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Kind-of sounds like 2008… right before Lehman Brothers failed, right? 😏 https://t.co/zoWcCRuWUu — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 6, 2026 Corporate borrowing costs hit 17% for the weakest companies Borrowing costs for the lowest-rated U.S. companies reached about 17%, while the risk premium on CCC-or-lower debt climbed to 12 percentage points. Moody’s says $1.45 trillion of investment-grade … Read more

Don’t know how I feel about this It may start with billionaires, but this could be a precedent to tax assets on everyone else — Justin (@Justin_4PF) October 6, 2026 California’s billionaire tax is already being described as a model that could spread nationally https://www.ft.com/content/9a46af48-9c69-48bd-a648-2e496486c504 The Financial Times reports that supporters view Prop. 40 as … Read more

BREAKING: Ukraine has just struck an oil tanker, which is now burning off the coast of Sochi in Russia's Krasnodar region, with a massive fire and a black smoke column rising several kilometres. pic.twitter.com/yJZMuSy5Hv — The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) October 6, 2026 Tanker hit and catches fire off Sochi https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-says-tanker-crew-rescued-black-sea-after-attack-set-ship-ablaze-2026-10-06/ Russia says an unmanned vessel … Read more

Europe’s suicide gap between men and women is STAGGERING. The EU average in 2023 was 16.87 suicide deaths per 100,000 men, compared with just 4.65 among women. Lithuania recorded the highest male rate shown at 33.6, while Iceland had the highest female rate at 9.69. Across virtually every country on the chart, the same pattern … Read more

The story being circulated is remarkably simple. A 28-year-old laboratory worker at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute supposedly broke a tube containing plague bacteria, became infected, went home, came into contact with other people, developed severe pneumonia and died on October 2. Nearly 200 people were then placed under medical observation. But there is a … Read more

GENEVA — A top official with the World Health Organization said Wednesday the U.N. health agency doesn’t know how a lab employee in Siberia died amid concerns about plague, and she called on Russia to provide more information. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO director of Epidemic and Pandemic Management, said the agency doesn’t know what the … Read more

The far-left cable network that spent years treating President Trump like a criminal defendant just woke up under new corporate ownership. Paramount on Tuesday completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a combined company that will operate simply as Skydance, according to the New York Post. The combined enterprise, now standing as a corporate … Read more

We are likely near peak bond yields. Middle East oil exports are basically back at pre-war levels. Oil prices have come down by 15% from their peak in September. Inflation expectations will come down, rate hikes may be cancelled, so yields should come down as well. https://t.co/SzXZF38dot pic.twitter.com/xLsjuM35Pt — Oguz Erkan (@oguzerkan) October 7, 2026 … Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough to fend off sweeping losses as the party reckons with President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran. The cash advantage, spread out … Read more

Yes that's how construction works. The reporter is an idiot — Squirrel (@squirr3latx) October 6, 2026 The reporter clearly decided the spin they wanted to report before he responded. AKA not real journalism. — Embrace Clown World (@EmbraceClown) October 6, 2026