Why You Should Be Taking a Hard Look at Your Investments Right Now
All eyes were on the Federal Reserve this past week, or so several market analysts solemnly said. This was true even though the Fed essentially did nothing in its latest…
Democrats Divided Over V.P. Field, and Israel Braces for Retaliation
Plus, your Olympics weekend wrap-up.
Marc Fogel: Sister of US man excluded from prisoner swap felt ‘betrayal’
The sister of Marc Fogel, an American teacher imprisoned in Russia for illegal possession of cannabis, told the BBC that she wishes her brother was among those freed during the…
Top vice-presidential contenders interviewed by Kamala Harris
Vice-President Kamala Harris has interviewed potential contenders to be her running mate on Sunday, ahead of a battleground tour next week. Among those who travelled to Washington, DC, to meet…
RFK Jr admits to dumping bear carcass in New York’s Central Park
Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has posted a video on social media in which he admits that he dumped a dead bear cub in New York City’s Central…
Links 8/5/2024 | naked capitalism
Global Stocks Rout Pushes Wall Street’s Fear Gauge to Four-Year High Bloomberg Asia’s ferocious sell-off has its roots in US AI boom FT Private capital groups deploy $160bn as they…
America’s High Drunk-Driving Limit
Drunk driving is illegal almost everywhere. But what counts as drunk? Nations answer that question differently. Most say you can’t get behind the wheel when the concentration of alcohol in…
Hoisted from Comments: Is Intel Going Down the Boeing Path? | naked capitalism
We seldom write about individual companies unless they are close to our banking/finance wheelhouse and have some sort of larger significance, such as are a focus of systemic risk or…
Satyajit Das: The Middle East’s Dance of Death – Part 1: Deluge | naked capitalism
Yves here. Satyajit Das provides a long-term view of how the Middle East has become a tinderbox in a three-part series. This review is provides an integrated assessment and I…
Britain’s Weekend of Violence: What We Know
After a weekend of violent uprisings across Britain, set off by a deadly stabbing rampage and an anti-immigrant disinformation campaign that followed it, tensions are high from the streets to…