Meanwhile Trump's top 3 picks to lead Iran were killed in the initial attack...

Germany is losing its competitiveness at ever-shorter cycles. Recent international trade data show that, with this trend, geopolitical options are literally evaporating...

Iran tops the list with a projected 55.9% surge, far above the global average of 3.2%...

A bottleneck is threatening to spill over from AI servers into broader electronic products, pushing up device costs and adding an inflation impulse that could weigh on risk sentiment. 

Poland joins several other countries around the world that are planning or considering legislation to limit children’s access to social media.

United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan report destroying waves of projectiles, including 400 ballistic missiles, aimed mostly at U.S. forces.

The three nations affirmed their intention to actively defend against Iran’s missile and drone strikes on March 1.

The German Chancellor is returning from his three-day official trip to China. In his luggage: a major order for Airbus and the bitter realization that Germany has been run down into an international lame duck. The detailed reception protocol only underscored respect for European history.

...goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise

"What started as a single stock flinch early in the month turned into an index flinch mid-month, and finished with the first signs of a credit flinch as CDX IG widened 5 points on the week, amid surging put open interest... of all these (and for good reason), the credit flinch worries me the most" - Goldman

"Planning documents" such as Which Path to Persia have also been around for years...

Seriously!?

“Respectfully, f**k off...”

Lawyers for the Justice Department warned that "the coming process will take time"...

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