Archive - 2016 - Story
The Next Big Short
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 13:20 -0500At the end of the day, the current preposterous $325 billion market cap has nothing to do with the business prospects of this firm or the considerable entrepreneurial prowess of its leader and his army of disrupters. It is more in the nature of financial rigor mortis - the final spasm of the robo-traders and the fast money crowd chasing one of the greatest bubbles still standing in the casino.
Norwegian Car-B-Q: Tesla Model S Bursts Into Flames, Burns To A Crisp While Charging
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 12:55 -0500The Norwegian owner of a Tesla Model S found an unexpected f(i)ringe benefit during a cold Friday afternoon when shortly after he had parked his luxury electric car at a supercharging station in Gjerstad, and left, he realized the car could serve as a very quick and efficient, if quite toxic, source of heating for the cold Scandinavian country, when the Model S spontaneously burst into flames.
Turkey's Erdogan Praises "Hitler's Germany" As Example Of Effective Government
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 12:01 -0500Back in August, Nationalist opposition leader Devlet Bahceli took to Twitter to call Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "locally produced Hitler, Stalin or Qaddafi." While Bahceli probably meant that as an insult, Erdogan seems to agree.
George Soros Regrets Supporting Obama, Eagerly Awaits President Hillary
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 11:30 -0500
Obama Folds To Iran (Again), Will Delay New Sanctions After Rouhani Threat
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 10:19 -0500"If the president’s announced sanctions ultimately aren’t executed, it would demonstrate a level of fecklessness that even the president hasn’t shown before."
2015 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 10:03 -0500The seventh anniversary of Zero Hedge is just around the corner, and so, for the seventh year in a row we continue our tradition of summarizing what our readers found to be the most relevant, exciting, and actionable news of the year, determined by the number of page views. We bring you the articles that you, dear reader, found to be the most interesting in the past 365 days.
"Seven Iraqis" With ISIS Ties Planned Coordinated Suicide Attacks In Germany Last Night
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 09:32 -0500“Seven Iraqis living in Munich were named as the potential attackers, and they were planning to enter the stations in pairs and blow themselves up simultaneously."
Two Dead In Tel Aviv Shooting Attack, Car Bomb Explodes At Afghan Restaurant In Violent Start To New Year
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 08:48 -0500Just hours after Bavarian authorities closed the Hauptbahnhof and Pasing stations in Munich after Germany received a tip from French and American intelligence sources that a terrorist attack was planned for New Year’s Eve, two “incidents” have occurred in Kabul and Tel Aviv.


