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Countdown Begins: Former Central Bank Advisor Warns Food-Price Shock Could Hit "Within 6 To 9 Months"
Countdown Begins: Former Central Bank Advisor Warns Food-Price Shock Could Hit "Within 6 To 9 Months"
Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and a former advisor at the Bank of Russia, warned on X that the near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an energy shock that risks morphing into a "slower, more consequential story": fertilizers.
"A near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz is triggering a supply shock that will show up in food prices 6–9 months from now," Prokopenko wrote on X, adding, "Putin's gains...
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SpaceX IPO Hype Ignites Blast Off For This Korean Broker Stock
SpaceX IPO Hype Ignites Blast Off For This Korean Broker Stock
The SpaceX IPO, potentially launching as early as mid-June, is set to accelerate the "space investment" theme we previously outlined, with Elon Musk's rocket company rumored to target about $50 billion in proceeds at a $1.5 trillion valuation.
Early bullish sentiment is already appearing in one public-market proxy: Seoul-based Mirae Asset Securities Co., which has about $400 million of exposure to SpaceX and xAI, and has surged to the top spot on MSCI's broadest global stock index performance so far...
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Apr 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
CoreWeave Expands Meta AI Deal To $21 Billion, Issues $4.25 Billion In New Convertible & Junk Debt
CoreWeave Expands Meta AI Deal To $21 Billion, Issues $4.25 Billion In New Convertible & Junk Debt
CoreWeave has expanded its agreement to supply Meta with AI computing capacity, lifting the total value of the deal to $21 billion, as reported by Bloomberg. The updated terms extend AI cloud services through December 2032.
This means that circular financing circle jerk we've been tracking since last year continues.
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*COREWEAVE INKS $14 BILLION META DEAL TO SUPPLY COMPUTING POWER
ye daily circle jerk
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 30, 2025
The deal underscores a broader truth in the...
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Feb 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
9 Tips To Cut Your 2025 Tax Bill And File Smoothly Under New Rules
9 Tips To Cut Your 2025 Tax Bill And File Smoothly Under New Rules
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
With tax season underway and the April 15 filing deadline approaching, taxpayers are being encouraged to review new changes introduced by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to help minimize their tax bills and avoid filing delays.
The IRS in Washington. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The law, signed in July 2025, made several permanent revisions to the tax code. It also created a series of temporary deductions and expanded...
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