FAFO...

Europe is not yet in recession, but the latest business and consumer surveys show that the risk is no longer remote...

• US President Trump said the war could go on for another two to three weeks; time is not of the essence.
• US officials say the military is closer to resuming combat operations than 24 hours ago, Fox reported.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi posted, "As talks are making progress with Pakistan's gracious effort, the US should be wary of being dragged back into a quagmire by ill-wishers.

CENTCOM confirms it used helicopters to destroy Iranian small boats.

"But of course, the timing of this announcement..."

Germany affords itself a state bureaucracy that functions like an artificial labor market placed upstream of the private sector. The flight of hundreds of thousands into the arms of the state corresponds with the shrinking number of self-employed in the country. 

Does anyone actually believe the EU's fight against online anonymity is about protecting kids from adult content and betting sites...?

In Spain, the data shows that foreigners commit per capita 500% more rapes and 414% more murders than Spanish citizens...

Refineries, energy complexes now under daily attack...

In Germany, signs of a sharp rise in inflation are multiplying. Naturally, the Hormuz crisis is to blame. It serves as a fig leaf for Germany’s highly inflationary transformation into a socialist shortage economy.

"A large crowd started pulling my clothes until they stripped me naked. They were pulling my breasts and touching my whole body … I was shouting for help..."

The company formerly known as Facebook, is working on another financing package wrapped as a special purpose vehicle, this time for a data center in El Paso, that could total over $13 billion

The initial stockpile fill would be driven chiefly by availability, reflecting the reality that some of the roughly 60 minerals under consideration are produced only in limited geographies and, in some cases, remain heavily influenced by China...

Staggering numbers for a handful of companies many of which are now cash flow negative.

Just when you thought it was safe to totally ignore what's going on in Iran, we get some action again (though dip-buyers were active)...