“Discovery” of multi-billion dollar “inconsistencies” on Brazilian retail giant’s balance sheet is a timely reminder of the risks posed by supply chain finance, especially in a heavily weakened business environment…
I can see the future. The odds are very high that SBF will still be in it. It was a reasonable assumption to think that now that SBF had been…
Yves here. Even though we’ve linked before to stories on hunger in the military, the extent of food insecurity is stunning, particularly in contrast to egregious defense contracting pork. And…
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Yves here. The latest John Helmer post, which uses a Ukrainian fabrication about Russia putting out feelers for negotationa, as its point of departure, and therefore has the potential to…
Yves here. Sex work is legal in Australia. I’m linking to a New South Wales guide by the Sex Workers Outreach project which explains the rules there. The depressing part…
Yves here. There’s been drinking-from-a-firehose level revelations from the Twitter files. Tom Neuburger goes though the latest batches, focusing on the most disturbing examples of Twitter subservience to censorship demands.…
Kate Berry in American Banker has done some important sleuthing in her new American Banker story, Silvergate Bank loaded up on $4.3 billion in Home Loan bank advances. Berry gets…
By Conor Gallagher It seems like yesterday that the western media was up in arms that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Putin-loving Brothers of Italy (Fdl) party were…
Yves here. While you were busy worrying about the war in Ukraine, the US has been firming up the commitments and resolve of an all-too-willing Japan to mix things up…