by admin | May 22, 2026 | Top Ten
Did the Pentagon just back down amid pressure from China? It appears so. As we reported Thursday, China has been actively holding up a proposed visit by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under-secretary of defense for policy. The move is a transparent effort to...
by admin | May 22, 2026 | Top Ten
Kevin Warsh, who’s promised the biggest shakeup in decades at the US central bank, is set to be sworn into office this morning at 1100ET in a White House ceremony as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve.Warsh takes over at a tense moment for the economy and the...
by admin | May 22, 2026 | Top Ten
SummaryRubio confirms that there’s been no deal and that “we’re not there yet” – amid broader late morning pushback against morning optimistic, premature headlines.Saudi sources report Pakistan army chief & a Qatar delegation en route...
by admin | May 22, 2026 | Top Ten
It has been a tumultuous week for Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters.Winters appeared out of touch with the growing anxiety surrounding mounting white-collar AI-related job losses. He described the bank’s AI adoption push as “not cost-cutting,” but...
by admin | May 22, 2026 | Top Ten
The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the...
by admin | May 22, 2026 | Top Ten
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage climbed to its highest level since August, threatening to derail the spring selling season as higher Treasury yields and renewed inflation pressure push loan costs higher and freeze more prospective buyers out of the...
