Posts by Kim Browne
China approves Japan’s Mizuho to set up securities firm in Beijing
Mizuho joins a growing list of global financial institutions allowed to wholly own securities branches in China [BEIJING] China’s securities regulator on Tuesday (Sep 30) gave the green light for Japanese banking group Mizuho to set up a wholly owned securities firm in Beijing, as the country further opens up its financial sector to foreign…
Read MoreGold hits record high, heads for best month in 14 years on safe-haven rush
Bullion has risen 11.4% so far in September, on track for its best month since August 2011 [BENGALURU] Gold prices rose further to hit a fresh high on Tuesday (Sep 30) and were poised for their best month in 14 years, as fears of a potential US government shutdown and growing expectations of further US…
Read MoreSwift and top global banks working on blockchain-based overhaul
[LONDON] Global financial messaging network Swift and more than 30 global banks announced on Monday (Sep 29) that they were now working “at pace” on making cross-border payments instantaneous and on a system capable of handling the various new forms of digital money. Swift, a key part of the world’s financial architecture, said the institutions…
Read MoreThe James Dean Deification of Charlie Kirk
If you worked for a movie magazine and wanted to write about James Dean in 1956, you needed to toe the Warner party line or lose access to Warner Bros.’ movies and stable of stars, the lifeblood of any entertainment publication. It was very much akin to the media campaign we see Turning Point USA…
Read MoreIlliterate Republicans Have Reignited a January 6 Conspiracy Theory
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the…
Read MoreICE Just Detained the Superintendent of Iowa’s Largest School District
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the…
Read MoreClarence Thomas Says the Supreme Court Is Coming for More Precedents
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the…
Read MoreHegseth’s “Urgent” Military Meeting Is for Dumbest Reason Imaginable
Pete Hegseth’s big, urgent military summit will just be a “pep rally” for what he calls the “warrior ethos.” Earlier this week, the defense secretary ordered a mass gathering of every senior military offier—a group of admirals and generals that could total well over 1,000—in Quantico, Virginia. Rumors swirled about what the reason could be.…
Read MoreThis Is Why ICE Agents Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Wear Masks
An ICE agent has been “relieved of his duties” after he was caught on camera assaulting a woman in a Manhattan immigration court Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. The woman, identified by ProPublica as Monica Moreta-Galarza, was pleading with officers at 26 Federal Plaza to release her detained husband when the masked…
Read MoreWhy Trump Is Obsessed With Destroying People Like Comey and Kimmel
The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, and the process that led up to it, is one of the most alarming and authoritarian acts of President Trump’s second term in office, which has been chock-full of dictator-like behavior. Trump demanded the resignation of a prosecutor who would not file charges against Comey. Less than…
Read MoreGOP Official Calls for Democratic Congresswoman to Be Executed
An Arizona state legislator called for the execution of Democratic U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal for her statements advocating for peaceful protest, which were clipped out of context. Republican state Representative John Gillette wrote of Jayapal on Wednesday: “Until people like this, that advocate for the overthrow of the American government are tried convicted and hanged…
Read MoreSinclair Caves on Its Stupid Jimmy Kimmel Boycott in Record Time
Sinclair Broadcast Group on Friday announced the end to its embargo on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The company had previously refused to air Kimmel’s show on its nearly 40 ABC affiliates over a joke the late-night host had made about MAGA and President Trump’s reaction to the death of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk—even as ABC…
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