The European Commission fined five banks more than $1 billion Thursday, including Citigroup and JPMorgan, for participating in collusion activities involving 11 currencies and two cartels in the Spot Foreign Exchange market. The commission penalized Citigroup, JPMorgan, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland for taking part in the Forex-Three Way Banana Split cartel. Barclays, […]
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Dow Rises More Than 200 Points, Posts Best Day in a Month to Claw Back Some of Monday’s Drop…
Stocks rose on Tuesday, regaining some of the sharp losses from the previous session, as investors weighed the impact of the escalating trade war between the United States and China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 207.06 points to 25,532.05, boosted by gains in Visa and Boeing shares. The 30-stock index also posted its best […]
Oil Jumps After Saudis Admit Two Tankers Attacked as Iran Tensions Soar…
The bizarre and mysterious explosions that rocked the UAE port of Fujairah on Sunday just got even more strange after Saudi Arabia admitted overnight that two of its oil tankers were attacked while sailing toward the Persian Gulf possibly as part of the incident. Crude prices quickly jumped as much as 2% on the news. […]
DoJ Returns $200 Million Stolen from Malaysia’s 1MDB…
After seizing hundreds of millions of assets tied to the 1MDB embezzlement scandal, the DoJ is finally starting to return some of the money to the Malaysian people – though the roughly $200 million that has been handed over pales in comparison to the $4.5 billion that the DoJ believes was stolen from public development […]
Dow Dives Over 600 Points Amid U.S.-China Trade Tiff…
U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 617 points recovering from a loss of over 700 points early afternoon as trade tensions and rhetoric between the U.S. and China escalate. The Dow and the S&P 500 lost over 2 percent, marking the worst start to May since 1970. The Nasdaq […]
Singapore Studying Whether to Allow Digital-Only Banks…
Singapore is discussing the possibility of allowing virtual banks to operate in the city state, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said Tuesday. “MAS is studying whether to admit such digital-only banks with non-bank parentage,” the financial regulator said in an emailed reply to questions from Bloomberg News. “We have been engaging relevant stakeholders to ascertain […]
All 2,493 U.S. Products Targeted by China’s New 25% Tariffs…
China’s latest tariff retaliation, announced today, will hit some $60 billion in US exports, including hundreds of agricultural, mining, and manufactured products, threatening jobs and profits at companies around the United States. Before the trade war starts in earnest, China bought about 17% of US agricultural exports and was a major market for other goods, […]
NO DEAL – CHINA DEPARTS EARLY AS NEGOTIATIONS END…
Giddy up… President Trump has fulfilled another campaign promise to confront China and hold firm. As promised, three decades of Donald Trump’s intense commitment to stop the exfiltration of Amerian wealth is on display today – When you plant your tree in another man’s orchard don’t be surprised when you end up paying for your […]
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Massive Multi-Industry Fraud Involving Paternity Testing, MLM and LabCorp…
In this explosive series, Global Intel Hub has uncovered what is perhaps one of the largest and most sickening medical frauds ever, spanning the globe and involving multiple industries, an MLM scam, publicly traded companies like LabCorp (NYSE:LH), local municipalities such as county and city governments, and has even been perpetrated in U.S. courts. Someone […]
Trump Opens Another 730K Acres of California to Oil and Gas Drilling…
The Trump administration finalized plans Thursday to open nearly 730,000 acres of public lands and mineral estate across California’s Central Coast and the San Francisco Bay Area to new oil and gas drilling. The move ends over five years of no oil and gas leases, after a 2013 legal challenge against proposed expansion of oil […]
U.S. Natural Gas Exports to Europe Surge Nearly 300%…
The European Union announced Thursday that its imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas have climbed 272% since 2016, with the steepest increases occurring after President Trump met last July with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to hash out a trade deal. The EU announced the big statistic in kicking off a high-level meeting between U.S. […]
Saab Invests $37M in Indiana Plant Creating 300 New Jobs…
Global defense and security company Saab announced plans Wednesday (May 8) to locate a new U.S. manufacturing operation in Indiana. The facility, located at Discovery Park District Aerospace on the west side of the Purdue University campus, will support production of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-X jet trainer and create up to 300 new […]
Details of Beijing Reversal Surface – China Said: ‘trust us’ – USTR Lighthizer said: ‘go spit’…
USTR Robert Lighthizer has filed the official notification with the federal register for the increase in Section 301 tariffs from 10% to 25% effective Friday (full pdf below). Additionally Reuters has exclusive details of the collapse in U.S-China trade talks. As most CTH readers are aware, Lighthizer has focused heavily on the enforcement mechanisms within […]
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Morgan Stanley Downgrades Ratings of China’s Four Largest Banks…
Morgan Stanley reportedly lowered its ratings on some shares of China’s four biggest banks on Tuesday, a move that surprised many industry insiders. It also upgraded the ratings of A shares of Ping An Bank and China Everbright Bank. According to a report from domestic news site 21jingji.com on Tuesday, citing a Morgan Stanley research […]
White House Wins the Battle Over Export-Import Bank…
The U.S. Senate acted to revive the U.S. export credit agency by confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees, marking the White House’s victory over a vast network of political groups backed by the Koch brothers. The Senate voted May 8 to confirm three nominees to serve on the board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank), […]
Markets Re-Plunge as Lighthizer Confirms Tariff-Hikes After China Reneges on Promises…
While a Chinese delegation is still scheduled to visit Washington as planned this week, with talks to take place Thursday and Friday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters Monday that the Trump administration plans to increase duties on Chinese imports at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, accusing Beijing of backpedaling on commitments it made during […]
USTR Lighthizer: “We have seen an erosion of commitments by China” … “in our view unacceptable”…
To say there are conflicting reports of the U.S-China trade discussion, and possible breakdown therein, would be an understatement. However, mining through the various U.S. and China news agencies, a more clear picture emerges. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighizer is quoted today: “We felt we were on track to get somewhere. Over the course of […]
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MAGAnomics – April Jobs Report: +263,000, Unemployment Rate 3.6%, Wage Growth +3.2%…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the April 2019 jobs report and the results are excellent. It’s a home run for MAGAnomics as the trifecta continues: Job gains +263,000, Wage growth +3.2%, Inflation low at 1.4%. With a gain of 263,000 new jobs in April, the overall unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%. There are […]
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U.S. Steel Announces $1.2 Billion Investment to Upgrade Pennsylvania Facilities…
The U.S. Steel and Aluminum industry has been a key focus of President Trump in an effort to reestablish a critical industry for America. Part of the administration strategy was broad-based tariffs aimed at curbing China’s dumping of government subsidized product globally. The broad global application of the tariffs defeated the Chinese trans-shipment strategy to […]
Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady, Maintains Its ‘Patient’ Policy Stance…
The Federal Reserve announced that it had left its benchmark federal-funds rate unchanged, after its two-day policy meeting concluded May 1. The central bank signaled more patience ahead. Fed policymakers gathered on April 30 and May 1 to assess the economic and financial conditions, and decide on monetary policy. As widely predicted, the central bank […]
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