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14.07.25 - 22:42
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Fastenal Meets Estimates, Trump Threatens Tariffs on Russia | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 7/14/2025 (Bloomberg)
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On Bloomberg Businessweek Daily, Tim Stenovec and Norah Mulinda discuss President Donald Trump's to impose stiff financial penalties on Russia if it does not end hostilities with Ukraine, while pledging fresh weapons supplies for Kyiv. They also spoke with Fastenal CEO Daniel Forness about the company's earnings, and discussed the President's latest criticism of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. On today's episode: Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Angela Stent, Fastenal CEO Daniel Forness, and Bloomberg News Federal Reserve Reporter Amara Omeokwe (Source: Bloomberg)...
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20.12.24 - 06:24
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Would A Trump-Putin Agreement Bring Peace To Ukraine Or Just Set The Stage For More War? (ZeroHedge)
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Would A Trump-Putin Agreement Bring Peace To Ukraine Or Just Set The Stage For More War?
Authored by Jim Jatras via The Ron Paul Institute
"I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire." – Winston Churchill, 1942
Many Americans, even a lot who never much cared for Donald Trump, voted for him in part because they believed – or at least hoped – that he would be, relatively speaking, a peace candidate compared to the hideous Biden-Harris record. To his credit, Trump's first term was the only US presidency since Jimmy Carter's not to get us embroiled in a new conflict, though he failed to extricate us from Afghanistan or Syria.
Such hopes need to be balanced against other aspects of Trump's earlier tenure in office. Notably, on Ukraine, he oversaw provision of lethal aid to Kiev that had been denied by Barack Obama. Put another way, it was under Trump that Ukraine built up a NATO army in all but name, setting the sta...
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02.12.24 - 23:37
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Russia′s robot industry struggles (IntelliNews)
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Since the departure of global industrial robot manufacturers, Russia has been striving to establish local robot production as a substitute, but progress has been minimal so far....
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22.11.24 - 16:15
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HSBC stops processing Russia payments for retail customers (Reuters EN)
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UPDATE 1-HSBC stops processing Russia payments for retail customers Updates sourcing, adds context in paragraphs 4-7 LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - HSBC HSBA.L has stopped processing all payments from Russia or Belarus for personal banking customers, the bank said on Friday, A message posted on the bank's British retail banking website to its customers said the lender has "made the decision to stop processing payments" from the two countries, and to make alternative arrangements for any such transac...
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29.10.24 - 18:15
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Russia Is Experiencing Its "Fastest Economic Growth In The Last Decade" (ZeroHedge)
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Russia Is Experiencing Its "Fastest Economic Growth In The Last Decade"
Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News,
Richard Connolly, a junior research fellow at the Royal Institute of Shared Services in London and an expert on the Russian economy, told CBS News that the number of small and medium-sized enterprises registered in Russia has reached an unprecedented level, writes Do Rzeczy.
In the wake of many Western companies leaving the country or suspending their operations due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, they were quickly replaced by Russian versions.
So, instead of Starbucks, they have Stars Coffee, instead of Zara, they have Maag, and instead of Coca-Cola, Dobry Cola.
Back in April, Doby reported that its 2023 earnings were quadruple the profits made in 2022.
Poland is cutting coal production, but now it mysteriously is importing the same amount of coal from the Russian ally Kazakhstan as it previously did from Russia. https://t.co/DqeaKUJoAQ
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October ...
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