Oracle, TikTok Shotgun Wedding Exemplifies Autocratic Approach To Capitalism
Shares of Oracle rose on Monday as the company confirmed its participation in a bid to acquire the US operationsContinue Reading
Category: politics
Crescendo 2020: ‘There’s No Reason Whatsoever To Expect Anything Resembling Calm’
Things may have changed — forever. That’s one takeaway from the latest note by Deutsche Bank’s Aleksandar Kocic, who, earlierContinue Reading
Xi Jinping Loses Patience. Said To Prefer TikTok Shut Down In US
Xi Jinping is (still) not amused with the prospect of TikTok’s US operations being forcibly sold to an American companyContinue Reading
Pay No Attention To The Burning World
Global markets were generally mixed Thursday as traders pondered a calendar littered with event risk, while questions linger about theContinue Reading
Express Calm
The good news is, US equities managed a rousing session Wednesday, helping to allay fears that the top-heavy summer rallyContinue Reading
Deutsche’s Kocic Flags ‘Fear Of Massive Risk-Off Trade’ Amid Unprecedented Political Entropy
Earlier this month, while appraising the twisted, smoldering heap of institutions, norms, and principles that not so long ago constitutedContinue Reading
The Uprising Decomplexified & The Madness Of William Barr
[Read more from NOTES FROM DISGRACELAND and follow on Twitter] 30. VIII 2020 Do not ask him to be content,Continue Reading
The Iceman: Xi Intervenes In TikTok Deal At Last Minute
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, apparently. ByteDance may need Xi Jinping’s approval to sell TikTok’sContinue Reading
Kenosha
[Read more from NOTES FROM DISGRACELAND and follow on Twitter] 28. VIII 2020 In the next few years, social disorderContinue Reading
Markets Ponder Life Without Abe As Resignation Raises Policy Questions
“I am not confident of responding to the trust of the people while I am dealing with my illness andContinue Reading
Kevin Mayer Finds Mortal Geopolitical Combat Much Harder Than Running Streaming For Mickey Mouse
That didn’t last long. Less than four months into the job, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer decided to resign amid whatContinue Reading
‘Accidents And Military Conflicts’
Pre-election “tough on China” jostling has predictably spilled over into the military realm. “Some US politicians, in an effort toContinue Reading
Trump May Accuse China Of ‘Genocide’ In Potentially Dramatic Escalation
Just when you thought Sino-US relations couldn’t possibly get any rockier, sources say the Trump administration may formally accuse ChinaContinue Reading
‘Even For Him’
As expected, the US House on Saturday passed legislation barring the postal service from operational changes during the pandemic. TheContinue Reading
Sheriffs
Friday finds the world considering the prospect that America might manage to reestablish a functioning government in the months ahead.Continue Reading