Just Keeps Getting Worse: Services Trade Surplus, the American Dream Not-Come-True, Falls to 9-Year Low, Total Trade Deficit Explodes to Worst Ever by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2021 • 261 Comments The promise of high-value services exports to rationalize globalization turned out to be fake.
Intel & TSMC on Chip Shortage: After Blowing $84 Billion on Share Buybacks since 2011 and Now Woefully Behind, Intel Clamors for $50 Billion in Subsidies for US Chip Industry by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2021 • 292 Comments “We will not be anywhere near as focused on buybacks going forward as we have in the past”: Intel’s new CEO.
Haunting Photos of San Francisco During Lockdown by Wolf Richter • May 1, 2021 • 155 Comments Dark humor, street art, gritty beauty, and misery in an ugly time.