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Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Soldiers from the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army stand outside the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State north-eastern Nigeria on March 25, 2016. There’s not much left of the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, where Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenagers in the dead […]

This weekend’s biggest, and most shocking story, was the report that in response to a proposed Congressional Bill that would allow a probe into the Saudi role behind the Sept 11 terrorist attack, Saudi Arabia had threatened the US with dumping its roughly $750 billion in Treasury holdings. What was curious about the story is […]

Despite the remarkable recovery in crude oil prices today, traders were not buying the bounce-back in one crucial market. Bets on the future devaluation of the Saudi Riyal surged by the most in 3 weeks today. The 45 pips drop in 12-month forward USDSAR rates is the 2nd biggest jump in 2 months… Having rallied […]

Via AntoniusAquinas.com, The Oppressed U.S. Taxpayer This year, Americans’ day of tribute to their federal overlords falls on April 18.  As calculated by the Tax Foundation, the average American will work from January 1 to April 24 (Tax Freedom Day) to pay his share of taxes to all levels of government with some $3.3 trillion […]Read More

The following shocking drone footage of the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake cluster this weekend (from Thursday through Monday, more than 500 quakes shook the region) shows the scale of the damage wrought. As one comment noted, “it looks like a Godzilla movie,” but sadly this is very real as Satoshi Matsumoto, associate professor at the […]

Two weeks ago we reported that after its November warning that it may exit certain Obamacare markets as a result of substantial losses, the largest U.S. health insurer UnitedHealth, did just that when it announced it would no longer sell plans for next year in Georgia and Arkansas. Then over the weekend, UnitedHealth also added […]

Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, This week, President Obama and Vice President Biden held a hastily arranged secret meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen. According to the one paragraph statement released by the White House following the meeting, Yellen, Obama, and Biden simply “exchanged notes” about […]

It’s crazy pills time – no doubt… Doha was a dud and Morgan Stanley’s 52% crash in earnings was better-than-expected… [embedded content] Did you really expect anything else…? This means The Fed has a major problem – no turmoil means no excuses for hiking rates. Since Dec FOMC Hike, everything is now awesome: Dow +3.2% […]Read More

While today’s drift lower in NFLX shares was widely attributed to AMZN’s more aggressive expansion into the streaming video space, some wondered if there was more to it. Moments ago, the answer was revealed and it was a resounding yes. The reason why NFLX stock is crashing in the afterhours session is (mostly) because of […]

Some companies rely on non-GAAP EPS gimmicks to make their earnings looks pretty; others rely on stock buybacks to reduce the number of shares outstanding; a third group of companies merely adds back everything it believes is not part of SG&A to boost its bottom line… and then there is IBM which does all three […]

Olisa Metuh Our attention has been drawn to a report being circulated by a section of the media suggesting that the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh was absent at the scheduled resumption of his trial before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory today, Monday, April 18, […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Bukola Saraki Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said on Monday that his on-going trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal will not disturb the activities of the Senate. Mr. Saraki made this statement after the Tribunal Chairman, Mr. Danladi Umar announced that the proceedings in the trial involving […]