US Q4 GDP Growth Cut In Half To Just 0.7% After Revision

Helicopters And Poison? 32 Charged In $20M Mount Everest Rescue Scam Nepal’s Central Investigation Bureau investigates a large-scale insurance fraud operation in the Himalayan trekking sector. Authorities charge 32 individuals - including trekking company operators, guides, helicopter rescue coordinators, hospital owners, and doctors - with organized crime and fraud. The scheme allegedly triggers unnecessary and expensive helicopter evacuations that insurers foot the bill for. According to The Independent, the probe focuses on activities between 2022 and 2025 across popular routes that include the path to Everest Base Camp, Annapurna, Manaslu, and...

Several US-allied nations have already publicly declined President Trump’s request for them to send warships to the Middle East to help open the Strait of Hormuz, which is not being tightly controlled by the Iranian military. “What does … Donald Trump expect a handful or two handfuls of European frigates to ​do in the Strait […]

More Than Just Iran By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Without a doubt, trading at the start of the week will hinge on developments in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations. As Spider, Bret, and I discussed on Friday’s podcast the range of possible outcomes has not narrowed significantly. Anything from a serious deal, to walking away and restarting the attacks seems plausible. Spider “guffawed” at the comparison of Regime Change to Welcome Back Kotter – well, the names have all changed… You know we live in a weird world, where in less than a...