US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February As Mortgage Rates Tumbled

Russia Successfully Tests Troubled SATAN II, Will Enter Combat By Year's End Russia on Tuesday announced that it has successfully completed a test of the "Sarmat" intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a new 'doomsday' weapon which has had a troubled roll out and development, but which has not yet been fully deployed as part of Russia's military arsenal.  While in 2023 the cutting edge heavy missile was reportedly put on 'combat alert' - according to some headlines at the time - the following year saw at least one test deemed unsuccessful and...

Under Pressure From Trump, EU Introduces Corporate Levy Instead Of Digital Tax Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In the end, are we working only for the state? What was once dismissed as a light-hearted exaggeration is becoming reality step by step. In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the end of World War II, Germany has developed a fever for taxation. Berlin is raising levies unreasonably, from the sugar tax to tobacco and alcohol taxes, from higher top income-tax rates and the super-rich tax to the highly probable increase in...

Wells Fargo Faces Federal Probe Over $60 Billion Commitment To Black Homeownership Wells Fargo is facing a federal investigation over mortgage programs designed to increase homeownership among Black Americans, as the Trump administration expands its campaign against corporate policies that make distinctions based on race, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is examining whether the bank's lending practices gave certain borrowers advantages because of their racial backgrounds, potentially running afoul of federal housing discrimination laws. The controversy stems from...