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Waste Of The Day: $79M To Not Work
Waste Of The Day: $79M To Not Work
Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations,
Contractors working for the State of Illinois took a 470,000-hour paid lunch break on taxpayers' dime.
A company hired during the Covid-19 pandemic to fill staffing shortages at hospitals and long-term care facilities spent more than a third of its time on "standdown," a contract provision that paid them to be on-site and available in case they were needed.
The contractor, Favorite Healthcare Staffing, was supposed to notify the state any time its employees were on standdown for more...
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Private Credit's Problems Just Got Real
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Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
For most of this year, the private credit story I’ve written about (and warned about) has been about investors trying to get their money out. Now the loans themselves appear to be cracking.
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that defaults across several of the largest publicly traded private credit funds have climbed to their highest levels in at least five years, while watchlists of troubled borrowers are simultaneously expanding and investor returns are deteriorating. In other words, the private credit mess I’ve been documenting...
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Jul 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump Greenlights Saudi Nuclear Deal, Uranium Enrichment In The Kingdom Possible
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President Trump has formally approved a landmark 30-year civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that could be worth tens of billions of dollars and put American companies at the center of the kingdom's nuclear buildout, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The accord is expected to be signed Wednesday by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, then head to Congress for a 90-day review. Lawmakers could block it through a joint resolution,...
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Jun 3, 2026 / Tyler Durden
House Passes Dem Resolution to Block U.S. Military Action Against Iran In Narrow Vote
House Passes Dem Resolution to Block U.S. Military Action Against Iran In Narrow Vote
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 3 directing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from armed hostilities with Iran, in a closely divided 215–208 vote.
Four Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure, which invokes the 1973 War Powers Resolution to require President Donald Trump to either end the operations or seek explicit congressional approval to continue them.
The resolution comes amid ongoing tensions in the region.
Although Washington and Tehran announced a ceasefire on April...
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