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20.10.26 - 20:30
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Don′t Let The Fed Steal Your Kids′ Future (ZeroHedge)
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Don't Let The Fed Steal Your Kids' Future
Authored by George Ford Smith via Mises Institute,
The Federal Reserve's inflation machine not only disrupts our lives now, but it also is making life even for difficult for those facing an uncertain future...
My grandson is 21, pursuing a degree in college and active in sports and social life. His future looks bright. But he and others of his generation will enter that future with a handicap imposed on them by people they have never met: Policymakers at the Federal Reserve. They claim to be "firmly committed to fulfilling its statutory mandate from Congress of promoting maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates."
What's wrong with that? In Fed parlance "stable prices" mean prices that remain roughly the same. As a government-created central bank that manages the nation's monetary system, the Fed calls 2 percent inflation over the longer run "price stability." But 2 percent inflation does not mean stable prices, it m...
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20.10.26 - 14:00
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Here Are Tuesday′s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Akamai Technolgies, Apple, Blackrock, Ford Motor, Healthcare Realty Trust, Noble, Sunoco LP, Venture Global, Western Midstream Partners, Zoetis, and More (24/7 Wall St.)
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Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are mixed, but Nasdaq futures are lower as chipmakers come under attack this morning. The AI trade made a Monday comeback after a dreadful period last week. The Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) upgrade of CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) was a lynchpin in Monday's move higher, despite the shares actually closing flat on the […]...
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19.10.26 - 21:36
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Ford Foundation Appoints Fatima Goss Graves to Board of Trustees (PR Newswire)
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Ford Foundation announced the election of Fatima Goss Graves to its board of trustees. Ms. Goss Graves is the president and chief executive officer of the National Women's Law Center and president of the National Women's Law Center Action......
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19.10.26 - 21:30
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AI Firm Nscale Faces Investor Pushback Over IPO Valuation (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg's Brody Ford said that issues facing the IPO of AI firm Nscale are 'endemic' to the larger AI data center industry as developers try to source power and labor and contend with potential delays. Bloomberg's Bailey Lipschultz said that the tone has shifted for AI IPOs as more companies slow down on going public before the end of the year. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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16.10.26 - 09:48
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Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands (The Guardian)
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Mines in supply chains of western carmakers linked to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands inhabited by Tolaki people in IndonesiaVolkswagen, Ford and Tesla are among the electric carmakers whose batteries may contain nickel mined in indigenous woodlands plagued by deforestation, an analysis has found, highlighting the struggle to make vehicles that are free from environmental destruction.Corporate disclosures and trade flows from the last two years show mines in the battery supply chains of automotive giants are linked to the loss of trees in Sulawesi, a wildlife hotspot in Indonesia that houses the world's largest nickel deposits. The metal is widely used in cathodes in car batteries because it boosts energy density and increases range. Continue reading......
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15.10.26 - 18:48
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VW Wants to Take On Wrangler and Bronco on Their US Home Turf (Bloomberg)
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Volkswagen AG is investing heavily in the US market, which Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume says is "one big growth opportunity" for the company.
The company plans to enter the US market for light trucks and offroad sport utility vehicles, with projects including a software venture with Rivian Automotive Inc. and the revival of heritage brand Scout.
Volkswagen aims to field a midsize pickup and an offroad SUV to compete with established US franchises such as General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Colorado and Ford Motor Co.'s Bronco. Bloomberg's Gabrielle Coppola breaks it all down on Bloomberg Intelligence (Source: Bloomberg)...
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15.10.26 - 16:03
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Sharp Raises $18M Led by Hidden Variable to Put a Coach in Every First Responder′s Corner (Business Wire)
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Sharp's coaching and training marketplace connects first responders with former police officers, firefighters, Navy SEALs, Green Berets, and the veteran community; Andreessen Horowitz returns as total funding reaches $30 million.CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sharp Performance provides confidential performance coaching to first responders from the academy through retirement. Today, Sharp is announcing an $18 million Series A led by Hidden Variable, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Commonweal Ventures, Wolfson Group, FJ Labs, and the Ford Foundation.
The round brings Sharp's total funding to $30 million. Investors are backing Sharp as a marketplace that gets better as it grows: the more departments it serves, the larger the roster of coaches it can build and the better each member's match.
The number of police, fire and EMS departments that give their members access to Sharp has more than doubled in the past year to over 110, and those members have booked more than 16,000 coaching sessio...
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