Category: USA
A Nation Tries to Impose a Curfew on Cats. Good Luck
Wall Street Journal Controversial bans on free-roaming felines force Australians to lock down or leash Fluffy. Some pets are ticked off. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cat-curfew-australia-7e6c22fd
Read MoreA WSJ Series on the Future of the U.S. Military
Wall Street Journal Read more stories on the future of the U.S. military. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-wsj-series-on-the-future-of-military-3611e42e
Read MoreThe Morning Risk Report
Wall Street Journal The U.S. and U.K. sanction firms tied to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, and Juul to pay $462 million to settle underage vaping lawsuits with six states and Washington, D.C. Also, a FDIC official says agency was slow to sell failed SVB. https://createsend.com/t/d-47673F343E2B33572540EF23F30FEDED
Read MoreBiden mixes up ‘All Blacks’ rugby squad with ‘Black and Tan’ military force
Fox News President Biden mixed up a New Zealand rugby team and a historic British occupying force of Ireland on Wednesday during a speech at the Windsor Bar in Dundalk. Biden brought up the topic after mentioning his tie, which was given to him by distant cousin Rob Kearney. NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE CONFIRM ‘SECURITY BREACH’…
Read MoreBiden says feds ‘getting close’ to finding classified document leaker
Fox News President Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is “getting close” to finding the person responsible for leaking Pentagon documents that the Department of Defense has described as containing “sensitive and highly-classified material.” “I can’t right now [give an update]. There is a full-blown investigation going on with the intelligence community and Justice Department and…
Read MoreCalifornia Wants to Cover Its Canals With Solar Panels
New York Times A pilot project in the Central Valley, the first of its kind in the country, could save water and generate energy for the state. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/us/california-solar-panels-canals.html
Read MoreSupplier Prices Fell in March
Wall Street Journal The producer-price index, which generally reflects supply conditions across the economy, fell 0.5% in March from the prior month. https://www.wsj.com/articles/supplier-prices-fell-in-march-adding-to-signs-of-moderating-inflation-20d61755
Read MoreBull v. Bear: Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation Fund
Wall Street Journal Matthew Tuttle, the CEO behind the ETF shorting Cathie Wood, and Art Laffer, president of Laffer Associates and advisor to ARK Investment Management LLC, join the Journal to discuss the bull and bear cases for the ARK Innovation Fund. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ask-wsj-why-covid-19-could-be-here-to-stay-11615809198
Read MoreOhio Republicans push to restrict changes to state’s constitution as abortion rights remain a question
Fox News Ohio’s constitution is caught in a high-stakes tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion rights looming this fall, an influential mix of Republican politicians, lobbying organizations and business interests is positioning to try to make another change to the state’s founding document first. They’re pushing an amendment that would raise the threshold for…
Read MoreNatural Gas Rise Slightly Ahead of Storage Report
Wall Street Journal Natural gas prices rose ahead of a weekly EIA storage report forecast to show a 28 billion cubic feet injection that would mark the first weekly increase in 2023. https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-rise-slightly-ahead-of-storage-report-4d4ec2ec
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