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Iran Threatens To Abandon Nuclear Deal If Western Banks Don’t Start Doing Business
Iran Threatens To Abandon Nuclear Deal If Western Banks Don’t Start Doing Business Iran says it will withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal if big banks continue to avoid doing business with the Islamic republic, deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday, speaking from London. The Islamic Republic agreed to restrict its nuclear program in […]
“What Just Hit Us?” – Bay Area Rattled By Unusual Quake Swarm, Trains Delayed
“What Just Hit Us?” – Bay Area Rattled By Unusual Quake Swarm, Trains Delayed Following “strained” magma chamber concerns at Yellowstone, Bay Area residents have grown increasingly concerned this week as a swarm of well over 50 earthquakes has struck in recent days… Culminating in at least 32 quakes in the last 24 hours as […]
Trump Warns World Of “Very, Very Unfortunate Phase 2” If North Korean Sanctions Fail
Trump Warns World Of “Very, Very Unfortunate Phase 2” If North Korean Sanctions Fail If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed it; but during today’s joint press conference with Aussie PM Turnbull, US President Trump let slip a brief comment that the rest of the world should likely be paying close attention to. […]
Japan Erects Huge New Roof Above Crippled Fukushima Reactor
Japan Erects Huge New Roof Above Crippled Fukushima Reactor In what the Japanese press heralds as an important step to safely removing all the radioactive material left inside the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant’s ruined reactors, the Japanese utility in charge of cleaning up the site has finished installing a roof over reactor No. 3. The […]
China’s “AIG” Moment Arrives: Beijing Bails Out “Systemically Important” Anbang, Chairman Removed
China’s “AIG” Moment Arrives: Beijing Bails Out “Systemically Important” Anbang, Chairman Removed In November of last year, we set forth the four candidates that would trigger China’s downfall and expose the Potemkin village economy as nothing but a facade… It might be Anbang – the acquisitive insurance behemoth – see “Anbang Just Became A ‘Systemic […]
Loonie Tumbles As Canadian Retail Sales Crashed In December
Loonie Tumbles As Canadian Retail Sales Crashed In December But, but, but… it was Christmas!! Canadian retail sales have come out and they are shockingly low – even after bad weather and higher rates on big ticket items had kept surveys particularly low for December. The headline print was -0.8% MoM (expectations were for no […]
ECB Minutes Reveal Fears About Currency Wars, Euro Slides
ECB Minutes Reveal Fears About Currency Wars, Euro Slides There were two distinct reactions in the Euro to today’s ECB Minutes, released this morning. At first, the EUR jumped following initial headlines that the ECB acknowledged that revisiting the guidance would be “part of a the regular reassessment” going forward, but noting that any changes […]
Risking Major Escalation, Trump Weighs Killing Of Russian Fighters In Syria As Sign Of “Tough Stance” Toward Putin
Risking Major Escalation, Trump Weighs Killing Of Russian Fighters In Syria As Sign Of “Tough Stance” Toward Putin In the aftermath of Robert Mueller’s indictment against 13 Russian “operatives” for meddling with the US presidential election, President Trump has been under fire for lashing out at everyone… except Russia. So, in response, Bloomberg reports that […]
“The Petro Is Born Today” – Maduro Launches Oil-Backed Crypto “For The Welfare Of Venezuela”
“The Petro Is Born Today” – Maduro Launches Oil-Backed Crypto “For The Welfare Of Venezuela” More than two months after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced his intention to launch the world’s first state-sponsored cryptocurrency to try and help Venezuela raise some badly needed foreign capital, the Petro – backed by 5 billion barrels of oil […]
Syrian Fighters Enter Afrin; Turkey Retaliates With Immediate Bombing Sending Turkish Lira, Stocks Tumbling
Syrian Fighters Enter Afrin; Turkey Retaliates With Immediate Bombing Sending Turkish Lira, Stocks Tumbling As we reported yesterday, in a surprising twist in the ongoing Syrian proxy war, YPG Kurdish fighters in north-western Syria – who are backed by the US – had struck a deal with the Russia-backed Assad regime for Syrian forces to […]
Russia Warns US To “Stop Playing With Fire” In Syria, Immediately Leave Area It Controls
Russia Warns US To “Stop Playing With Fire” In Syria, Immediately Leave Area It Controls Two weeks after a US B-52 strike killed scores of Russian mercenaries in Syria, which according to Bloomberg and Reuters were are as many as 200, while Russia said no more than 5 Russians were killed in the attack then […]
Latvia Bank Crisis: Central Bank In Chaos As ECB Blocks Payments By Third Largest Bank
Latvia Bank Crisis: Central Bank In Chaos As ECB Blocks Payments By Third Largest Bank One day after we reported that the central bank governor and ECB Governing Council member Ilmars Rimsevics was detained by Latvia’s anti-corruption authority on Saturday on suspicion of accepting a bribe of more than €100,000, prompting both Latvia’s Prime Minister […]
Kim Dotcom: “Let Me Assure You, The DNC Hack Wasn’t Even A Hack”
Kim Dotcom: “Let Me Assure You, The DNC Hack Wasn’t Even A Hack” Kim Dotcom has once again chimed in on the DNC hack, following a Sunday morning tweet from President Trump clarifying his previous comments on Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump I never said Russia did not meddle in […]
US Fiscal Policy Will Lead To A Debt Catastrophe: Goldman
US Fiscal Policy Will Lead To A Debt Catastrophe: Goldman Judging by how urgently Goldman’s research department is trying to get the bank’s clients to sell treasuries, Goldman’s prop traders must have a desperate bid for duration in anticipation of what probably will be a historic deflationary shock. It started a month ago when Goldman […]
‘Ring Of Fire’ Quake-Cluster Prompts Scientists To Warn Of “Large Rupture Sooner Than Later”
‘Ring Of Fire’ Quake-Cluster Prompts Scientists To Warn Of “Large Rupture Sooner Than Later” Earlier in the week we reported on scientists’ warnings over the “strained” magma chamber within Yellowstone’s supervolcano. And now, perhaps even more concerning, The Daily Express reports that scientists in California have analyzed 101 major earthquakes around the Pacific Ring of […]
