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In the last month, we’ve had two major confessions from Central Bankers. We’ve already detailed the first, which came from the Head of the Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kuroda here. The second major confession from a Central Banker came from ECB President Mario Draghi. A few days ago, Draghi gave a speech in which he […]

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, You probably had no idea, but representatives from Silicon Valley, Hollywood and the U.S. government came together earlier this week to privately discuss how they could jointly fight ISIS propaganda online. Never mind the fact that ISIS is the child of reckless and inhumane preemptive wars of […]

Last month, we introduced you to “The Soldiers of Odin.” The “soldiers” are Nordic patriots dedicated to keeping the streets of Finland, Sweden, and Norway safe from the threat posed by marauding gangs of Mid-East migrants hell bent on accosting women. Well that, or they’re the Nordic equivalent of a biker gang set to capitalize […]Read More

Earlier today, we noted that Citi can’t believe how enticing CLO mezz tranches have become. “Can CLO mezz get any more attractive?” the bank’s structured credit team asked. You’d be forgiven for being a bit incredulous. After all, CLO 2.0 mezz hasn’t exactly been somewhere you want to be. As Morgan Stanley noted last week, […]Read More

Via ConvergEx’s Nicholas Colas, It happens at the top of every tech cycle – everyone wants to be a tech company.  We’re there now. But real tech companies do more than employ a lot of programmers.  For investors, “Tech” is now shorthand for a range of attributes that go far beyond coding and the cloud. […]Read More

Earlier in the week, (former) Yelp employee Talia Jane Ben-Ora became momentarily famous as the poster-child for all things wrong with the entitlement mindset of young adults in today’s America. Her open letter to the CEO whining of her “struggle” and “starvation” had some wondering if this was an Onion parody – it was not. […]Read More

Authored by Robert Epstein, originally posted at Aeon.co, The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do Over the past century, more than a few great writers have expressed concern about humanity’s future. In The Iron Heel (1908), the American writer Jack London pictured […]

Anyone hoping this week’s G-20 meeting would yield some manner of “Shanghai Accord” to revive sluggish global growth, pull the global economy out of the deflationary doldrums and calm jittery markets that have seen harrowing bouts of volatility in the first two months of the year are disappointed on Saturday. The joint communique issued by […]

In case you didn’t know, President Muhammadu Buhari has an economic management team and it is headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. As Nigeria reclines into serious economic challenges, pressures have mounted on the administration, leading to President Buhari agreeing to a national economic conference being tentatively fixed for March 10 and 11. He also […]

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Just eight months after his appointment, Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has announced his resignation. Oliseh alleged that he was not granted a conducive environment to work throughout his stay with the Super Eagles. He had a long squabble with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over breach of agreement with him. “I feel fortunate, blessed […]

The Nigerian Army said on Friday that its troops have rescued 1890 persons held captive by the Boko Haram terrorists at various locations within the last two weeks. Those rescued, according to the Army, include 800 Nigerians refugees that crossed to Cameroon that were brought back to Banki town in Nigeria by troops of 21 […]