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An avalanche of data from AsiaPac tonighht was a very mixed bag… South Korean trade data continued to shrink: *SOUTH KOREA MARCH EXPORTS FALL 8.2% Y/Y *SOUTH KOREA MARCH IMPORTS FALL 13.8% Y/Y And deflation is wahing ashorer… *SOUTH KOREA MARCH CONSUMER PRICES FALL 0.3% M/M *  *  * Japanese data was a disastrophe…Every single […]Read More

As of this moment, Donald Trump has 736 delegates and is (mostly) smoothly sailing to the nomination with Ted Cruz almost 273 behind him at 463. However, there is suddenly an all too real chance that 273 lead can melt to as little as 173 with Trump’s delegate count dropping by 50 as a result […]

Authored by Gaius Publius via DownWithTyranny.com, The Sanders- and Trump-led (for now) political rebellion is not going to go away. There are only two questions going forward: Will it remain a political rebellion, one that expresses itself through the electoral process, or will it abandon the electoral process as useless after 2016?  Will it be […]

We noted last week that 1.3 million industrial robots would be installed between 2015 and 2018, and this would more than double the stock of active robots around the world. While many of those robots will be used in the automotive and electronics sectors, VisualCapitalist’s Jeff Desjardins notes that there are many other roles that robots will […]Read More

The International Monetary Fund, Thursday, announced that it has again cut its growth forecast for Nigeria as the nation faces “substantial challenges” from low crude prices. According to Reuters reports. The IMF in its annual review of Nigeria’s economic situation, revealed that gross domestic product growth would slow to 2.3 percent in 2016 from an […]Read More

Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday, disclosed to newsmen that the $1.65 billion Lekki seaport will be completed in 2019. He said based on efforts put in place so far, Lagos State remained the desired business having attracting massive Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) such as the $1.65 billion Lekki Deep Seaport. He described […]

Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama has said that citizens from Nigeria and other African countries must apply for visas before allowed entry into Ghana. Mahama made this statement during his State of the Nation address earlier this month. The President said visas will be issued at the entry point and would attract an option of […]

A good in-house attorney is a generalist, able to move from complex compliance issues to corporate strategizing to internal H.R. disputes and back again. But being a jack of all trades shouldn’t make you a master of none. There are plenty of skills in-house counsel need to master in order to succeed. With that in […]

If you’re a fresh graduate and you’ve managed to snag a place at a fancy firm, congratulations. If you’ve also managed to convince them to help pay off a portion of your debt, then you really are living the dream — at least for now. There’s a new trend these days that’s gained steam and […]Read More

When Justice Scalia died, just over six weeks ago, Senate Republicans immediately announced their opposition to an Obama-appointed replacement. They would withhold their advice and consent until after the Presidential elections, they maintained, even as the President nominated a well-liked, highly-qualified moderate like Merrick Garland. But, Republican resolve might be weakening, and it’s becoming more […]

Do you take meetings at local coffee shops? Do you like to step out of the office with colleagues, for a quick triple, venti, half sweet, non-fat, caramel macchiato break? At the same time, do you obsessively schedule out every aspect of your day? If you answered yes, you’re in luck. At Microsoft’s development conference […]

The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a formal complaint with the Department of Justice on behalf of four Latino people, claiming they were given higher fines and court fees and assigned expensive English education classes as part of their probation. The complaint, which you can read in full below, alleges that the First Parish Court […]