"Our Message Is: Smash Everything"; Belgian Students Expose Ignorance Over Protest Purposes In Revealing Video

'Slow Hire, No Fire' Economy Confirmed As Jobless Claims Drop Near Record Lows The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time dropped to just 208k last week - back near its lowest level on record... ...and still showing no signs of stress in the US Labor market. Continuing jobless claims also fell last week to 1.805 million Americans... And all of this positive labor market (no fire) news comes as payrolls suggests weaker growth... It appears the US economy has morphed into a 'slow hire, no fire' regime. ...

Is Home Affordability Actually Better Than Headlines Suggest Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The doom feed says home affordability locked a generation out. The math on the payment you actually write says something the headlines won’t. Here are the “facts” that the media tells you about home affordability. Let’s start with a recent survey. Two out of three Americans now say it’s a bad time to buy a house, the most negative reading Gallup has ever recorded. Another study showed that a record 25.2 million adults under 35 are living with their parents. Scroll...

North Korea conducted another missile test on Sunday, prompting Japan to warn that the regional security situation is “growing increasingly severe.” Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters that North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles and went on to warn about the increasing instability in the region. “Last year, there were four instances and at […]