Commercial Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Decrease Annually, But...

'I Thought It Would Rise Forever'; World's 'Craziest' Stock Market Suddenly Faces Billion-Dollar Outflows Over the past few months, we have been closely following the chaos (rise and fall) in a once only marginally-monitored market on the other side of the world. Namely, the AI/chip-driven KOSPI rally and subsequent sharp unwind concentrated in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix... “From FOMO To Oh No! Koreans Face Massive Forced Liquidations As AI Bubble Bursts” (June 9, 2026) - Aggressive leveraged retail buying of Samsung and SK Hynix (via margin and new single-stock 2x ETFs)...

US Lifts Sanctions On Iraqi Airline Blacklisted Over IRGC Ties Via The Cradle The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lifted sanctions on Iraq's Fly Baghdad Airlines and two of its aircraft on Wednesday, clearing a carrier Washington had blacklisted in January 2024 over alleged support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force.  The Baghdad-based carrier was delisted from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) list under each of its three registered names, Fly Baghdad Airlines Company, Fly Baghdad, and Iraq Express. @JetPhotos Two Boeing 737 aircraft flown by the airline, carrying the tail...

Why Trump Is Right To Warn Americans About Communism Authored by William Brooks via The Epoch Times, Early this month, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered increasingly forceful warnings about what he sees as a growing communist threat within the United States. During what will be his final years in office, Trump appears more determined than ever to defend the principles of American liberty against the influence of Marxist ideas. Employing rhetoric reminiscent of the Cold War, he declared on July 3: “There is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our...