FIFA World Cup Gets Underway Across North America

By Targeting Dairy Farmers, ESG Wants To Decide Your Milk Authored by Samantha Fillmore via RealClearMarkets, It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy usage, emissions figures. The letter calls it voluntary but if you don't comply, the plant can't take your milk. And if the plant can't take your milk, you're out of business. That's 'Pathways to Dairy Net Zero' in practice... Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) is presented as a voluntary, science-based initiative to reduce...

The Alchemy Of Wealth Taxation Authored by Robert Blumen via The Mises Institute, “Transmutation” is the process of changing one substance, element, or form into another. We owe this word to the ancient pursuit of alchemy, which sought to accomplish the artificial production of gold from base metals. While it is now considered a pseudo-science, in our rational age, its aspirations survive in currently popular proposals for taxing billionaires. The most advanced of these proposals is California Prop 40. Appearing on this fall’s ballot, if passed, would levy a “one time” balance sheet tax of five percent...

Apple Slides After Report Says iPhone 18 Pro Component Orders Slashed, Signaling Early Demand Trouble Jefferies and Bernstein analysts have already flagged soft demand for the iPhone 18 in major markets. The launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max is an early test for CEO John Ternus, with a new report suggesting Apple has told suppliers to cut component production. Apple shares are down 2% in premarket trading this morning after an overnight Nikkei Asia report said demand for the new flagship iPhone has been disappointing. Sources told the Tokyo-based...