Posts by The Trend Letter
- 10-year Treasury yield drops most in 6 months as investors rush to bonds for safety. Read story
- US congress announces massive $1.3 trillion plan to avoid government shutdown. Read story
- Mark Zuckerberg had 15 minutes to respond to privacy crisis – he took four days. Read story
- US added 700,000 new millionaires in 2017. Read story
- US has added $1 trillion in debt in just six months. Read story
- Advertisers threaten to quit Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal. Read story
- Police say Austin bombing suspect left a 25-minute recorded confession on a phone. Read story
- Tesla shareholders approve deal that could earn Elon Musk more than $50 billion. Read story
- China blames US for staggering trade surplus as tariffs loom. Read story
- Explore all $506 billion in goods the US imported from China in 2017. Read story
- Bitcoin slumps after Binance is said to face warning in Japan. Read story
- Bitcoin will be the world’s single currency, says Twitter and Square CEO Dorsey. Read story
- Trudeau government tells workers told not to use the terms ‘mother or ‘father’. Read story
- Trump: ‘Crazy Joe Biden would go down fast and hard, crying all the way’. Read story
- Check out what kind of house $6.9M get you in Vancouver. Read story
- Why Denmark consistently ranks as one of the top three ‘happiest’ countries. Read story
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- Texas bombing suspect blows himself up as police close in. Read story
- Facebook sued by investors over voter-profile harvesting. Read story
- WhatsApp co-founder who made billions form Facebook now says to delete it. Read story
- $CAN, Peso surge on report US drops contentious auto demand in NAFTA talks. Read story
- Mnuchin says US ‘not afraid’ of a trade war. Read story
- 10 ways China could retaliate against the US in a trade war. Read story
- Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO Nix amid inquiry. Read story
- Here’s how to check which apps have access to your Facebook account – and delete them. Read story
- Technology giants face European ‘digital tax’ blow. Read story
- Deutsche Bank shares plunge 7% as CFO warns of securities revenue headwinds. Read story
- Israel admits to bombing suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, warns Iran. Read story
- The robots really are taking over – but only because there aren’t enough workers. Read story
- Fortress Sweden: Inside a plan to mobilize Swedish society against Russia. Read story
- Nine ways the PNB scam will affect India’s economy. Read story
- Japan condom makers hope for 2020 Olympic lift. Read story
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- Gold flirts with new low for 2018 ahead of Fed meeting. Read story
- How Facebook made its Cambridge Analytica data crisis even worse. Read story
- CEO of Cambridge Analytica secretly filmed offering to entrap politicians with bribes and sex workers. Read story
- Californians fed up with housing costs and taxes are fleeing state in big numbers. Read story
- Package explodes at FedEx facility in Texas, link to Austin bombs probed. Read story
- Ex-French president Sarkozy arrested for allegedly receiving 50 million euros from Gadhafi. Read story
- Multiple injuries reported at high school shooting in Maryland. Read story
- Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street. Read story
- US bans transactions with Venezuela’s digital currency. Read story
- Amazon’s Jeff Bezos brings robot dog for a walk at tech conference. Read story
- Xi warns Taiwan and Hong Kong that any attempt to split China is ‘doomed to fail.’ Read story
- 5 US cities with the most affordable homes. Read story
- Slavoj Zizek thinks political correctness is exactly what perpetrates prejudice and racism. Read story
- More than 70% of Tesla’s biggest fans didn’t buy a Model 3 when offered. Read story
- Cirque du Soleil performer falls to death. Read story
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- Facebook shares down 4% after enormous data breach. Read story
- “We want to listen to you.” Austin Tex hit with fourth explosion as police make appeal to bomber. Read story
- Mueller looking to nail Trump on obstruction, attacks on FBI. Read story
- The UK and EU agree on terms for Brexit transition. Read story
- Putin secures record win in Russia presidential election. Read story
- Apple is looking to make its own display screens for the first time. Read story
- Democrats widen advantage over Republicans in mid-term election poll. Read story
- Republicans push for ‘phase two’ of tax cuts. Read story
- ECB shifting to interest rate path from QE. Read story
- Here’s the No.1 tech stock, according to money flows. Read story
- Congress braces for battle over massive spending bill. Read story
- All of Xi’s men: The names you need to know in China’s government reshuffle. Read story
- Hindu priests are burning 50 tonnes of wood to fight pollution. Read story
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- Damn the torpedoes – what could take the S&P 500 to 3,000. Read story
- Trump may fire AG Sessions, potentially jeopardizing Mueller’s Russia probe. Read story
- Senate votes to roll back Dodd-Frank banking law. Read story
- Indonesia makes criticising politicians a crime. Read story
- Stephen Hawking’s latest Reddit post is going viral over its ominous warning about robots. Read story
- Balancing act: Chip giant Qualcomm caught between Washington and Beijing. Read story
- Toys ‘R’ Us goes out of business, 30,000 jobs at stake. Read story
- Largest US radio company iHeartMedia files for bankruptcy. Read story
- Don’t ever do this with your credit card. Read story
- Russian spy: Allies condemn nerve gas attack. Read story
- You can now 3D-print a house in under a day. Read story
- Bitcoin recovers after dropping below $8,000. Read story
- Blackberry says CEO Chen to stay on through 2023. Read story
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- Russian spy: UK expels 23 Russian diplomats, freezes Russian assets, suspends high-level contacts. Read story
- Russia warns Britain ‘should not threaten a nuclear power.’ Read story
- Visionary physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76. Read story
- Pennsylvania House race still too close to call. Read story
- New Jersey budget would raise taxes on almost everything. Read story
- The mysterious crypto billionaires taking over Puerto Rico. Read story
- Philippines drug war: Duterte to withdraw from ICC. Read story
- Corporate corruption is everywhere. Can data catch the criminals? Read story
- In China, an eye-roll goes viral, censors put a lid on it. Read story
- Home sellers using spycams to gather intel on prospective buyers during open houses. Read story
- Buying a home this spring? Brace yourself for some tough decisions. Read story
- China just got one step closer to ending family-planning policies. Read story
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- Trump fires Tillerson after clashes, replaces him with CIA Chief Pompeo. Read story
- Trump considers making media personality Larry Kudlow top economic advisor. Read story
- Trump blocks Broadcom take over of Qualcomm on security grounds. Read story
- Russian spy: Russia demands nerve agent sample from UK. Read story
- Trump’s personal assistant McEntee fired for unspecified security issue. Read story
- ‘This bull market is only half way through,’ says top investment analyst. Read story
- With these patents, Apple could win the next major platform war. Read story
- Rockefeller estate sells for 50% over its $22 million asking price. Read story
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people waste too much time doing one thing. Read story
- Russian military says it will respond if US strikes Syria. Read story
- Blast hits Palestinian PM’s convoy in Gaza. Read story
- NASA says a design error behind the failure in of a SpaceX mission. Read story
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- Altered documents turn up heat on Japanese leader Abe, in cronyism scandal. Read story
- White House backs arming teachers but not raising age limit for gun buyers. Read story
- Mueller may delay decision on obstruction. Read story
- Elon Musk: SpaceX and Tesla alive ‘by the skin of their teeth.’ Read story
- Schwarzenegger to sue big oil for ‘knowingly killing people all over the world.’ Read story
- China scraps Presidential term limits, clearing the way for Xi’s indefinite rule. Read story
- Cuba’s likely next president pledges more responsive government. Read story
- Gender-neutral Mother’s Day cards, ‘Happy You Day’. Read story
- US government says Broadcom violated order in Qualcomm merger bid. Read story
- Chinese exchange CEO says governments will continue to regulate cryptocurrencies, ‘So get used to it’. Read story
- How Social Security has shortchanged widows and widowers out of millions. Read story
- Drones ready for delivery. Read story
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- US adds 313,000 jobs in February, but wage gains cool. Read story
- Canada loses 39,300 full-time jobs, generates 54,700 part-time jobs. Read story
- Trump accepts offer to meet Kim Jong-un. Read story
- Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un is another pledge to do what no body else can. Read story
- Oil up after sell-offs amid optimism about Trump meeting Kim. Read story
- ECB’s Draghi: ‘If you put tariffs against your allies, one wonders who the enemies are.’ Read story
- Elon Musk on Trump tariffs: like running an ‘Olympic race wearing lead shoes,’ Read story
- Bitcoin falls to lowest level in three-and-a-half weeks. Read story
- India’s top court upholds passive euthanasia, allows living wills in landmark judgement. Read story
- Xi Jinping says China’s authoritarian system could be a model for the world. Read story
- A new report says Egypt is secretly forcing citizens to mine cryptocurrency. Read story
- US Interior Dept. spent nearly $139,000 to fix doors in Ryan Zinke’s office. Read story
- Obama goes Hollywood; in talks to develop series for Netflix. Read story
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- Trump to offer temporary tariff exemption for Canada and Mexico. Read story
- Steel tariffs are nothing compared to the looming war over intellectual property theft with China. Read story
- Eleven nations, but not the US, to signTrans-Pacific trade deal. Read story
- US is calling for $100 billion reduction in bilateral trade gap with China. Read story
- Crypto bull John McAfee says SEC is striking out ‘in panic’ at digital currencies. Read story
- Documents show FBI paid Best Buy’s Geek Squad staff to turn over customer data. Read story
- ECB drops pledge to increase bond buying if needed, another step to reduce stimulus. Read story
- Silvio Berlusconi, not the kingpin after Italy election, backs League party. Read story
- Italy’s first black senator: my election shows far right party in not anti-immigration. Read story
- The Billionaires: Meet the members of the Three-Comma Club. Read story
- Nerve gas attempted murder of Russian spy was “brazen and reckless attack.” Read story
- Bitcoin’s famed “Tokyo Whale’ says he sold $400 million and he’s not done yet. Read story
- Samsung’s new TVs are almost invisible. Read story
- Amazon working to fix Alexa after complaints of random ‘creepy’ laughter. Read story
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