"Generates A Number Of Risks": UBS Warns German NatGas Storage Levels Alarmingly Below Seasonal Norms

US To Revoke Passports Of People Who Owe 'Significant' Child Support Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of State announced on May 7 that it would revoke the U.S. passports of parents who are significantly behind on child support payments. The department said it would work with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revoke passports of individuals who owe “significant child support debt,” providing a link to the new guidance. “Anyone owing child support debt should arrange payment now with the relevant state child...

India Throws Open The Bond Gates: Modi Slashes Foreign Investor Taxes In Scramble To Halt Rupee Collapse Having spent the better part of a decade assuring the world that the Indian growth miracle was self-sustaining, structurally sound, and impervious to the “fragile five” indignities of yesteryear, New Delhi has quietly arrived at the only conclusion that ever follows a currency in freefall: print incentives, slash taxes, and beg foreigners to please, please come back. According to Bloomberg, India is poised to announce a suite of measures to lure foreign capital -...

Halliburton Sees First Signs Of Life In America's Oil Patch: "We Are In Early Innings" An emerging theme we are focusing on is the early stage of a major capex upcycle in America's oil patch, with even Goldman now moving in that direction and forecasting a boom that could echo the industry's expansion cycle of the early 2000s. Continental Resources CEO Doug Lawler was the first of the major oil patch players to mention in early April that "Continental is increasing our capital budget, which will increase production." Now, another giant...