Economy & Finance

Denver Imposes Water Restrictions, Orders Restaurants To Serve Only On Request Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Restaurants in Colorado’s capital are only allowed to serve water to guests if they ask, according to new restrictions by the Denver Board of Water Commissioners. A scenic view of the Denver skyline at […]

Dutch Treasury Banking Portal Goes Dark For 1,600 Public Institutions After Cyberattack The Dutch Finance Ministry informed members of Parliament in a letter on Monday about “unauthorized access” to several of its banking systems, including the digital portal for treasury banking. “Because of the ongoing forensic investigation and for security reasons, several systems have been

UAE Will Be Pounded If US Invades, Iranian Officials Warn Via Middle East Eye Tehran believes the United Arab Emirates is playing an active role in the US-Israeli war on Iran and any ground invasion could lead to widespread attacks on Emirati state assets, two senior Iranian sources told Middle East Eye. A month into the conflict, which has battered global

Trump Signals Potential Military Action Coming Against Cuba Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump again suggested that U.S. military action could be coming against Cuba as his administration has placed economic pressure on the communist-ruled island nation. U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One

Iran Arrests Dozens In Starlink Black Market Network Bloomberg cites Iran’s ISNA news agency, which says local authorities have arrested dozens of people for selling SpaceX Starlink terminals across 19 provinces.  These satellite internet terminals have become popular among opposition and activist networks operating in the country amid an ongoing nationwide internet blackout during the U.S.-Iran conflict. Sardar

A 10% Dip Is Not A Green Light To Go All In Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance This is the kind of environment where how you deploy capital matters far more than just being “in the market.” One lesson I’d repeat to myself here: don’t go throwing all your cash into the market just because

Sony “Temporarily Suspends” Memory Card Orders In Japan As Global Memory Crunch Worsens First, Sony hiked PlayStation console prices, blaming “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.” Now, Sony Japan is warning that the global memory shortage has become severe enough to force a temporary halt to new orders for memory cards, as supply can

Dallas Fed Mfg Activity Holds Near One Year High Despite Plunge In Respondent Sentiment On Iran War The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index continues to straddle the unchanged line, and despite a tiny dip from 0.2 in February, the highest print since July, to -0.2 in March, just below the 1.5 median estimate, the index remained

Iran Alleges Series Of ‘False Flags’ – Including On Kuwait Water Plant – Designed To Perpetuate War Via The Cradle The Iranian military denied on Monday being behind the recent attack which hit a desalination plant in Kuwait, labeling the strike a US-Israeli false-flag operation aimed at “destabilizing and destroying the region.” “The brutal aggression by the