ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 736.79 points or 1.43% to 52,252.28 • Shanghai increased 67.997 points or 1.78% to 3,881.28 • Hang Seng increased 681.24 points or 2.79% to 25,063.71 • ASX 200 increased 13.50 points or 0.16% to 8,379.40 • SENSEX increased 1,372.06 points […]
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What is unfolding in the UK bond market right now is not about inflation alone, and it is not simply about interest rates. This is the type of move that signals a shift in confidence, and once that begins, it feeds directly into liquidity conditions across the entire financial system. UK 10-year gilt yields have
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What is unfolding in Slovakia right now is being described as “fuel tourism,” but that term itself is misleading because it suggests something abnormal when in reality this is exactly how markets are supposed to function when governments distort pricing. When diesel is cheaper in one country than another, people will cross the border to
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Despite her enthusiasm for sending other people’s children to the frontlines of war, Ursula von der Leyen laughs at the idea of her own children serving in the military. ? pic.twitter.com/HcgyMK1AMI — Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) March 23, 2026 There is a video circulating of Ursula von der Leyen laughing at the idea of her
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President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States has engaged in “very strong talks” with Iran and reached “major points of agreement” that could end the war, which Iranian officials have firmly denied.He then claimed that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spoke with a leader in the Iranian regime on Sunday and would continue
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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,857.04 points or -3.48% to 51,515.49 • Shanghai decreased 143.77 points or -3.63% to 3,813.283 • Hang Seng decreased 894.85 points or -3.54% to 24,382.47 • ASX 200 decreased 62.50 points or -0.74% to 8,365.90 • SENSEX decreased 1,836.57 points
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QUESTION: You have provided a real history of this constant threat that Iran will have a nuclear weapon, with Netanyahu’s personal obsession with attacking Iran for 40 years. My question is what is the difference that Iran would have a nuclear weapon and that of North Korea or Pakistan? They have nuclear weapons, but that
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Jerome Powell finally said out loud what the revisions have been quietly showing for months. During his March 18 press conference, Powell said that “effectively there’s zero net job creation in the private sector” over roughly the past six months after adjusting for what Fed staff view as overstatement in the payroll data. He added
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California lawmakers are now advancing a measure that would allow race-based preferences in financial aid, which is remarkable when you consider that the state constitution has explicitly prohibited such practices since 1996. Proposition 209 banned the state from granting “preferential treatment” based on race in public education, employment, and contracting, yet once again, we see
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