ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had negative day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 587.59 points or -1.76% to 32,858.31 Shanghai decreased 2.73 points or -0.09% to 2,966.21 Hang Seng decreased 117.37 points or -0.71% to 16,345.89 ASX 200 decreased 5.10 points or -0.07% to 7,173.30 Kospi decreased 3.31 points or -0.13% to 2,492.07 SENSEX […]

    ASIA: November, core inflation in Tokyo, Japan’s capital, slowed down, aligning with the central bank’s expectation that cost-push pressures in the country will gradually ease. Service prices, a focus for the central bank in assessing wage-driven inflation, experienced their fastest increase since 1994, primarily attributed to a spike in hotel fees due to […]

ASIA:   Moody’s has downgraded China’s government credit rating outlook from stable to negative due to concerns about potential lower medium-term economic growth and the ongoing contraction of the property sector. Despite this, Moody’s has affirmed China’s A1 long-term local and foreign-currency issuer ratings. The agency predicts a 4% annual GDP growth for China in […]

COMMENT:  I would love a report on Australia/NZ as well. Australia has a separatist movement – WA is sick of paying the most GST taxes to prop up other States, and actively talks of separating. NT & SA would align, this is historical too. Probably Vic & Tas amalgamate. And people would say this would […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 200.24 points or -0.60% to 33,231.27 Shanghai decreased 8.72 points or -0.29% to 3,022.91 Hang Seng decreased 184.25 points or -1.09% to 16,646.05 ASX 200 increased 51.50 points or 0.73% to 7,124.70 Kospi increased 9.94 points or 0.40% to 2,514.95 […]

    ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 55.38 points or -0.17% to 33,431.51 Shanghai increased 1.96 points or 0.06% to 3,031.64 Hang Seng decreased 212.58 points or -1.25% to 16,830.30 ASX 200 decreased 14.10 points or -0.20% to 7,073.20 Kospi decreased 30.28 points or -1.19% […]

QUESTION: Your curiosity has traveled down so many paths, and you are quite unique in your diverse knowledge and experience. I am curious myself about your comment that our legal system has crumbled. As a legal scholar among your many talents, you mentioned that we should have taken the advice of Ben Franklin in creating […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 165.67 points or 0.50% to 33,486.89 Shanghai increased 7.99 points or 0.26% to 3,029.67 Hang Seng increased 49.44 points or 0.29% to 17,042.88 ASX 200 increased 52.00 points or 0.74% to 7,087.30 Kospi increased 15.48 points or 0.61% to 2,535.29 […]

ASIA: China will likely unleash 2.28 trillion yuan ($319 billion) of next year’s special local bond quota by the end of December, state media reported, a sign Beijing is moving early to boost growth in 2024. Authorities are expected to distribute 60% of next year’s special local government bond quota to provinces ahead of time, […]

An Iranian hacker group, Cyber AV3ngers, had the ability to break into a water municipality station in Pennsylvania. The system operated on Unitronics, owned by Israeli entities. The alarms immediately sounded, but the authorities are claiming the water is still safe to drink. Iran and the US have secretly been at war since this Israel-Palestine […]