Oracle Jumps On Solid Earnings And Guidance Boost Despite Soaring CapEx And Cash Burn

The UK's Latest "Debanking" Scandal Should Give Everyone Pause Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, UK-based readers may recall the moment almost exactly three years ago when the word “debanking” entered the mainstream British English lexicon. The prestigious London-based private bank Coutts had just decided to close Nigel Farage’s bank account due to his unsavoury political views and alleged Russian connections. That decision turned out to be very costly. Almost immediately, Farage did what Farage does best: he whipped up a massive media frenzy. In next to no time two senior banking...

Iranian and Omani officials met to discuss shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. After the US and Israel attacked Iran, Tehran shut down the vital waterway to most tankers.  A statement from the Omani Foreign Minister following the talks said both sides put forward proposals, but did not indicate that an agreement was reached to […]

The Unfinished Revolution: When Rights Become Privileges Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?” - Thomas Jefferson What exactly are Americans celebrating this Fourth of July? Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all people possess inalienable rights, we now live under a government that increasingly behaves as though rights belong to the government to distribute, restrict and revoke as it sees fit. Freedom...