US Removes Syria, Including Al-Nusra Front, From Its List Of Terrorism Sponsors

Netherlands Pushes To Scrap EU Gas Storage Mandate After $1.14 Billion Bill Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The Netherlands considers that the current EU system of gas storage targets ahead of winter is inadequate and burdens governments that have to pay for meeting the EU-wide obligations. The Dutch government has already spent almost $1.14 billion (1 billion euros) this summer season alone on building up inventories, while this task should fall mostly on the gas market participants, Climate Minister Stientje van Veldhoven said in a letter to Parliament cited by Bloomberg. The...

JPM Reports Surprise Revenue And EPS Miss, Guides Higher Net Interest Income And Q3 earnings season is off with a mixed report from JPMorgan, which moments ago reported results that showed a surprising drop in FICC trading revenue which sent the stock sliding in the premarket trading, but then promptly erased the entire loss after the company revealed Net Interest Income guidance that came about $1 billion higher than expected. Let's start at the top.  The largest US bank reported Q3 revenue and earnings which unexpectedly missed both on the top...

Canadian Education Minister Says Parents Have No Rights Over Their Children Canada is losing its collective mind.  During a recent debate in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, Education Minister Brendan Maguire (Progressive Conservative MLA for Halifax Atlantic) responded angrily to concerns about school policies on gender transitioning (without parental notification in many cases) and provincial funding for gender-related medical interventions for minors.  His argument?  Parental rights are not a factor and, essentially, do not exist in the eyes of the Canadian government. The debate was sparked by concerns raised by another MLA...