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Russia Expects to Begin Mass Anti-Coronavirus Vaccinations by October

Posted on August 3, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Russia's health ministry has announced that it expects to begin mass anti-coronavirus vaccinations by October, with the first rounds to be administered to front line medical workers as well as…

How Much has Trump Helped Stocks Rally? Voters are Split: Reuters Poll

Posted on August 2, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

U.S. President Donald Trump may give himself credit for the performance of the U.S. stock market during his term, but only around a third of Americans agree, according to a…

US’s Defense Production Act Kicks Kodak Into Gear

Posted on August 1, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

After having been comprehensively steamrolled by the move to digital cameras in recent years, the once-great American icon has been thrown an epic lifeline. After having filed for bankruptcy in…

Continued Global Reliance on an Increasingly Fragile Supply Chain

Posted on July 30, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Over the past 20 years, as China's dominance was steadily built by an insatiable demand for cheap foreign labour and manufacturing capacity, the global trade environment continued to stack an…

Mask-denier Outed as PPP Funded Lamborghini Buyer

Posted on July 30, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Some call it courage, others call it stupidity. It's likely the Public Prosecutor is going to call it "bank fraud" - at least. Since the implementation of government rescue packages,…

Worldwide Evictions Start Ramping Up, Lead by the US

Posted on July 30, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Governments around the world have been scrambling to find a way to effectively plug the gaping hole between contracted lease terms, and the millions of tenants who, as a result…

The Retail Bankruptcy Wave May Be Subsiding….but Can It Hold?

Posted on July 30, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

The tsunami of retail bankruptcies, restructurings and liquidations seen since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has been of biblical proportions. In the US alone, more than 25 retailers and…

Goldman Warns “Real Concerns Are Emerging” About The Dollar As Reserve Currency; Goes “All In” Gold

Posted on July 30, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

In his morning critique of goldbugs’ resurgent optimism about the future of gold, which has exploded alongside the price of precious metals, which in turn have been tracking the real…

U.S. Economy will ‘Go Backwards’ Without $600 Weekly Unemployment Benefit

Posted on July 29, 2020 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Billionaire Tilman Fertitta told CNBC on Tuesday that ending the $600-per-week federal unemployment supplement will impair the U.S. economy’s recovery from coronavirus-induced damage.