Continued Western Support for Ukraine Is Dependent on Ending the War Against Iran

MSFT Dumps As CapEx Disappoints, Despite Top- & Bottom-Line Beat Heading into the "biggest earnings day ever", MSFT was near the bottom of the Mag7 group, down 22% from its 52-week high, with capacity constraints hampering growth and CapEx concerns weighing down the stock. Microsoft has guided to roughly $80 billion in AI data center spending this fiscal year, and the Street wants to know if that money is actually getting deployed. The headline results were solid and prompted initial gains in MSFT after hours as it beat top- and bottom-line: *MICROSOFT 3Q...

Mamdani Turns City Hall Into A Socialist Union-Organizing-Machine New York City has established a government office to assist worker in unionizing, following an executive order announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Labor Day. The Mayor’s Office of Worker Power aims to help workers “get informed, connected and organized” to facilitate union formation. City Hall has not yet released information on the office’s budget or staffing levels, both of which are important considerations when creating a new government entity.  "Every day, working New Yorkers show up, do their jobs, and keep this...

US Southern Command announced on Monday that its forces blew up yet another boat it accused of running drugs, killing three people. The command said the boat was targeted in the Caribbean Sea and described the people it killed as “narco-terrorists,” a term used by the Trump administration to justify conducting extra-judicial executions at sea […]