Economy & Finance

Escobar: How Trump’s Oily Dreams May Collapse In A Venezuelan Dark Pit Authored by Pepe Escobar, So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects… Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed […]

These Are The World’s Top Silver Producers Silver prices surged more than 5% in recent trading, breaking above $80 per ounce once again. The rally has been driven by China’s restrictions on silver exports, rising demand from green technologies like solar power, and renewed interest in safe-haven assets. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, highlights the

California’s Billionaire Tax Is A Trojan Horse… Not A Solution Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times, California was my home for most of my adult life—long enough to know that what looks good in a campaign slogan can feel very different when you’re the one carrying the load. I built restaurants there. I

Amazon Is Ditching The United States Postal Service After nearly three decades of working together, Amazon is ending its delivery relationship with the United States Postal Service, a move that significantly alters how packages are moved across the country, according to MSN. The partnership once played a major role in Amazon’s rapid expansion while generating

DNC Signals Possible Legal Action Against 10 States Over Proposed DOJ Voter-List Agreement Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sent warning letters to election officials in 10 states on Friday, saying proposed agreements with the Justice Department to share unredacted voter registration files and act on list maintenance

Wall Street’s Crypto Debate Is Over As Banks Go All-In On BTC, Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash Authored by Sam Bourgi via CoinTelegraph.com, Big banks aren’t debating crypto anymore — they’re building it. From tokenized cash to ETFs, Wall Street is quietly going onchain. For years, major banks treated cryptocurrency primarily as a risk to be contained.

“Uninvestable”: Trump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Gamble Meets Oil Industry Reality President Donald Trump’s push for U.S. oil companies to commit at least $100 billion toward rebuilding Venezuela’s energy industry is meeting significant resistance from the very executives he is courting, according to Bloomberg. Although the White House projects confidence, industry leaders are warning that Venezuela

Not Worth A Continental Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, In late-18th-century America, something of minimal value was often described as being “not worth a continental,” which referred to the continental dollar, the American currency at the time of the revolution. The continental was paper money. It had occurred to the colonists that, as their

Did Trump Accidentally Pardon Accused Jan 6 Pipe-Bomber? It took nearly five years for the FBI to finally arrest someone for planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, but the suspect may avoid serving a prison sentence thanks to the

Investor Lessons From 2025 For 2026 Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Bulls Remain In Control The S&P 500’s close at 6,966 on Friday confirmed the market remains in a bullish uptrend, continuing the positive trajectory that began in mid‑2025. Price action this week gained traction and has been tracking the rising bullish trendline from the November