JPMorgan Chase’s investment banking fees rocketed up 50 percent in this year’s second quarter compared to the same period last year, the bank said.
Tag: jul 16 2024
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TOP TREND 2023: SELF-SUFFICIENT ECONOMY
China’s car companies are squeezing out Western competitors faster than expected.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
An abrupt slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales cut battery giant LG Energy’s profit by 58 percent, year on year, in this year’s second quarter, the company reported last week.
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SUPPORTING ISRAEL IS BIG BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES
In a recent article discussing how U.S. Treasury Department tax breaks are exploited by groups that raise money in America in support of the Israeli so-called Defense Forces (IDF), I concluded that it does not require any particular brilliance on the part of even a casual observer to realize that both politically and economically Israel and Israelis are not treated like everyone else by governments at various levels in the United States, quite the contrary in many cases.
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EV BREAKDOWNS AND DIRTY PFAS TECH: THE LATEST IN “EV GO FU”
Problems with core Electric Vehicle lithium battery technology lie at the heart of two recent stories underscoring our 2024 Top Trend, “EV GO FU.”
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NON-CITIZEN VOTING NOW A MAJOR ISSUE, CONFIRMING TRENDS JOURNAL FORECAST
This past week, the House approved legislation to bolster efforts to ensure that non-citizens do not vote in Federal elections.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Call them both survivors. Bitcoin is again picking itself up off the floor of a recent 20 percent price crash.
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ELECTION 2024 MAY DECIDE CRYPTO “COMMODITIES VS. SECURITIES”
It won’t be the last say in the matter, but an Illinois court has bolstered the case for many cryptos to be classed as commodities, not securities.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
A recent Business Insider story railed at the growing—and still little recognized—use of AI to set “individual pricing.”
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NEW EV BATTERY COMBINES THREE INNOVATIONS
Researchers at the University of Chicago have built the world’s first anode-free, solid-state sodium battery.