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  • NSC Chief O’Brien Confirms Staffer Bloodbath After Vindmans Expelled

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 3:35pm EST

    NSC Chief O’Brien Confirms Staffer Bloodbath After Vindmans Expelled National Security Adviser told a room full of Atlantic Council attendees on Tuesday that significant cuts were under way at the leak-prone White House National Security Council, confirming a Monday report in the Washington Examiner that up to 70 positions would be cut. Robert O’Brien says […]

  • Deadly ‘Occupation’: Video Shows Moment Syrian Villagers Open Fire On US Patrol

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 3:20pm EST

    Deadly ‘Occupation’: Video Shows Moment Syrian Villagers Open Fire On US Patrol Via Al-Masdar News, A new video from the Al-Qamishli countryside was released this afternoon following a skirmish between the U.S. Armed Forces and residents of the Syrian village of Khirbat Amo, east of Qamishli in Syria’s northeast. According to a report from the Al-Hasakah […]

  • Biden Donors Panic After Former VP Beaten Like A Drum

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 3:05pm EST

    Biden Donors Panic After Former VP Beaten Like A Drum Panic has set in among some of Joe Biden’s largest donors, who fear the former Vice President may not be able to raise enough cash to continue on in the Democratic presidential primary race following dismal 4th and 5th place showings in the Iowa caucuses […]

  • Fed’s Price-Targeting Regime: Suggested Changes Fail To Fix The #1 Flaw

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 2:50pm EST

    Fed’s Price-Targeting Regime: Suggested Changes Fail To Fix The #1 Flaw Submitted by Joseph Carson, former Chief Economist & Director of Global Economic Research for Alliance Bernstein Price targeting has failed as a monetary policy experiment, forcing policymakers to now consider a new process to achieve its price stability mandate. Policymakers are considering shifting to […]

  • World’s Largest Wireless Industry Conference Canceled Due To Covid-19 Concerns

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 2:45pm EST

    World’s Largest Wireless Industry Conference Canceled Due To Covid-19 Concerns On Wednesday morning, Nokia, Vodafone, BT, Deutsche Telekom, HMD, AT&T, Sprint, Cisco, Facebook, Intel, Royole, Sony, Amazon, LG, Vivo, Ericsson, and Nvidia all withdrew from participating at the world’s largest wireless industry conference in Barcelona on COVID-19 fears. GSMA Statement on MWC Barcelona 2020 from […]

  • US Budget Deficit Blows Out To Nine Year High, Up 25% From Year Ago

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 2:37pm EST

    US Budget Deficit Blows Out To Nine Year High, Up 25% From Year Ago The gaping US budget deficit hole is getting bigger with each passing month. Earlier today, the US Treasury announced that in January (the fourth month of fiscal 2020), the US spent $32.6 billion more than it pulled in, resulting in a […]

  • MSNBC’s Katy Tur Shocked When ‘Man On The Street’ Says He Hates Socialism And Voted For Trump

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 2:20pm EST

    MSNBC’s Katy Tur Shocked When ‘Man On The Street’ Says He Hates Socialism And Voted For Trump MSNBC just accidentally exposed its viewers to what a real American ‘man on the street’ actually thinks about the 2020 race. Interviewing voters outside a Bernie Sanders rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday as the primary vote was […]

  • Ohio State Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Campus ‘Free Speech’ Bill, Professors Oppose The Effort

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 2:09pm EST

    Ohio State Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Campus ‘Free Speech’ Bill, Professors Oppose The Effort Authored by Jon Street vioa CampusReform.org, The Ohio state senate unanimously passed a bill that would, among other provisions, ban free speech zones on the state’s college campuses.  Ohio Senate Bill 40, or the “Forming Open and Robust University Minds Act,” was introduced […]

  • This Is What Happened After One Chinese Company Rushed To Reopen After The Corona-Chaos

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 1:52pm EST

    This Is What Happened After One Chinese Company Rushed To Reopen After The Corona-Chaos Earlier today, Rabobank’s Michael Every laid out succinctly the dilemma facing Beijing, when he said that “China appears to have perhaps decided that the economic damage being wrought by a demand collapse and supply-chain shutdown is just too much to bear.” […]

  • Five Americans Charged With Breaking Iran Oil Sanctions

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 1:35pm EST

    Five Americans Charged With Breaking Iran Oil Sanctions Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Five U.S. citizens have been charged with an attempt to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran by buying oil from Iran and selling it in China, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said in a statement. The accused are […]

  • “It’s Like A Horror Film”: Botched Wuhan Quarantine Left Dead Bodies In The Street, Sick Waiting Days For Care

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 1:20pm EST

    “It’s Like A Horror Film”: Botched Wuhan Quarantine Left Dead Bodies In The Street, Sick Waiting Days For Care Western media organizations have published a series of in-depth reports attempting to illuminate what life on the ground at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak looks like. But few have captured the atmosphere of the situation […]

  • UK Reportedly Confirms First Coronavirus Case In London

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 1:18pm EST

    UK Reportedly Confirms First Coronavirus Case In London Summary: The Sun reports first case confirmed in London, bringing UK total to 9 UK hospital confirms worker found to be infected treated ‘small number’ of patients Russia releases two Chinese nationals who recovered from virus China Grand Prix likely to be cancelled Couple onboard ‘Diamond Princess’ […]

  • Blistering Demand For Stellar 10Y Auction As Yield Tumbles

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 1:16pm EST

    Blistering Demand For Stellar 10Y Auction As Yield Tumbles After yesterday’s solid but tailing 3Y auction, moments ago the US Treasury sold $27BN in 10Y notes at a sharply lower yield compared to January: stopping out at 1.622%, today’s 10Y issuance stopped through the 1.623% When Issued, and was almost 25bps lower than January’s 1.8690%; […]

  • “Not Terribly Encouraging”: Mitt Romney Hints He Might Oppose Fed Nominee Judy Shelton In Latest Attack On Trump

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 1:00pm EST

    “Not Terribly Encouraging”: Mitt Romney Hints He Might Oppose Fed Nominee Judy Shelton In Latest Attack On Trump Is this the beginning of the second round of Republican resistance to President Trump’s slate of nominees for the Fed board of governors? Or just the latest example of Mitt Romney trying to sabotage Trump out of […]

  • Chinese Propaganda Video Shows Coronavirus Victims Dancing In Detainment Facility

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 12:39pm EST

    Chinese Propaganda Video Shows Coronavirus Victims Dancing In Detainment Facility Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Apparently keen to offset video footage of screaming Chinese people being abducted from their homes and taken to detention camps, the ruling Communist Party put out a video showing “mild” coronavirus victims housed in a “temporary hospital” […]

  • Erdogan Ready To Hit Assad Forces “Anywhere” As US Vows Full Support To “Our NATO Ally” 

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 12:25pm EST

    Erdogan Ready To Hit Assad Forces “Anywhere” As US Vows Full Support To “Our NATO Ally”  This week has already witnessed significant direct fighting between the Syrian and Turkish armies — after on Monday and Tuesday over a dozen more Turkish troops were killed following a bloody weekend of possibly scores killed on each side and now both are vowing to […]

  • Why “Not-QE” Is QE: Deciphering Gibberish

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 12:05pm EST

    Why “Not-QE” Is QE: Deciphering Gibberish Authored by Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said.” – Alan Greenspan Imagine if Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell told the American people they must pay more for […]

  • Frenzied Traders Send Option Volumes To All Time High; Go All-In Tesla, Tech Calls

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 11:45am EST

    Frenzied Traders Send Option Volumes To All Time High; Go All-In Tesla, Tech Calls Trading stocks (or even fractions of stocks) is so 2019: 2020 is all about options. With prices of underlying securities soaring to never before seen levels and market momentum back if only for a handful of megatech stocks, investors have decided […]

  • After Three Record Breaking Years, Is The US Wind Energy Boom Over?

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 11:30am EST

    After Three Record Breaking Years, Is The US Wind Energy Boom Over? Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, In 2019, the U.S. wind power industry recorded its third record-breaking installation year in a row, with new wind capacity hitting 9.14 GW. To date, there are another 44 GW under construction or in advanced development. Yet there are […]

  • Powell Admits “Low Rates Are Not A Choice Any More”, Says QE Will Be Used In Next Downturn

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 11:14am EST

    Powell Admits “Low Rates Are Not A Choice Any More”, Says QE Will Be Used In Next Downturn Instead of Powell bloviating before Congress for hours every six or so months while discussing his social life and avoiding answers to questions that really matter, it would be a much better use of everyone’s time if […]

  • Key Takeaways From The New Hampshire Primary

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 11:00am EST

    Key Takeaways From The New Hampshire Primary Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) eked out a win over former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Tuesday night’s New Hampshire primary after enjoying a wide lead early in the count. Meanwhile, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) was able to clench third place over Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and […]

  • “All Disasters Are Not Created Equally” – CDC Powerless In Halting Spread Of Covid-19

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 10:45am EST

    “All Disasters Are Not Created Equally” – CDC Powerless In Halting Spread Of Covid-19 Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, It may come as a shock to many Americans but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will most likely prove rather powerless in halting the spread of the coronavirus. High profile […]

  • Oil Algos Confused After Huge Crude Build, Record Production, & OPEC Demand Cut

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 10:34am EST

    Oil Algos Confused After Huge Crude Build, Record Production, & OPEC Demand Cut Having briefly dropped back below $50 after API reported a significantly bigger than expected crude inventory build, WTI has roared higher this morning on ever-optimistic hopes that Covid-19’s impact has peaked and utterly disregarding OPEC’s slashing of its oil demand outlook for […]

  • India’s Leaders Claim Drinking Cow Urine Will Cure Covid-19

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 5:00am EST

    India’s Leaders Claim Drinking Cow Urine Will Cure Covid-19 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his extreme Hindu backers are making some amazing claims about science. Indian nationalists peddle something worse than snake oil. It’s the The Cow Dung Cure for Coronavirus. Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, president of the Hindu Mahasabha—a […]

  • Samsung Introduces Latest Foldable ‘iPhone-Killer’ Following Last Year’s Epic Flop

    ZeroHedge - Feb 12th 2020 4:15am EST

    Samsung Introduces Latest Foldable ‘iPhone-Killer’ Following Last Year’s Epic Flop Though it’s not quite as exciting as rival Apple’s legendary product-launch events, Samsung released its new line of smartphones on Tuesday, offering the first in-depth glimpse at its latest foldable smartphone and iPhone killer following the company’s abysmal flop last time around. Samsung just showed […]