We Are Seeing ‘Blind Panic’ – US Jobs Data Upstaged By Fears Of What Else May Be Out There
We Are Seeing ‘Blind Panic’ – US Jobs Data Upstaged By Fears Of What Else May Be Out There Even though, for now, there seems to be little indication of a wider systemic risk from the distress surrounding Silicon Valley Bank, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist Ven Ram notes that traders are selling anything associated with risk […]
Futures Tumble As SVB Implosion Spark Global Banking Turmoil; Payrolls Loom
Futures Tumble As SVB Implosion Spark Global Banking Turmoil; Payrolls Loom US futures and European stocks pared broader declines earlier sparked by a rush to havens amid concerns about the health of the US banking system following the collapse of Silvergate and the rout that has crushed Silicon Valley Bank, sending it shares down 40% […]
British Minister Faces New Charges Under Counter-Terrorism Laws For Criticizing A Trans Woman
British Minister Faces New Charges Under Counter-Terrorism Laws For Criticizing A Trans Woman Authored by Jonathan Turley, Today, a trial will begin for a French politician who was charged for criticizing immigration as a public danger. In the meantime, a Christian street preacher was reportedly facing criminal charges in the United Kingdom for declaring that a trans […]
Russian Oil Production Returns To Near Pre-War Levels
Russian Oil Production Returns To Near Pre-War Levels By Princeton Policy Advisors The EIA, the analytics arm of the US Department of Energy, published the February oil markets data in its latest STEO (Short-term Energy Outlook) yesterday. The EIA reports that Russian oil production rose to 11.13 mbpd in February, the highest since April 2022 […]
These Are The Richest People In Africa
These Are The Richest People In Africa The African continent is home to 46 billionaires, the second-lowest total of any global region. However, as Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao and Bhabna Banerjee detail below, the number of wealthy individuals in Africa is growing. Total private wealth is expected to rise 30% over the next decade, led by growth in the […]
Another Near-Miss At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: ‘One Day Our Luck Will Run Out’
Another Near-Miss At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: ‘One Day Our Luck Will Run Out’ Authored by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams, The largest nuclear energy plant in Europe, located in southern Ukraine, lost all off-site power for the sixth time in a year as Russian forces carried out a massive missile attack on Thursday, once again raising […]