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16.02.26 - 14:12
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Memory Chip Shortage is Global Crisis in the Making | The Pulse 2/16/2026 (Bloomberg)
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"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops.
Today's guests: Rachel Ellehuus, RUSI, Director-General; Vasiliki Pachatouridi, BlackRock, EMEA Head of iShares Fixed Income Product Strategy; Jordan Sinclair, Robinhood, UK President.
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16.02.26 - 04:06
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After Years Of Border Crisis, Small Texas Town ′Back To Mayberry′ (ZeroHedge)
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After Years Of Border Crisis, Small Texas Town 'Back To Mayberry'
Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas—The chaos caused by millions of illegal immigrants flooding across the southwest border under the Biden administration left scars on this border town.
Samira Bouaou; Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
The constant high-speed chases, buzzing helicopters, screaming emergency sirens, hurried school lockdowns, torn barbed-wire fences, and decomposing bodies on ranches and along the Rio Grande all took their toll on Texas towns near the Mexican border.
The border crisis drained resources and changed the lifestyle of Brackettville, a little town with two traffic light intersections in Kinney County. Residents of the county and beyond said the madness stopped almost overnight after President Donald Trump took office.
Now they say the chaos of illegal immigration has just moved into the country's interior to places that inclu...
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15.02.26 - 23:36
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Rampant AI Demand for Memory Is Fueling a Growing Chip Crisis (Bloomberg)
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A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corporate plans and inflate price tags on everything from laptops and smartphones to automobiles and data centers — and the crunch is only going to get worse....
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15.02.26 - 07:12
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No fuel, no tourists, no cash - this was the week the Cuban crisis got real (The Guardian)
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Diplomats in Havana are preparing for an alternative Trump tactic: the country being starved until people take to the streets and the US can step inAmong the verdant gardens of Havana's diplomatic quarter, Siboney, ambassadors from countries traditionally allied to the United States are expressing increasing frustration with Washington's attempt to unseat Cuba's government, while simultaneously drawing up plans to draw down their missions.Cuba is in crisis. Already reeling from a four-year economic slump, worsened by hyper-inflation and the migration of nearly 20% of the population, the 67-year-old communist government is at its weakest. After Washington's successful military operation against Cuba's ally Venezuela at the beginning of January, the US administration is actively seeking regime change. Continue reading......
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12.02.26 - 16:36
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Europas Antwort auf die Krise bleibt vage (RND)
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Beim EU-Gipfel in Belgien inszenieren Merz und Macron Einigkeit. Doch hinter den Kulissen ringen Deutschland und Frankreich weiter um den richtigen Kurs für Europas Wirtschaft....
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