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The latest speculation economic and corporate political news from around the world, pay-walled for the rich and privileged.

House prices in London hit by high property costs and post-Covid trends

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

Capital has underperformed rest of UK since 2016 but remains most expensive part of the country

UK remains hard to reach for newest EU-domiciled ETF issuers

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

Post-Brexit overseas funds regime has yet to be implemented, depriving UK investors of some of latest innovative funds

The economics of running

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

Does a hotter economy really make you faster?

EU watchdog warns bloc still needs Russian LNG

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

Warning comes as Nordic and Baltic countries seek total ban on imports of the fuel from Moscow

The struggle to choose the right mortgage

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

As interest rates stay higher for longer, those looking to refinance face some difficult choices

Why historic buildings keep catching fire during renovations

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

Denmark’s historic stock exchange is latest in a series of European monuments that burnt down

European carbon trading catching less than quarter of airline emissions, data finds

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

With long-haul flights exempt from charges and carriers given free allowances, large share of flights not covered by system

Hedge fund pushes for power firm to be excluded from Ukraine debt deal

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

London-based VR Capital is part of bondholder group that does not want Ukrenergo debt to be part of sovereign restructuring

Abolishing IHT tax reliefs could raise £3bn, IFS finds

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

Eliminating Aim, business and pension scheme tax relief would make the scheme fairer, said the think-tank

Why are American roads so dangerous?

19 April 2024 @ 4:00 am

Bad driving is probably playing a bigger role in the fatality rate than larger cars and longer journeys

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unadulterated financial news from Max Keiser

The Covid-19 Dominoes Fall: The World Is Insolvent

16 March 2020 @ 4:40 pm

To understand why the financial dominoes toppled by the Covid-19 pandemic lead to global insolvency, let’s start with a household example. The point of this exercise is to distinguish between the market value of assets and net worth, which is what’s left after debts are…Read more ›

Goodbye to All That: The Demise of Globalization and Imperial Pretensions

13 March 2020 @ 9:57 pm

Globalization and Imperial Pretensions have been decaying for years; now the tide has turned definitively against them. The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t cause the demise of globalization and Imperial Pretensions; it merely pushed the rickety structures over the edge. It’s human nature to reckon…Read more ›

[KR1513] Keiser Report | Thinking Exponentially

13 March 2020 @ 12:30 am

In this final episode of Keiser Report from Los Angeles, Max and Stacy discuss the exponential growth in debt and dollars that preceded the pandemic sweeping through some of the world’s major economies. They discuss the oil and stock market…Read more ›

And Then Came the Lawsuits: Pandemic in a Litigious Society

12 March 2020 @ 6:38 pm

Never mind prevention or vaccines; the big question is “who can we sue after this blows over to rake in millions of dollars?” Yes, this is pathetic, tragic, perverse and evil, but that’s reality in a hyper-litigious society like the U.S.…Read more ›

What the Fed Can Do: Print and Buy, Buy, Buy

10 March 2020 @ 5:39 pm

Much has been written about what the Federal Reserve cannot do: it can’t stop the Covid-19 pandemic or reverse the economic damage unleashed by the pandemic. But let’s not overlook what the Fed can do: create U.S. dollars out of thin…Read more ›

The Gathering Storm: Could Covid-19 Overwhelm Us in the Months Ahead?

10 March 2020 @ 5:37 pm

The present disconnect between the science of Covid-19 and the status quo’s complacency is truly crazy-making, as we face a binary situation: either the science is correct and all the complacent are wrong, or the science is false and all the…Read more ›

[KR1511] Keiser Report | Painting Pandemic with Alex Schaefer

7 March 2020 @ 2:04 pm

In this episode of Keiser Report from Los Angeles, Max and Stacy discuss deglobalization as supply shocks hit the world in the midst of a pandemic… even if the WHO won’t call it that. They talk about an opinion piece…Read more ›

Did Covid-19 Just Pop All the Global Financial Bubbles?

5 March 2020 @ 4:39 pm

Even though the first-order effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still impossible to predict, it’s already possible to ask: did the pandemic pop all the global financial bubbles? The reason we can ask this question is the entire bull mania of…Read more ›

The Limits of Force: A Bayonet in the Back Will Not Restore China’s Economy

5 March 2020 @ 4:35 pm

The Chinese authorities threatening to punish workers who refuse to return to work are getting a lesson in the limits of force in an unprecedented national trauma: a bayonet in the back will not restore the legitimacy and confidence that have…Read more ›

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Consumer Revenge – Credit Cards, Shopping, Bank Charges, Cheap Flights and more

duedil.com

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UK companies house, business insights. Now pay walled so not as useful as it has been.

kickstarter.com

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the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects.

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Precious metals store, live spot prices, expert market commentaries, up-to-the-minute news and usable market information.

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Online gambling

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Venture capital technology news

Siemens and Bilt launch spatial computing electrician training on Apple Vision Pro

19 April 2024 @ 1:00 pm

Siemens and Bilt have launched a spatial computing app to train electricians using the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset.

Sandbox VR will make social VR game for Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon

19 April 2024 @ 8:00 am

Sandbox VR announced it has teamed up with Netflix again to create an immersive social virtual reality experience based on Rebel Moon.

Warhorse Studios announces Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

18 April 2024 @ 10:42 pm

Warhorse Studios is launching Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, a continuation of its 2018 RPG, later this year.

VR Action JRPG Soul Covenant is out now on Meta Quest, PSVR 2, and PC 

18 April 2024 @ 10:14 pm

Dying isn’t the end in Soul Covenant, and it’s a theme that developer Thirdverse wants you to think about.

Elon Musk’s ‘not bad’ review thrusts Meta’s Llama 3 AI into spotlight

18 April 2024 @ 9:53 pm

Meta's open-source AI model, Llama 3, earns praise from Elon Musk and experts, signaling a shift in the tech landscape. Learn how this powerful tool is heating up the AI rivalry and shaping the future of social media.

Rockfish Games’ Everspace 2 wins top honor at German Computer Game Awards

18 April 2024 @ 9:30 pm

Rockfish Games' space shooter Everspace 2 won the award for best German game at the German Computer Game Awards 2024 event.

Meta challenges transformer architecture with Megalodon LLM

18 April 2024 @ 7:48 pm

Megalodon also uses “chunk-wise attention,” which divides the input sequence into fixed-size blocks to reduce the complexity of the model from quadratic to linear.

Razer reveals massive Kishi Ultra phone controller

18 April 2024 @ 5:56 pm

Razer has revealed the new Kishi Ultra controller, an enhanced version of the Kishi mobile grip designed for comfort and customization.

Microsoft shows off VASA-1, an AI framework that makes human headshots talk, sing

18 April 2024 @ 5:08 pm

In the long run, Microsoft sees VASA research as a step towards lifelike avatars emulating human movements and emotions.

Llama 3 launches alongside new stand-alone Meta AI chatbot

18 April 2024 @ 4:37 pm

The company says it will publish a detailed paper on Llama 3's training process once it completes the 400B version.

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Trading economics – Imports and exports per country.

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