Economy & Finance

Mercuria, Goldman, JPMorgan See Major Aluminum Market Shock Analysts at Mercuria, the Geneva-based Swiss commodities trading firm, are sounding the alarm on the global aluminum market after severe disruptions in the Gulf region, adding to a growing list of trading desks and research teams warning of a deepening supply shock. “The scale of the supply […]

US Special Forces Soldier Arrested For $400K Maduro Raid Insider Bet Federal authorities arrested a US Army special forces soldier Gannon Van Dyke on Thursday for allegedly using classified insider information from the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Polymarket – the first known instance

CIA-Backed AQ-Linked Syrian Leader Watching Dance Performance To Missy Elliott Song Goes Viral Via Middle East Eye A video of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (previously, Abu Mohammad al-Julani) watching a dance performance to Missy Elliott’s Work It has gone viral, sparking a mix of amusement and confusion on social media. The performance took place on Monday at the recently

PIMCO Privately Lends Over $10 Billion To Dollar-Strapped Gulf States Just days after the UAE hinted at a growing dollar shortage in the Gulf nation by requesting swap lines with the Fed, Bloomberg reports that as Iran’s struggling neighbors scramble to build cash buffers to deal with any potential economic fallout from the Iran war,

Air Force Extends Use Of Iran Attack Plane A-10 ‘Warthog’ To 2030 Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Air Force said on April 20 that it would extend the life of the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft—commonly referred to as the “Warthog”—for another four years beyond its previously stated retirement deadline

Texas Instruments Jumps Most Since Dot-Com On Upgraded Outlook; Goldman Sees Analog Recovery Shares of Texas Instruments jumped the most since the Dot-Com bubble era after the chipmaker issued a stronger-than-expected second-quarter forecast, signaling that demand is rebounding across industrial markets and data centers. Goldman analysts told clients the guidance suggests the “analog recovery is

12 AGs Petition Court To Defend Trump’s Executive Order On Citizenship Verification In Elections Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, Attorneys general from a dozen states on April 20 asked to intervene in two lawsuits that oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on citizenship verification and other election integrity efforts. The coalition of

Intel Shares Soar On Strong AI-Fueled Outlook, Surpassing August 2000 Peak Chipmaker Intel, which less than a year ago was trading like a distressed company, and required a capital infusion from the US government, and earlier today hit a 90x forward PE… … soared after hours after giving a strong sales forecast for the current

Israel Waiting For US Greenlight To Renew Iran War: New ‘Targets Marked’, Says Katz It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump’s initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still

Euthanasia Is Now 6% Of All Deaths In The Netherlands Via Remix News, Euthanasia is now responsible for 6 percent of all deaths in the Netherlands, and this figure is increasing every year. According to a report by the regional euthanasia review committee (RTE), cited by the news portal Hirado, 10,341 people died by euthanasia in