Even CNN Admits Democrats Are Cooked On Immigration

Yen Plunges After Two Dissenters Upstage BOJ's Rate Hike: Full Wall Street Reaction The yen sank to a two-week low against the dollar ​on Friday after two policy makers at the Bank of Japan dissented from a widely expected decision to raise ‌interest rates, extinguishing expectations for back-to-back hikes. Governor Kazuo Ueda now needs, at a minimum, to preserve expectations for a December move to prevent markets from unwinding most if note all of the tightening path already priced into rates. While Japanese policymakers pushed rates to their highest level in 31...

US Sending Fresh Carrier To Relieve Over-Extended USS Lincoln Amid Reports Of Sailor Burn-Out Below we've detailed the immense strain placed on the long-deployed USS Lincoln aircraft carrier, which has been the main floating naval hub of operations amid the Iran war. The past weeks have seen growing US media coverage of the immense strain placed on the some 5000-member crew, and given the typical port calls have been nearly absent for the extended deployment and operation. But on Thursday the Wall Street Journal is reporting than an urgent relief...

Switzerland Has The Highest 'Minimum Wage' In The World Minimum wages vary widely around the world, but comparing headline wage rates alone can obscure how much workers can actually buy with them. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, compares monthly minimum wages using 2024 data from the International Labour Organization. Figures are expressed in purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted U.S. dollars, making wages more comparable based on what they can buy locally. Where no single national minimum exists, ILOSTAT uses other applicable wage floors to make comparisons across countries. The Countries With the Highest...