The house was gloriously quiet and still today, allowing me to get back to World War 3.3. As I expected, I wasn’t able to spin up from nothing to seven hours of two-fisted manuscript punching. But I managed four hours of concentrated work, and I’m gonna take that as a win.
Action in Japanese bond markets dominate risk taking across Asia with stock markets having mixed sessions after Wall Street stabilised overnight, with Japanese shares launching higher. The USD pulled back against most of the undollars after a big surge overnight on the release of the FOMC minutes which indicated the December rate cut may not
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Don Reynolds is a name forgotten to history, though he appears to hold a key to understanding who was behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
On November 22, 1963, the morning that Kennedy was killed, Reynolds was testifying in a closed-door session of the Senate Rules Committee about a kickback scheme he was involved in on behalf of Lyndon B. Johnson
Two of the EU’s most powerful and controversial officials, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, are struggling for control of the EU’s diplomacy and intelligence services in a confrontation “worthy of ‘Game of Thrones’,” the French newspaper Le Monde has reported, citing sources.
Pledges to triple renewables, reduce methane and double efficiency will deliver huge climate savings
Goldman has some whacky analysis of China today. October activity weakness not too alarming: China’s October economic data showed wide spread weakness, especially in property and investment. Most major indicators grew less than 5% year-on-year, and property new starts declined nearly 30% yoy. This downturn is partly due to technical factors, such as a high
All recent opinion polls show that Australian voters are fed up with excessive levels of immigration. People cite the impact on the housing market as a major concern. Recently, AMP chief economist forecast that Australia’s cumulative housing shortage is at least 200,000 and could be as much as 300,000. The latest projections from the National
The following chart from Alex Joiner from IFM Investors summarises how the billions of taxpayer dollars spent on energy subsidies have masked the rise in electricity costs: In 2024–25, households received up to $300 in rebates, and eligible small businesses up to $325, costing the federal budget $3.5 billion. In the May 2025 Budget, the
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