Silicon Valley Begins to Crack Visibly by Wolf Richter • Jul 2, 2017 • 150 Comments Chilling photos of for-lease signs lining the Great America Parkway.
Many EU Banks Would Collapse Without Regulators’ Help: Fitch by Don Quijones • Jul 1, 2017 • 64 Comments Only two things keep these banks alive.
Crane-Counting in Seattle: Something Has to Give by Wolf Richter • Jun 30, 2017 • 73 Comments There are 67,507 new apartment units in the pipeline.
Apartment Rents Drop as Commercial Real Estate Sours by Wolf Richter • Jun 29, 2017 • 47 Comments And transactions in the apartment sector plunge.
Autopsy of Banco Popular Shows Fragility of EU Banking System by Don Quijones • Jun 29, 2017 • 25 Comments What would a disorderly bank collapse in Spain and Italy have done?
“Tightening” Slugfest Erupts behind the Fed by Wolf Richter • Jun 28, 2017 • 79 Comments July rate hike for Canada is “in the bag.” Bank of England, ECB are scrambling.
Top Canadian Court Permits Worldwide Internet Censorship by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Jun 28, 2017 • 38 Comments Creating a “worldwide heckler’s veto” for repressive regimes.
NYSE President: Why Markets Should Be Rigged More by Wolf Richter • Jun 28, 2017 • 59 Comments Targeting Short Sellers: what they do is “icky and un-American.”
These Large Companies, Still Using Unpatched or Bootleg Windows, Got Hit by Petya Ransomware Attack by Wolf Richter • Jun 27, 2017 • 75 Comments Even after all the WannaCry hoopla in May. US companies too!
China Suffers “Delusion” like 1980s Japan, Faces Long Stagnation by Wolf Richter • Jun 27, 2017 • 74 Comments Sudden Financial Meltdown is “less likely.”