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Epoch Times | Feb. 10, 2023 As companies gear up for an economic downturn, cutting costs and staff, CEOs might want to heed the rising voice of consumers who want them to focus on business […]
Freightwaves | Feb. 8, 2023 The end of 2022 saw a surge in cargo thefts that pushed the yearly total to above an estimated $223 million worth of goods stolen across Canada and the U.S., […]
Zero Hedge | Feb. 6, 2023 The latest major food supplier to go up in flames, after decades of food suppliers not going up in flames, is New Zealand’s largest egg producer – after a blaze broke out […]
Zero Hedge | Feb. 5, 2023 The fake meat industry appears to be in a death-spiral as sales at plant-based ‘meat’ companies Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat have imploded. As Axios reports, “after years of hype, the […]
Yahoo Finance | Jan. 31, 2023 (Bloomberg) — Steaks and hamburgers will likely be more expensive in the next few years with US cattle shrinking to its lowest herd since 2014. There were almost 89.3 […]
Zero Hedge ! Feb. 1, 2023 OJ futures have hit a new high, surging 10 cents or 4.56% to $2.292/lb, surpassing the 2016 record of $2.2585, due to limited supply. The USDA predicts Florida’s citrus […]
Zero Hedge | Jan. 29, 2023 Dozens of food processing plants were destroyed and/or damaged last year by “accidental fires.” After several months of a lull in mysterious fires rippling through the food industry, the […]
Politico | Jan. 18, 2023 The White House is preparing to roll out new measures as soon as this month to protect tenants in the wake of post-pandemic price spikes, according to housing advocates and […]
Bloomberg | Jan. 23, 2023 On a calm, sunny day last June, Mike Willey was feeding his cattle when he got a call from the local sheriff’s dispatcher. A motorist had reported that one of […]
Yelp is an app used mostly by the younger set to seek out so-called recommendations for restaurants and entertainment. When I traveled with my son, he used Yelp with some frequency, with the end result […]
Yahoo Finance | Jan. 20, 2023 Hours after revealing a scandal that would roil Brazilian markets, Sergio Rial joined a Zoom call with hundreds of panicked investors. It was an attempt to explain the $4 […]
Zero Hedge | Jan. 17, 2023 A wealthy New York family has achieved a humiliating hat trick, having invested with Bernie Madoff, Enron and now, FTX, according to the Financial Times. Thanks to the family’s philanthropy — […]
A couple decades ago, the term “grievance industry” mainly referred to a proliferation of lawyers in shiny suits who made a comfortable living filing lawsuits. Boy, times have changed. Today, “social justice” appears to be […]
Zero Hedge | Jan. 15, 2023 Last year was a bad year for corn — the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report shows drought conditions and extreme weather wreaked havoc on croplands. USDA unexpectedly […]
Yahoo Finance | Jan. 9, 2023 Even fine dining’s highest-profile restaurateurs admit that their industry’s business model is broken and needs an injection of creativity. Hit hard by the pandemic, restaurants have had to re-create […]
Economic Collapse | Jan. 11, 2023 Food has become a prime target for thieves, and that should deeply alarm all of us. Once upon a time, shoplifting was a minor nuisance for most retailers in […]
Zero Hedge | Jan. 10, 2023 The last time we looked at the massive money-printing (literally) hedge fund that also moonlights as the Swiss National Bank, we were stunned to learn that its US equity […]
American Institute for Economic Research | Jan. 5, 2023 A new year dawns bright, with the US hurtling over the fiscal cliff. The lame duck Congress voted for a pork-packed $1.7 trillion budget bill. As the […]
In 2019 Tim Kelly of Our Interesting Times had Russ Winter on his podcast show to discuss the critical yet often-ignored and hidden history of the actors behind the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley. […]
Zero Hedge | Jan. 1, 2023 Silicon Valley tech companies have benefited from over a decade of low-interest rates and easy money. But since the Federal Reserve turned off the liquidity taps to combat inflation […]
Zero Hedge | Dec. 27, 2022 On the evening of 26 December, China released new guidelines to significantly relax its Covid control policy for domestic infections and inbound travelers, effective 8 January 2023. As reported previously, […]
Newsmax | Dec. 26, 2022 Egg prices are reaching record heights, driven by an avian-influenza outbreak that killed tens of millions of chickens and turkeys this year in the U.S. According to the research firm […]
Axios | Dec. 20, 2022 It’s one of the biggest sovereign bond defaults of 2022, if hardly unexpected: Ghana announced Monday that it would no longer service most of its external debt, including all payments due to private-sector bondholders […]
Forex Live | Dec. 21, 2022 S&P Global vice chairman Dan Yergin spoke with CNBC: “Our base case for 2023 is $90 for Brent but you have to look at other cases” “If China gets […]
Epoch Times | Dec. 20, 2022 The acquisition by investment managers BlackRock and Vanguard of ever-increasing shares in America’s public utility companies is setting off alarm bells from conservatives and progressives alike. In April, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission […]
Yahoo Finance | Dec. 15, 2022 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany is bleeding cash to keep the lights on. Almost half a trillion dollars, and counting, since the Ukraine war jolted it into an energy crisis […]
Fox News | Dec. 8, 2022 President Joe Biden announced Thursday he will pump $36 billion into a union pension plan to prevent drastic benefit cuts for pensioners, just a week after he signed a […]
Wall Street on Parade | Dec.5, 2022 If you have been following the Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX crypto exchange story since the company filed for bankruptcy on November 11, you have likely read the phrase […]
Zero Hedge | Dec. 6, 2022 Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that the massive wave of retail thefts at company stores will lead to higher prices or closed stores if the problem persists. “Theft […]
Marketwatch | Nov. 30, 2022 The new year is nearly upon us, and one idea for where to invest is the banking sector, whose margins benefit from the high interest rates, at not terribly demanding […]
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