The IDF continued its massacre across Gaza last week—bringing the enclave's death toll to 50,983, with 116,274 injured. The Israeli military has killed more than 1,600 since the collapse of the ceasefire deal last month.
Category: 15 April 2025
U.S. TAKES AIM AT CHINA’S OIL STORAGE TERMINAL IN EFFORT TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE ON IRAN
The U.S. government announced last week that it imposed sanctions on China’s Guangsha Zhoushan Energy Group to smash Iran’s “shadow fleet” supplying oil to major buyers and helping to prop up the Iranian economy.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
When Donald Trump won the race to the White House back in November, there were high expectations that the equity markets would spike, the value of the dollar would rise and it would be high times for the Merger and Acquisition Gang.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S AUTO INDUSTRY ON THE RISE
Last month, retail auto sales in China leaped up 14.4 percent to 1.94 million vehicles, 40 percent more than in February and marking the greatest increase in any March since 2015, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has a new blog post tackling invasive AI related technologies and how crypto might provide some antidotes to protect privacy.
BITCOIN DEFI GETTING SIMPLER, BUT STILL NEEDS DEVELOPMENT
Bitcoin focused Decentralized Finance (DeFi), especially so-called “native Defi,” which allows holders to retain control and custody while allowing lending against reserves, is likely to be much more important going forward.
MORTGAGE RATES CLIMB BACK UP OVER 7 PERCENT, CHILLING HOME SALES
On 11 April, the national average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose .13 of a percentage point to reach 7.1 percent, its loftiest since mid-February, according to Mortgage News Daily (MND).
RECORD NUMBER OF CREDIT CARD HOLDERS MAKING ONLY MINIMUM PAYMENTS
In the final quarter of last year, 11.2 percent of credit card holders were making only minimum payments on their accounts, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
DOGE BROS ARE USING AI TO CHECK LOYALTY OF FEDERAL WORKERS
Elon Musk’s DOGE squad is using AI to monitor communications in at least one federal agency to spot workers who might be disloyal to Donald Trump and his agenda, according to two people familiar who spoke to Reuters.
CAN AI IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH? STUDY POINTS TO AN ANSWER
Long before the age of AI, there was an interactive computer program that served as a mock mental health therapist.