an attack from Tehran...
Biden's New Student Debt Relief Will Add Up To $750 Billion To The Budget Deficit
17.04.2024, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's New Student Debt Relief Will Add Up To $750 Billion To The Budget Deficit By The Committee for A Responsible Federal Budget The Biden Administration recently announced a new plan to cancel student debt for up to 30 million borrowers and released a preliminary rule this morning detailing parts of this plan. The proposal, which is being introduced...
These Are The Top 10 States By Real GDP Growth
17.04.2024, 04:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Top 10 States By Real GDP Growth Fueled by strong consumer spending and a resilient job market, the U.S. economy expanded faster than expected in 2023, with a real GDP growth rate of 2.5%. Oil-rich states were among the strongest performers in the country as production boomed. Much of this was due to the war in Ukraine driving up the...
Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents
17.04.2024, 04:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents By Kevin Hardy of Stateline South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t bring a ton of legislation,” said Wiik, a Republican. “The main thing I...
Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Student IDs For Voting
17.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Student IDs For Voting Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court of Idaho on Thursday, April 11, upheld recent legislative amendments to the state’s voter identification requirements, affirming a lower court’s ruling in favor of the Idaho Secretary of State, Phil McGrane, which...
Biden Refuses To Testify In GOP Impeachment Inquiry
17.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Refuses To Testify In GOP Impeachment Inquiry Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden will not be testifying to U.S. House of Representatives members who are engaged in an impeachment inquiry against him, the White House said on April 15. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint press conference with...
California's 'Rape Club' Federal Prison To Close
16.04.2024, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's 'Rape Club' Federal Prison To Close Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, Just weeks after a seventh prison employee was sentenced in a wide-ranging sex abuse scandal that has plagued a federal women’s correctional facility in the City of Dublin, about 35 miles southeast of San Francisco, officials announced April...
Aussie Govt Orders Facebook And X To Remove Muslim Knife Attack Video
16.04.2024, 21:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Aussie Govt Orders Facebook And X To Remove Muslim Knife Attack Video Parishioners and live stream audience members for the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia were enjoying a sermon by popular conservative Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel when a young male Muslim assailant entered the church and stabbed him repeatedly with a knife. The live...
'Oral Argument Favored Defendants' - Supreme Court Just Ended Hearing Obstruction Case Affecting J6 Defendants
16.04.2024, 19:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Oral Argument Favored Defendants' - Supreme Court Just Ended Hearing Obstruction Case Affecting J6 Defendants Authored by Jonathan Turley, Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Fischer v. United States, a case that could fundamentally change many cases of January 6th defendants, including the prosecution of former president Donald Trump. The...
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...
Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative
16.04.2024, 17:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Reflation Trade Is The New Bullish Narrative Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Economic “reflation” is becoming the next bullish narrative as equity valuation increases continue to outpace earnings gains, at least according to Gold Sachs and Tony Pasquariello. “If GS is correct on the big calls, the macro backdrop is set...
"Only Good For WW3": Slovakia To Oppose Ukraine's NATO Membership Bid
16.04.2024, 16:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Only Good For WW3": Slovakia To Oppose Ukraine's NATO Membership Bid Last October saw a significant shift in Slovakia's trajectory related to its stance on the Ukraine war, after the populist left-wing party Smer took the most votes in the country's national election. Its head, who ascended to his fourth term as prime minister, Robert Fico, advanced...
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...
These Inflation Trades Have Most Catching Up To Do
16.04.2024, 15:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Inflation Trades Have Most Catching Up To Do Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Markets are unprepared for price growth that is becoming entrenched. But even though the risk-reward in shorting Treasuries or buying gold or Bitcoin is diminishing, we can instead pinpoint the assets that have the most potential to catch up to persistent...
Bank of America Reports Solid Earnings But CRE Losses Unexpectedly Surge
16.04.2024, 14:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bank of America Reports Solid Earnings But CRE Losses Unexpectedly Surge With JPM, Citi and Wells already in the books, moments ago the last "big 4" money-center bank, Bank of America reported Q1 earnings which for the most part, were stronger than expected, however there were several troubling footnotes, including a sizable, $700MM FDIC special assessment...
NSA "Just Days Away From Taking Over The Internet" Warns Ed Snowden
16.04.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NSA "Just Days Away From Taking Over The Internet" Warns Ed Snowden Authored by Tom Mitchelhill via CoinTelegraph.com, The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is only days away from “taking over the internet” with a massive expansion of its surveillance powers, according to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. In an April 16 post to X, Snowden...
These Are The Largest US Corporations By Number Of Employees
16.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Largest US Corporations By Number Of Employees Revenue and profit are common measures for measuring the size of a business, but what about employee headcount? To see how big companies have become from a human perspective, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu visualized the top U.S. companies by employees. These figures come from companiesmarketcap...
Transport Minister Threatens Germans With "Indefinite Weekend Driving Ban" To Meet Mandated Emissions Targets
16.04.2024, 12:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Transport Minister Threatens Germans With "Indefinite Weekend Driving Ban" To Meet Mandated Emissions Targets Via Eugyppius.com, This story has even made it into the Anglophone press, so you know it’s a big deal: “German transport minister warns of weekend driving ban,” says The Telegraph. “German minister threatens ‘indefinite driving bans’...
US Says Over 90 Missiles & Drones Were Launched From Yemen In Past 48 Hours
16.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Says Over 90 Missiles & Drones Were Launched From Yemen In Past 48 Hours New statements from the Pentagon issued Monday have said the Houthis fired over 90 ballistic missiles and drones - most of which were intercepted by US and allied forces over the past 48 hours, once the Iranian attack kicked off in the overnight hours of Saturday. US Central...
Security Ramped-Up In Germany After Jihadists Threaten Drone Strikes At Euro 2024
16.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Security Ramped-Up In Germany After Jihadists Threaten Drone Strikes At Euro 2024 Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, An offshoot terror cell affiliated with Islamic State has published propaganda encouraging jihadists to target German football stadiums during this summer’s European Championships. In the latest issue of the “Voice of Khorasan”...
The WHO's Road To Totalitarianism
16.04.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The WHO's Road To Totalitarianism Authored by Bert Olivier via The Brownstone Institute, Several articles on the proposed amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international health regulations have appeared here on Brownstone, such as this excellent introduction. Consequently, there is no need to repeat this information in a similar...
A Heretic's View: Blaming Food For Obesity Is Like Blaming Water For Drowning
16.04.2024, 04:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Heretic's View: Blaming Food For Obesity Is Like Blaming Water For Drowning Authored by Edward Archer via RealClearScience, There is a politically expedient but problematic fiction that ‘consensus’ matters in science. Since a million matching opinions do not constitute a fact, a consensus — either real or apparent — is not a statement about...
Conservatives Seek To Ban Private Funding Of Elections Ahead Of 2024 Races
16.04.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Conservatives Seek To Ban Private Funding Of Elections Ahead Of 2024 Races Authored by Steven Kovac via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), During the pandemic-plagued 2020 election season, hundreds of millions of dollars from private sources were granted to big cities, an action that many Republicans believe unfairly tipped the scales in favor of Democrats...
Is Paxlovid A Dud?
16.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Paxlovid A Dud? Authored by Maryanne Demasi via The Brownstone Institute, Of all the antiviral drugs for Covid-19, Pfizer’s Paxlovid has been the most successful. Not for its safety and efficacy, but for its ability to earn the company billions in profits despite being largely ineffective for most people. In November 2021, before any data had emerged...
California Auditor Finds Homeless Council Can't Account For Money Spent
16.04.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California Auditor Finds Homeless Council Can't Account For Money Spent Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times, Responsible businesses do regular audits of their finances to see which areas are making money and which not. Families also do audits, if only at tax time to see how much they owe. Contrast that with government. California State Auditor...
Biden Spending $300 Million On Sanctuary Cities
16.04.2024, 00:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Spending $300 Million On Sanctuary Cities Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is distributing $300 million to sanctuary cities that provide services like shelter and food to illegal immigrants amid a massive increase in incursions across the southern border. The $300 million in grants...
Crib-Notes For The 'Trial Of The Century'
15.04.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Crib-Notes For The 'Trial Of The Century' Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Once someone determined Trump was so bad it was okay to lie about him, it set the precedent that the only thing that mattered was a subject’s politics.” - Matt Taibbi What fascinates us about sex, I suppose, is that most everyone wants it and seeks it...