Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Thursday, December 8, 2022

They Lived Together, Worked Together and Lost Billions Together: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's Doomed FTX Empire

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At the Wall Street Journal , " The emerging picture of what went wrong suggests the crypto empire was a mess almost from the start, wit...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Bed Bath & Beyond to Close 150 Stores, Cut Staff, Sell Shares to Raise Cash

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Probably, the most poorly managed major corporation in the country right now. They're close to going out of business. My wife worked the...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

What is Bitcoin?

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I have no personal interest in digital money, though I'm not saying it's not a thing. It's a real big thing . But I've yet t...
Friday, December 31, 2021

Electric Vehicle Batteries Exploding at General Motors' Orion Assembly Plant, Lake Orion, Michigan

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You have to read the whole thing. The Orion plant shifted to manufacturing 100 percent electricity vehicles, the Chevrolet Bolt, and with an...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Five-Star Emporium of Ambition in Kinshasha

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Following-up, " A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution ." At NYT.  " On the Banks of the Furious C...
Friday, December 10, 2021

A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution

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I thought I'd posted on this topic earlier. The Times has been running a series on global demand for cobalt, to supply manufacturers of...
Friday, October 1, 2021

Terrifying: Biden Is Nominating Soviet-Trained Radicals Now

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 From Stephen Green, at Pajamas : President Joe Biden wants to put an actual Communist — self-proclaimed “radical” Cornell University law sc...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Briahna Joy Gray, Former National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign, Slams Joe Biden's Response to Question on Student Debt Forgiveness (VIDEO)

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I watched parts of China Joe's "CNN Town Hall" (love-fest), and I thought his response on the student loan question was a disa...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Day Coronavirus Nearly Broke the Financial Markets

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At WSJ, " The March 16 stock crash was part of a broader liquidity crisis that threatened the viability of America’s companies and muni...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Trump Administration Imposes New Sanctions on Russia

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This is all over Memeorandum, from the Treasury Department, " Treasury Designates Russian Oligarchs, Officials, and Entities in Respons...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Don and Alex Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution

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*BUMPED.* At Amazon, Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business,...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Goldman Sachs, With Long History of Public Service, Makes Return to Washington in Trump Administration

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This is pretty fascinating. At NYT, " Goldman Sachs Completes Return From Wilderness to the White House ": “Government Sachs” i...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

'The Art of the Deal' Surging in Popularity Since Donald Trump's Election

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Now a #1 Bestseller at Amazon, and among the Top 100 books.  See Donald Trump, Trump: The Art of the Deal . Hat Tip : CNN. Donald Trump...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Global Financial Institutions Are in Retreat

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At WSJ, " When Bigger Isn’t Better: Banks Retreat From Global Ambitions ": Eighteen years ago, Sanford Weill declared the dawn o...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

Do We Really Need to Save Capitalism?

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Rana Foroohar seems to think so, at Time, " American Capitalism’s Great Crisis ": This week's @TIME cover: American Capitali...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Identity of Zero Hedge's 'Tyler Durden' Outed by 'Disgruntled' Ex-Employee

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Well, this is interesting. At Bloomberg, " Unmasking the Men Behind Zero Hedge, Wall Street's Renegade Blog " (via Memeorand...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Following the Hidden Money in the #PanamaPapers

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A great piece, at LAT, " 'My God. We've done this': Meet the reporters who probed the Panama Papers ": 'My God. W...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Iceland Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests in Panama Papers Scandal (VIDEO)

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Following-up from Sunday, " Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur Davi Gunnlaugsson Pressured to Resign in #PanamaPapers Scandal (VIDEO) .&q...
Monday, April 4, 2016

British Prime Minister David Cameron's Family Embroiled in #PanamaPapers Scandal

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At the Telegraph UK, " Cameron's family embroiled in tax avoidance row as details of his late father's business interests are l...

Disclaimer: I Hate WikiLeaks

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Just because I'm posting on the Panama Papers leak , which is a WikiLeaks-style operation being promoted by WikiLeaks and the far-left G...