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NASDAQ

In One Chart: A protracted Japan-style market drop looms if this chart is any indication

Jesse Felder, the former hedge-funder behind the popular Felder Report blog, says the stock market could be facing a Japan-style slowdown. Felder warned that we could be in store for a Nikkei-post-1990-type of scenario, which led to Japanese stocks trading o…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Grexit

Beware SOFR

As the Federal Reserve prepares for its next regular meeting on Oct. 29, the uncertain state of U.S.-Chinese trade negotiations and a running debate over whether or not the U.S. economy has reached the end of its growth cycle dominate speculation. But within …

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Brexit

Factbox: How does UK PM Johnson call an early election?

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he wanted to call an early general election to resolve deadlock in parliament over Brexit. Johnson said he would ask parliament on Monday to approve a national election and wanted it t…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump says he was kidding about a border wall in Colorado, Twitter fires back

President Donald Trump, who got called out on Twitter for mistakenly saying he was building a border wall in Colorado during a speech Wednesday, insisted in a tweet early Thursday morning that he was just kidding. Interested in Donald Trump? Add Donald Trum…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Water Pollution

Court of Appeals keeps PolyMet’s DNR permits on hold

The state Court of Appeals has extended a hold on three permits for PolyMet's proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota. The court order released Thursday said the temporary stays will remain in effect until the court decides the merits of appeals fi…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Orangutan

Codes of conduct aim to curb harassment at field sites

Students shaped stone tools at an all-female field camp run by the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where they also workshopped a code of conduct for fieldwork. PHOTO: ROBYN WALKER As an African female archaeology student, Mary* is accustomed to fee…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Why the US has nuclear bombs in Turkey, and why it’s so tricky to remove them

An F-15E Strike Eagle at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, November 12, 2015. Flickr/US Air Force As the Syrian crisis pits Turkish troops against former US-allied Kurdish forces, Pentagon officials have been reviewing plans to remove 50 nuclear bombs stored at a …

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Skateboard

Supreme Lands in San Francisco, Amid Clash of Counterculture and Capitalism

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Supreme, the skate brand that has turned its carefully cultivated street ‘cred’ into a billion-dollar fashion cult, opened shop this week in San Francisco, a city that is grappling with its own tension between counterculture and…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Fortnite

This HP Pavilion PC is a solid option for any budget-conscious gamer

TL;DR: The HP Pavilion 690 gaming desktop computer is at its cheapest price so far this year $389.94 at Amazon, a savings of $190. Let's say, for argument's sake, that you are new to this whole PC gaming thing. Maybe you've been rocking that Xbox or PS4 for…

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

Little Italy

Victim of alleged gang sexual assault recalls ‘horrifying’ feelings of intoxication

The victim of an alleged gang sexual assault at a Toronto bar said she tried to escape but felt "frozen" during the night of the incident. "I was trying to get out," she told a court Thursday morning. "It felt like my head and my body were not cooperating." …

bubmagOctober 24, 2019

In One Chart: A protracted Japan-style market drop looms if this chart is any indication

Beware SOFR

Factbox: How does UK PM Johnson call an early election?

Trump says he was kidding about a border wall in Colorado, Twitter fires back

Court of Appeals keeps PolyMet’s DNR permits on hold

Codes of conduct aim to curb harassment at field sites

Why the US has nuclear bombs in Turkey, and why it’s so tricky to remove them

Supreme Lands in San Francisco, Amid Clash of Counterculture and Capitalism

This HP Pavilion PC is a solid option for any budget-conscious gamer

Victim of alleged gang sexual assault recalls ‘horrifying’ feelings of intoxication

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