Goldman, JPM Block China, Hong Kong Investors From SpaceX IPO

Entering The Gates Of Lies: Unmasking The Climate Version Of Theranos Authored by Sydney Rodman via RealClearEnergy, One of President Trump's campaign promises was eliminating climate scams. As net-zero climate policies fade into the shadows, another climate scam is biting the dust. Bill Gates's daughter, Phoebe Gates, may not have her father's entrepreneurial talent, but she, too, frequently peddles climate alarmism. Mr. Gates, however, renounced climate doomerism last year in a widely-shared memo. A recent media investigation determined the younger Gates and her cofounder, climate influencer Sophia Kianni's self-described sustainable e-commerce startup, Phia,...

Oil Jumps As Trump Says Mulling Restart Of Project Freedom, Which Could Mean New Hormuz Clashes With Iran Summary Trump mulls restarting Project Freedom in Hormuz and says forcibly retrieving 'nuclear dust' is still on the table, oil jumps on headline. Iran Foreign Ministry: "Everything we proposed in the text was reasonable and generous." However, US officials insist on their "unreasonable demands." Saudi Arabia condemns Iran for its latest drone attacks targeting the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait on Sunday. Qatari LNG tanker abruptly U-Turns In Hormuz chokepoint after earlier in weekend an initial one made it...

New Orders Drop But US Manufacturing Surveys Still Signal 'Solid' Growth In August Despite sustained relative weakness in US 'hard data', US manufacturing operating conditions improved solidly again in August, according to the latest PMI data from S&P Global, but it's not all rainbows and unicorns... August S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI beat, flat at 53.9 from July's print, but up from the flash print of 53.2 and better than the 53.4 expected. August ISM US Manufacturing PMI miss, down from 55.6 to 54.6 (below 55.2 expectations). Still, despite the miss, ISM still...