Category: Economy

Swiss Police Raid Credit Suisse Offices As Greensill Investigation Heats Up Swiss Police Raid Credit Suisse Offices As Greensill Investigation Heats Up Unsurprisingly given the large number of municipalities in Germany, Switzerland and elsewhere that invested in Greensill, either via Credit Suisse and its ‘trade finance’ funds, or by placing deposits with Greensill’s Bavaria-based bank. …

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Northwestern Europe Sees Mild Weather, Offers Temporary Relief From Energy Crisis Northwestern Europe Sees Mild Weather, Offers Temporary Relief From Energy Crisis Temperatures in northwest Europe are forecasted to be above average through the middle of next week, according to a new report from Maxar’s WeatherDesk. This is excellent news for the region that has …

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Silicon Metal's 300% Price Surge Throws Another Wrench In Global Supply Chains Silicon Metal’s 300% Price Surge Throws Another Wrench In Global Supply Chains Leading producers of silicon metal in China have been forced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to reduce production by 90% below August levels from September through December amid a nationwide …

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In A Civil War The Authoritarian Left Would Be Easily Beaten – But It Won't End There In A Civil War The Authoritarian Left Would Be Easily Beaten – But It Won’t End There Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, There are a lot of assumptions and misconceptions when it comes to the notion of …

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COVID-19 Detention Camps: Are Government Round-Ups Of Resistors In Our Future? COVID-19 Detention Camps: Are Government Round-Ups Of Resistors In Our Future? Authored by John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order.”  – Albert Speer, Nuremberg Trials It’s no longer …

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"This Is Chaos" – UK Trucker Shortage Will Inflate Prices Of Goods Ahead Of Christmas “This Is Chaos” – UK Trucker Shortage Will Inflate Prices Of Goods Ahead Of Christmas The United Kingdom is short 100,000 qualified truck drivers after tens of thousands of them returned to the European Union during Brexit, and 40,000 heavy …

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War In Syria Heating Up Again, Prompting Tense Putin-Erdogan Summit War In Syria Heating Up Again, Prompting Tense Putin-Erdogan Summit On Wednesday Russia’s Vladimir Putin met with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan in their first face-to-face summit in a year-and-a-half, also as tensions soar between the two countries on Syria policy. Their meeting in Sochi was lengthy, lasting about …

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Russia Scrambles Su-27 Jet To Escort US Spy Plane Away From Crimea Border Russia Scrambles Su-27 Jet To Escort US Spy Plane Away From Crimea Border Russian state media is reporting Tuesday a fresh incident between Russian and US aircraft over the Black Sea. The incident began when Russian radars detected an inbound foreign military …

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Erdogan Defiantly Says "Of Course" Turkey Will Buy More Russian S-400 Missile Defenses Erdogan Defiantly Says “Of Course” Turkey Will Buy More Russian S-400 Missile Defenses In a rare CBS interview which aired Sunday on “Face the Nation”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his intent to purchase another round of Russian S-400 air defense systems, after …

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Mercedes-AMG Boss Says V-8 Engine Will Be In Demand For "Next Ten Years" Mercedes-AMG Boss Says V-8 Engine Will Be In Demand For “Next Ten Years” Mercedes’ parent company Daimler has proposed tens of billions of dollars in battery-electric vehicle development between 2022-2030 and could go fully electric by the end of the decade. The …

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