Hackers Attack US Blood Bank, More Than 250 Hospitals Asked To Activate Blood Shortage Protocols
Hackers Attack US Blood Bank, More Than 250 Hospitals Asked To Activate Blood Shortage Protocols Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Nonprofit blood bank OneBlood, which serves hundreds of American hospitals based in the Southeast region, has been affected by a ransomware attack that has disrupted its software systems. While the organization remains […]
Israeli Strike Kills Al Jazeera Journalists Near Slain Hamas Leader’s Home In Gaza
Israeli Strike Kills Al Jazeera Journalists Near Slain Hamas Leader’s Home In Gaza Via Middle East Eye An Israeli air strike near Ismail Haniyeh’s home in Gaza killed two Al Jazeera journalists who were reporting on the Hamas leader’s assassination in Iran. Ismail al-Ghoul, a journalist for Al Jazeera Arabic, and cameraman Rami al-Refee were killed in the strike […]
Apple Pumps And Dumps As iPad Sales Help Topline Beat, But China Revenues Tumble
Apple Pumps And Dumps As iPad Sales Help Topline Beat, But China Revenues Tumble With most of the megatechs having already released earnings – with most disappointing and seeing their shares slide – all eyes were on the last Mag7 to report during the heart of earnings season (there is still Nvidia, but due to […]
Stocks & Bond Yields Puke Amid ‘Most Volatile Earnings Season’ Since GFC
Stocks & Bond Yields Puke Amid ‘Most Volatile Earnings Season’ Since GFC …well that escalated quickly… Bad (macro) news was bad news today as jobless claims surged, manufacturing surveys slumped, and construction spending tanked, sending rate-cut expectations higher… Source: Bloomberg …but apparently prompting growth-scare anxiety that punched US equity markets in the face. Small Caps […]
New Video Emerges Of Shooter Running Across Roof As Trump Is Speaking
New Video Emerges Of Shooter Running Across Roof As Trump Is Speaking Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, A video has emerged of wannabe assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks literally running across the infamous sloped rooftop from which he would subsequently try to kill Donald Trump while the former President was speaking. Rather than army crawling, […]
New York Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Gag Order Challenge
New York Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Gag Order Challenge Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A New York state appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to lift a gag order imposed in his business records falsification case, with the order remaining in place until the former president’s sentencing. The Appellate […]
Hershey Slides As CEO Warns: “Consumers Pulling Back On Discretionary Spending”
Hershey Slides As CEO Warns: “Consumers Pulling Back On Discretionary Spending” US consumers are tightening their belts in the second half of the year as pandemic savings dry up, credit card debt maxes out, and employment growth slows. Elevated inflation and high interest rates further pressure households, leading to a shaky start to the corporate earnings season. One week […]
Raging California Wildfire Swells To 5th Largest In State History
Raging California Wildfire Swells To 5th Largest In State History Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A massive fire in Northern California grew again July 30 to nearly 610 square miles—bigger than the city of Los Angeles—making it the fifth-largest fire in state history. The Park fire, which started July 24 after a […]
25 Million Borrowers to Receive Student Loan Forgiveness Updates
The Biden administration is advancing its new student loan forgiveness initiative by emailing 25 million borrowers this week to inform them of their potential eligibility for debt relief. This effort follows a year-long process to develop a new plan after the Supreme Court overturned Biden’s initial proposal. The new program, leveraging the Higher Education Act, […]
Second Quarter Sees Unexpected Boost in Worker Efficiency, Moderating Wage Growth
US worker productivity increased more than expected in the second quarter, rising at a 2.3% annualized rate, while unit labor costs grew at a slower 0.9% rate. This improvement in productivity, coupled with moderated labor cost growth, suggests diminishing inflationary pressures. The data provides further evidence for the Federal Reserve that the risk of inflation […]