A "Slight" Contradiction In Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/01/2015 12:52 -0500Those paying close attention to the geopolitical chess game unfolding in the Middle East might have noticed a rather amusing contradiction in Riyadh’s foreign policy stance of late...
Tech Censors? Apple Bans App Noting Every US Drone Strike; Facebook Blocks Ad For "Negativity"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/01/2015 12:15 -0500"Under U.S. law - the law that, not coincidentally, governs most of the world’s largest online platforms - intermediaries such as Twitter and Facebook generally can’t be held responsible for what people do on them. But the United Nations proposes both that social networks proactively police every profile and post, and that government agencies only “license” those who agree to do so." Interestingly, it appears Apple and Facebook want to get ahead of the curve and begin censoring news the U.S. government might find embarrassing right away.
Major Hurricane Bears Down On Bahamas, May Make US Landfall By Sunday
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/01/2015 07:21 -0500
Second Massive Bomb Explosion Rocks Chinese City, Day After 17 Parcel Bomb Attacks Kill Seven
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/01/2015 07:05 -0500
Oct 1 - Fed's Dudley: Will Make Sure QE Withdrawal Won't Roil Markets
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 09/30/2015 18:55 -0500News That Matters
The Start Of China's Unrest? Southern China City Rocked By "Massive" Bomb Explosions, At Least 6 Dead
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/30/2015 14:22 -0500
Twitter Pumps-And-Dumps On Reports That Dorsey To Be Named CEO
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/30/2015 12:56 -0500After all that...
*TWITTER SAID TO NAME JACK DORSEY CEO, RE/CODE SAYS
Did no one else want the job? And TWTR stocks jumped to run stops above 1-week highs as we presume this removes some uncertainty...
6 Out Of 6 Fed Surveys Say US Is In Recession
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/30/2015 09:28 -0500For the first time since 2009, all six major Fed regional activity surveys are in contraction territory... time to hike rates?
Jim Cramer Will No Longer Respond To "Twitter Trolls"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/30/2015 07:55 -0500
Sep 30 - Fed's Mester: US Can Handle Rate Hike This Year
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 09/29/2015 17:52 -0500News That Matters
Edward Snowden Joins Twitter: "Can You Hear Me Now?"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/29/2015 11:11 -0500Can you hear me now?
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015
Stocks Battered To Black Monday Lows Amid Credit Crash, Biotech Bloodbath, & Commodity Carnage
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/28/2015 17:33 -0500
Dear Martin Shkreli: This Is How You Hike Drug Prices
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/28/2015 15:38 -0500"In the Twitter-storm furor over Turing’s recent one-drug price gouge attempt, the media has overlooked the reality that Martin Shkreli was created by the system. Shkreli is merely a rogue trying to play the gambit that Valeant has perfected." And there you have it: boost the prices of dozens of drugs in the span of 1-3 years anywhere between 100% and 800% and nobody notices (thank you insurance companies). But hike the price of one drug by 5,500% and suddenly all of America thinks you are satan incarnate.
Obama: "America Has Few Economic Interests In Ukraine"... And This Very Big One
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/28/2015 10:10 -0500As part of his UN speech seeking to restore a crumbling Pax Americana, president Obama, eager to cover up US involvement in the Ukraine presidential coup of early 2014 (who can forget Victoria Nuland "strategy" interception in which she laid out the post-coup lay of the land, while saying to "fuck the EU"), just said that "America has few economic interest in Ukraine." Few, perhaps, but quite substantial.
Trump Promises To Cut Middle-Class Taxes, Gets Carl Icahn Endorsement - Live Feed
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/28/2015 10:05 -0500Republican presidential nominee front-runner Donald Trump, amid massively variant poll numbers (Fox >40%, WSJ ~21%?), plans to unveil his tax plan today, that, as WSJ reports, would eliminate income taxes for millions of households, lower the tax rate on all businesses to 15% and change tax treatment of companies’ overseas earnings. Trumps's plan claims to bring "sanity, common sense and simplification to the nation's catastrophic tax code," and, despite plans to end "carried interest" tax breaks - most loved by hedge fund managers - Carl Icahn has come out and endorsed Trump as "the only candidate that speaks about the country's problems."
