Unfortunately, a recent proposal to cap credit card interest rates will inadvertently deny temporary financial resources to families dealing with price hikes that outpace pay increases. Expect more defaults, bankruptcies, ruined credit histories, and reliance on disreputable black-market lenders — that is, loan sharks — as government moves to dry up the supply of credit.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4305633-price-controls-on-credit-card-interest-rates-will-compound-bidenomicss-damage/
Новости стабильности
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4305633-price-controls-on-credit-card-interest-rates-will-compound-bidenomicss-damage/
Новости стабильности
The Hill
Price controls on credit card interest rates will compound Bidenomics’s damage
Expect more defaults, bankruptcies, ruined credit histories, and reliance on disreputable black-market lenders — that is, loan sharks — as government moves to dry up the supply of credit.
Южноамериканские экономические модели — мои любимые. Жесткая полевая практика
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Colombias-Cocaine-Boom-Is-Fueling-An-Unprecedented-Spike-In-Oil-Theft.html
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Colombias-Cocaine-Boom-Is-Fueling-An-Unprecedented-Spike-In-Oil-Theft.html
Oil Price
Colombia’s Cocaine Boom Is Fueling An Unprecedented Spike In Oil Theft
Colombia's record-high cocaine production is driving an unprecedented increase in oil theft, severely impacting its crucial oil industry and causing environmental damage.
В бывшей Австро-Венгрии всё стабильно
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/state-secretary-asks-church-to-make-jesus-king-of-slovakia/
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/state-secretary-asks-church-to-make-jesus-king-of-slovakia/
EURACTIV
State Secretary asks church to make Jesus king of Slovakia
Štefan Kuffa, the new state secretary of the culture ministry, made a rare political appearance in a church and in a 12-minute speech, asked the clergy to do their part to make Jesus Christ King of Slovakia.
Хоть где-то стабильность
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/pentagon-fails-its-financial-audit-for-the-sixth-straight-year
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/pentagon-fails-its-financial-audit-for-the-sixth-straight-year
Bloomberg.com
Pentagon Fails Its Financial Audit for the Sixth Straight Year
The US Defense Department failed for the sixth consecutive year to score a clean financial audit, a goal routinely achieved annually by businesses that have a fraction of its $3.8 trillion in assets and $4 trillion in liabilities.
Потрясающий юнит про инвесторов из немаленького лондонского хедж-фонда, которые построили флот из подводных судов для поиска затонувших кораблей и их сокровищ по всему миру.
Не обошлось без ухода от налогов, наследия нацистов и удобного британского законодательства.
А потом инцидентам на подводных кабелях удивляются.
Не обошлось без ухода от налогов, наследия нацистов и удобного британского законодательства.
А потом инцидентам на подводных кабелях удивляются.
Bloomberg.com
A Secretive Hedge Fund Tycoon Is the World’s Greatest Shipwreck Hunter
For years a shipwreck hunter has battled governments and rivals over the ocean floor’s riches. He’s kept his identity a secret, until now.
“It’s a common problem,” says Andrii Onopriienko, who heads the Leave Russia project at the KSE Institute in Kyiv, which tracks decisions by foreign companies to stay or to quit Russia. Even though many have said they are suspending shipments, customs data shows that their products continue to flow to Russia.
“Unfortunately, it’s quite a standard story — not just in the food and beverages sector — but also in a lot of others,” Onopriienko said.
😂😂😂
https://www.politico.eu/article/western-liquor-companies-stop-business-russia-war-sanctions-booze-keeps-flowing-jim-beam-macallan/
“Unfortunately, it’s quite a standard story — not just in the food and beverages sector — but also in a lot of others,” Onopriienko said.
😂😂😂
https://www.politico.eu/article/western-liquor-companies-stop-business-russia-war-sanctions-booze-keeps-flowing-jim-beam-macallan/
POLITICO
These Western liquor companies said they stopped doing business in Russia. But the booze keeps flowing
Jim Beam bourbon and Macallan Scotch whisky are still being imported by the team that marketed them in Russia before the war in Ukraine, a POLITICO investigation finds.
Нас, конечно, предупреждали, что ИИ начнёт отнимать рабочие места, но чтоб прям так сразу…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-17/sam-altman-to-depart-openai-mira-murati-will-be-interim-ceo
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-17/sam-altman-to-depart-openai-mira-murati-will-be-interim-ceo
Bloomberg.com
Altman Ousted From OpenAI, Board Says It Lost Confidence
Sam Altman, one of the most prominent figures in the world of artificial intelligence, is being forced out of OpenAI — the company behind the wildly popular ChatGPT chatbot he helped to create — after the board said it had lost confidence in him as a leader.
Долгожданное и полноправное членство Украины в ЕС больше всего ожидают европейские фермеры. Недостаточно их там видимо по треку ESG воспитывают
https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/german-farmers-union-warns-against-eu-accession-for-ukraine/
https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/german-farmers-union-warns-against-eu-accession-for-ukraine/
EURACTIV
German farmers: Ukraine membership would spell end of EU farming system
Ukraine joining the European Union in the future would result in the 'death' of the family farm as we know it, according to German Farmers' Union President Joachim Rukwied.
Британцы хотят внедрить свою СБП, чтобы снизить зависимость от американских Визы и Мастеркарда
https://www.reuters.com/technology/uk-payments-report-calls-alternatives-mastercard-visa-2023-11-22/
Любопытные движения
https://www.reuters.com/technology/uk-payments-report-calls-alternatives-mastercard-visa-2023-11-22/
Любопытные движения
Reuters
UK payments report calls for alternatives to Mastercard and Visa
Britain needs a "digital alternative" to relying on Visa and Mastercard for card payments regardless of steps being taken by regulators, a report commissioned by the government said on Wednesday.
Долго не мог понять, чем именно на днях меня смутила новость о том, что IBM не будет размещать рекламу в X из-за якобы недостаточной борьбы с нацизмом, а потом вспомнил:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
CNBC
IBM suspends advertising on X after report says ads ran next to antisemitic content
IBM's announcement that it's halting ads on X came a day after Elon Musk boosted an antisemitic post on his platform
Минфин США таки дозвонился в Грецию
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/greek-shippers-exit-russian-oil-trade-us-tightens-price-cap-scrutiny-2023-11-23
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/greek-shippers-exit-russian-oil-trade-us-tightens-price-cap-scrutiny-2023-11-23
Reuters
Exclusive: Greek shippers exit Russian oil trade as U.S. tightens price cap scrutiny
Three major Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid U.S. sanctions now being imposed on some shipping firms carrying Russian oil, four traders told Reuters and shipping data showed.
Mr. Rinsch transferred $10.5 million of the $11 million to his personal brokerage account at Charles Schwab and, using options, placed risky bets on the stock market, according to copies of his bank and brokerage statements included in the divorce case.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/business/carl-rinsch-netflix-conquest.html
Потрясающая история, которая сама по себе достойна экранизации
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/business/carl-rinsch-netflix-conquest.html
Потрясающая история, которая сама по себе достойна экранизации
NY Times
The Strange $55 Million Saga of a Netflix Series You’ll Never See
After suitors flocked to a sci-fi project by Carl Rinsch, director of a single movie, the winner handed over money and control. They’re still fighting.
Крымский мост? Ну а может лучше Крымский тоннель от китайцев?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/24/russia-crimea-tunnel-china/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/24/russia-crimea-tunnel-china/