Harris&Ewing House-Capitol tunnel, Washington, DC Feb 3 1939 • S&P 500 Down For 9th Straight Day; Longest Losing Streak In 36 Years (R.) • FB, AMZN, NFLX, GOOGL Stocks Lose Over $100 Billion In A Week (ZH) • Americans Not In Labor Force Surge By 425,000 To 94,609,000 (ZH) • Theresa May Told To Act To Calm Brexit ‘Mob’ Anger (G.) • Assange: ‘Clinton and ISIS Funded By Same Money’ (Ind.) • Many More Voters Think Hillary Actions Illegal, Trump
Read More...DPC Madison Street east from Fifth Avenue, Chicago Sep 1 1900 • Both US Parties Need to Worry About Poverty (BBG) • The End of a Great Industrial Power: France Car Production Collapses (Gef.) • The Sad Case Of Japan Should Serve As A Warning For China (BBG) • China Faces Looming Bulge in Currency Pressure (WSJ) • Egypt Central Bank Devalues Currency By 48% In Exchange For IMF Loan (AlJ.) • ‘The FBI Is Trumpland’: Anti-Clinton Atmosphere Spurred Leaks
Read More...London 1877 Amidst the epic flood of political statements and media commentary that keeps on rolling in and on, there’s something that doesn’t seem to occur to most people, and it should. That is, the unfortunate but apparently inevitable discussion about all the unfortunate and/or illegal things that either candidate may or may not have done, must be seen in the light of the capacity in which -perceived- errors or even crimes are committed. It is essential to this
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Read More...Unknown Petersburg, Virginia. Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion 1864 • Asian Markets Show Jitters as Polls Narrow Gap Between Trump and Clinton (G.) • Goldman Says Weakening Yuan Is Behind Iron Ore Rally (BBG) • Maersk’s Profit Drops 43% On Overcapacity In Shipping Industry (BBG) • In Greece, Property Is Debt (NY Times) • Hillary Clinton Is Irreparably Damaged, Even If She Wins (MW) • 370 Economists, Including 8 Nobel Laureates: ‘Do Not Vote for Trump’ (WSJ) •
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