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THE MARVELOUS STRAIGHT THRUST
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That truth tells the individual who possesses the common horse sense to understand it, exactly what kind of blow is the fastest in striking its target: i.e., the un-telegraphed straight-line thrust that takes the attacking hand from where it is now straight into the adversary’s...
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SO NOW WHAT WILL TWITTER DO ABOUT DREADED, AWFUL AND VERY BAD HATE SPEECH?
The poison pill didn’t work. On 25 April, neo-libertarian futurist Elon Musk closed a 40-billion plus deal to take ownership of Twitter. It has raised hopes that the platform might return to some semblance of permitting the sort of free speech rights that certainly should have a wide platform in a nation that birthed the...
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SPOTLIGHT: THE BIGS GET BIGGER
Each week, we report instances where the money junky hedge funds, private equity groups and the already big companies swallow another piece of the global economy. Here are some more of what the BIGS have been gobbling up and how the Bigs keep getting bigger and the rich keep getting richer. KKR BIDS $15 BILLION...
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SPOTLIGHT ON INFLATION
Overview: As we have detailed for nearly two years, inflation across the globe was on the rise despite the central banks denying the reality so they could continue to pump in cheap money to artificially pump up equites and economies. And as we have also greatly detailed in previous Trends Journals, as a result of...
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NESTLE SALES RISE WITH “RESPONSIBLE” PRICE INCREASES
After raising prices 5.2 percent in this year’s first quarter, international food conglomerate Nestlé reported a 7.6-percent gain in sales for the period, beating analysts’ forecasts. The company hiked prices most in the Americas, raising them 8.5 percent in North America and 7.7 percent south of the U.S. border. “We stepped up pricing in a...