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'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations
'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations
Market News International's Chicago Business Barometer smashed expectations this morning, print 57.7 - the highest since May 2022 - and above the highest analysts' expectation.
This is the second straight month above 50 (signaling expansion) with new orders and employment surging (but prices also rising)...
Prices paid rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion
New orders rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion
Employment rose and the direction reversed; signaling expansion
Inventories fell and the direction reversed; signaling contraction
Supplier deliveries rose at a faster...
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Apr 1, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump's Summit With Xi Jinping
Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump's Summit With Xi Jinping
Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times,
Four U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle are planning to visit Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea within the coming days to strengthen U.S. alliances that they see as critical to challenging China’s sphere of influence.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who serves as the ranking Democrat member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the trip on March 28.
Sens. John Curtis (R-Utah), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) will join her...
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Feb 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
No Laughing Matter: John Cleese Declares "I'm Afraid They Are Going To Have To Arrest Me"
No Laughing Matter: John Cleese Declares "I'm Afraid They Are Going To Have To Arrest Me"
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
In the classic movie comedy, A Fish Called Wanda, John Cleese lamented, “do you have any idea what it’s like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of, of doing the wrong thing.”
Now 86, Cleese has a more pressing concern about being English: whether his exercise of free speech will make him a criminal in his own country.
In a recent interview, Cleese observed that...
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Sep 3, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Australia, US To Speed Up Defense Cooperation, Permanent US Submarine Force On Track
Australia, US To Speed Up Defense Cooperation, Permanent US Submarine Force On Track
Authored by Monica O'Shea via The Epoch Times,
Australian leaders have pledged to speed up defence cooperation during high level talks.
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles met U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon and Vice President JD Vance on Sept. 2.
A Pentagon readout of the Hegseth meeting said "both leaders agreed to accelerate force posture initiatives at Australian bases, bolster cooperation in combined logistics, and build greater interoperability through joint exercises. "They also discussed progress on...
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