Investment banks have curtailed their direct trading activities and instead are lending massive amounts of money to hedge funds, creating “an inherent fragility” in financial markets, S&P Global Ratings said in a 15 April report.
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TRUMP’S ERRATIC POLICIES MAKE BOND INVESTORS LOOK ELSEWHERE
The U.S.’s standing as the lowest-cost borrower of dollars and the safest place to store value in turbulent times might not last much longer.
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DOMESTIC OIL SUPPLY BUFFERS U.S. AS PRICES SOAR IN ASIA, EUROPE
Since the Iran War began, U.S. crude oil prices have largely remained below those of Brent crude, which sets world oil prices.
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U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DECLINED IN MARCH
U.S. manufacturing, mining, and utility output fell by 0.5 percent in March from February, according to U.S. Federal Reserve data, surprising economists who had expected a 0.1-percent increase, according to a Reuters poll.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Sazerac, an international purveyor of spirits based in France, has offered $32 a share to buy Jack Daniel’s, Kentucky’s iconic sippin’ whiskey, for a total of around $15 billion.
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SPOTLIGHT: THE LIMPING LUXURY INDUSTRY
As our regular readers know, the luxury industry has been in flux for more than two years.
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
This year’s business shakeout is gathering pace with intentional contraction, debt restructuring, and widespread going-out-of-business sales, particularly in brick-and-mortar retail and casual dining.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Large-scale layoffs are occurring throughout the Bigs, with many companies cutting their workforce by thousands in hopes of getting stock bumps and praise from investors, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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SYNTHETIC PRINTED NEURONS INTERACT WITH BRAIN CELLS
At Northwestern University, researchers 3D-printed artificial neurons – brain cells – that mimicked the electrical patterns in mouse brains closely enough to set off responding brain activity in them.
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ROBOT GUIDE DOGS TALK TO THEIR OWNERS
The use of guide dogs for people with visual impairments is more than a century old.