News From ZeroHedge, Page 2850

RSS

  • Gordon Chang: “Overwhelmed” Chinese Authorities Are Falsifying Death Toll From Coronavirus

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 3:35pm EST

    Gordon Chang: “Overwhelmed” Chinese Authorities Are Falsifying Death Toll From Coronavirus With at least 425 dead (amid an almost nation-wide community lockdown), one outspoken China expert is saying that the number represents a false estimate fabricated by a country notorious for secrecy and censorship. Gordon Chang, who authored the book “The Coming Collapse of China”, explained on “Tucker […]

  • Surprise! Leftists Blame Russian Bots For Fallout From Iowa Caucus Shambles

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 3:19pm EST

    Surprise! Leftists Blame Russian Bots For Fallout From Iowa Caucus Shambles Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Some leftists are blaming “Russian propaganda accounts” for the embarrassing fallout from the Iowa caucus, fulfilling a prediction by President Trump that they would do precisely that. The results from last night’s caucus were delayed to […]

  • US Head Of SoftBank’s Vision Fund Leaving After Expressing Concerns About “Issues”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 3:00pm EST

    US Head Of SoftBank’s Vision Fund Leaving After Expressing Concerns About “Issues” Back in October, in the aftermath of the historic WeWork fiasco, we asked if the company’s new majority owned and anchor investor SoftBank is the bubble era’s (that would be now, for those unclear) short of the century. While that thesis has yet […]

  • Greta “Put Them Against The Wall” Thunberg Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 2:41pm EST

    Greta “Put Them Against The Wall” Thunberg Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, 17-year-old Climate alarmist Greta Thunburg has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, prompting the internet to attempt to re-balance the scales of sanity back from bat-shit-crazy. Thunberg has been nominated for the 2020 prize by […]

  • China Unleashes The Bazookas And That’s Just The Start: Here’s What It WIll Do Next

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 2:20pm EST

    China Unleashes The Bazookas And That’s Just The Start: Here’s What It WIll Do Next Earlier this morning we pointed out that with the coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of slowing, and in fact claiming its second offshore death, after a surprisingly young, 39-year-old Hong Kong man passed away, US equity futures soared after the […]

  • Clarmond: “Iowa Showed ‘American Democracy’ May Now Be Just Another Developing World Dictatorship”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 2:00pm EST

    Clarmond: “Iowa Showed ‘American Democracy’ May Now Be Just Another Developing World Dictatorship” Authored by Chris Andrew at Clarmond Wealth It strikes me that one of the first actions following our super-duper new free trade agreement with the USA would be to export over to them a large box of British pencils. On the 24th […]

  • Iran To Execute Alleged CIA Spy For Passing Nuclear Secrets

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 1:45pm EST

    Iran To Execute Alleged CIA Spy For Passing Nuclear Secrets Iran announced Tuesday its judiciary is set to execute a man for “spying for the CIA” and attempting to pass information to the US related to Iran’s nuclear program, according to a Fars news agency report cited in Reuters.  Authorities did not give a date for the execution […]

  • Biden Threatens Lawsuit To Halt Release Of Real Iowa Caucus Results

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 1:26pm EST

    Biden Threatens Lawsuit To Halt Release Of Real Iowa Caucus Results The Democratic candidates appear to be headed for an epic court battle to determine who won the Iowa caucus – a court battle that could potentially outlast the entire primary season and ensure that the real winner of Iowa (cough – Bernie Sanders – […]

  • It Ain’t Over Yet… Projecting “Wave 2” And “Wave 3” Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 1:05pm EST

    It Ain’t Over Yet… Projecting “Wave 2” And “Wave 3” Of The Coronavirus Pandemic Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, It’s too early to declare victory and too early to assume the virus can be completely eradicated in a few weeks on the SARS model. Many people are already anticipating the end of […]

  • Tech Firm Whose Half-Baked App Cocked Up Iowa Results Run By Ex-Clinton, Obama Staff

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 12:44pm EST

    Tech Firm Whose Half-Baked App Cocked Up Iowa Results Run By Ex-Clinton, Obama Staff An app developed by a Democratic digital nonprofit group that botched the Iowa caucus results is run by former staffers for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, Obama’s presidential campaign, as well as Google, Apple and former DNC employees. The app was created […]

  • WHO Chief Praises China’s “Forceful Measures”, Blasts Rest-Of-World For Causing “Fear & Stigma”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 12:25pm EST

    WHO Chief Praises China’s “Forceful Measures”, Blasts Rest-Of-World For Causing “Fear & Stigma” In yet another stunning statement from the Director-General of the World Health Organization, up is down, war is peace, and caution is dangerous. Having once again earlier denied that the novel coronavirus is a ‘pandemic’, saying instead that it’s an epidemic with […]

  • A Failed Coup Of A Failing Establishment

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 12:15pm EST

    A Failed Coup Of A Failing Establishment Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org, It has been a bad few days for the establishment, really bad. In a 51-49 vote, the Senate refused to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and agreed to end the trial Wednesday, with a near-certain majority vote to […]

  • Hyundai, Kia Factories Crippled In South Korea As Part Suppliers In China Remain Closed

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 11:53am EST

    Hyundai, Kia Factories Crippled In South Korea As Part Suppliers In China Remain Closed A globalized world is full of complex supply chains that wind in and out of countries. When one country goes offline, the chain breaks, and that’s exactly what’s happening in Asia.  Yonhap News reports that Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister Kia […]

  • Tesla Surpasses Netflix, Becomes World’s Most Valuable “Junk” Company

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 11:34am EST

    Tesla Surpasses Netflix, Becomes World’s Most Valuable “Junk” Company Update (1135ET): Thanks to the parabolic melt-up in Tesla’s share price, its market capitalization has now surpassed that of Netflix… Making Tesla the most-valuable, junk-rated company in the world. We do note, however, that TSLA’s bonds still trade dramatically cheap relative to NFLX’s bonds… *  *  […]

  • DHS Offered To Test Iowa Voting App, Democrats Declined

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 11:30am EST

    DHS Offered To Test Iowa Voting App, Democrats Declined Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Iowa Democratic Party declined to have a new voting application vetted by the Department of Homeland Security, the agency’s Acting Secretary Chad Wolf said on Tuesday. The app, developed by Shadow Inc., was blamed for some of […]

  • Trump Approval Rating Hits All-Time High, GOP Support Surges

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 11:10am EST

    Trump Approval Rating Hits All-Time High Amid Impeachment; GOP Sees Upswing In Support President Trump’s approval rating is the highest it’s ever been, coming in at 49% in a new Gallup poll, which also found that 63% of Americans approve of the way Trump is handling the economy. Trump’s ratings for handling foreign affairs and […]

  • The Strongest Seasonal Advance In Precious Metals Stocks Begins Now

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 10:55am EST

    The Strongest Seasonal Advance In Precious Metals Stocks Begins Now Authored by Dmitri Speck via Acting-Man.com, Bonanza Season In the 18 December 2019 issue of Seasonal Insights I discussed the strong seasonal advance in precious metals around the turn of the year. In silver it begins in mid December and continues until the end of February. A […]

  • Rabobank: “Central Banks Will Save Us Not Just From The Business Cycle And Climate Change, But From Global Pandemics”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 10:15am EST

    Rabobank: “Central Banks Will Save Us Not Just From The Business Cycle And Climate Change, But From Global Pandemics” Submitted by Michael Every of Rabobank Chinese stocks are up; the Chinese currency is up, slightly (though still weaker than 7); global stocks are up; and US Treasury yields are slightly higher. Yet at the same […]

  • US Factory Orders Continue Year-Over-Year Decline

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 10:08am EST

    US Factory Orders Continue Year-Over-Year Decline After Boeing-battered durable goods orders data, but ISM Manufacturing surged by the most in 7 years, all eyes were on December’s Factory Orders data to break the tie on the real state of the US economy. After a notable down revision for November (from -0,7% MoM to -1.2% MoM), […]

  • “A Lot Of Green Screens… Not A Lot Of High-Fiving!”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 9:45am EST

    “A Lot Of Green Screens… Not A Lot Of High-Fiving!” Authored by Richard Breslow via Bloomberg, Equities are having quite a nice rally today. And it’s a global phenomenon. My guess is the majority of traders took one look at their screens this morning and did a double take. And then began scouring the news […]

  • President Xi Warns nCoV Outbreak ‘Threatens Stability’ As Top WHO Official Disputes ‘Pandemic’ Designation

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 8:33am EST

    President Xi Warns nCoV Outbreak ‘Threatens Stability’ As Top WHO Official Disputes ‘Pandemic’ Designation Summary: Confirmed deaths: 427 Confirmed cases: 20,676 Aimerican Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Jetstar close routes to China Taiwan tightens travel restrictions WHO infectious hazard chief says outbreak ‘not a pandemic’ Japan says no coronavirus cases confirmed on cruise ship “Diamond Princess” […]

  • TSLA Tops $900 – Where Does The Parabolic Surge End?

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 8:15am EST

    TSLA Tops $900 – Where Does The Parabolic Surge End? On a morning when one of Tesla’s biggest bulls, New Street’s Ferragu downgrades the stock, saying: “Limited sources of further appreciation in the next 12 months. .. We see 2020 playing out fine, but it is largely expected, and we see some risks on the […]

  • Futures Soar After China Halts Selloff, Tesla Goes Parabolic

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 7:55am EST

    Futures Soar After China Halts Selloff, Tesla Goes Parabolic It was scary for a few moments: after the PBOC expanded its massive liquidity bazooka on Tuesday with another gargantuan injection of 400 billion yuan net with reverse repos, marking the largest single-day addition since January 2019, Chinese stocks initially tumbled as much as 3%, but […]

  • Democrats Bungle Iowa Caucus

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 6:20am EST

    Thousands Of Furious Supporters Claim Iowa Caucus “Rigged” Against Bernie Did the Iowa Democratic Party hire Morgan Stanley to build the vote-counting app for its first-in-the-nation caucus? Because last night’s catastrophe made the Facebook IPO look like an organized, orderly market debut. After the party badly botched the rollout of the results of last night’s […]

  • Brexit: Predictions Of Economic Doom Show Why People Ignore “Experts”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 4th 2020 5:00am EST

    Brexit: Predictions Of Economic Doom Show Why People Ignore “Experts” Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, The headline was unambiguous: “Brexit Is Done: The U.K. Has Left the European Union.” As of January 31, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act of 2018 has become law and the United Kingdom has begun the withdrawal process […]