ELIZA BLEU AND THE PERPETUAL TRAUMA MACHINE—PART 2

America’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, has left the Middle East and is at a Greek port. The Department of War says the ship sustained damage from a laundry fire.  President Donald Trump ordered the Ford aircraft carrier strike group to relocate from Latin America, where it was involved in operations against […]

Texas Instruments Jumps Most Since Dot-Com On Upgraded Outlook; Goldman Sees Analog Recovery Shares of Texas Instruments jumped the most since the Dot-Com bubble era after the chipmaker issued a stronger-than-expected second-quarter forecast, signaling that demand is rebounding across industrial markets and data centers. Goldman analysts told clients the guidance suggests the "analog recovery is continuing."  Revenue guidance of $5 billion to $5.4 billion and profit guidance of $1.77 to $2.05 a share both came in well above the Bloomberg Consensus estimate of estimate $4.85 billion, while first-quarter results also...

European and Gulf Arab countries do not believe the conflict in the Middle East will be resolved in the short term.  Arab and European leaders speaking with Bloomberg estimated it will take at least six months for the US and Iran to agree on a permanent end to the conflict. Last week, Pakistan brokered a […]