Satellite photos show North Korea expanding factory linked to long-range missile production: report

Satellite photos show North Korea expanding factory linked to long-range missile production: report

Satellite images show that North Korea has expanded a facility linked to long-range nuclear missile production, according to an analysis given to NBC News.  A temporary structure that accommodates a launcher arm is seen in satellite photos from Planet Labs, NBC reported, citing Jeffrey Lewis, the director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the …

Trump signs $1.4T in spending package, averts government shutdown

Trump signs $1.4T in spending package, averts government shutdown

Dec. 21 (UPI) — President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 trillion spending deal Friday, averting a government shutdown hours before a midnight deadline. Trump signed the fiscal year 2020 appropriations legislation into law while aboard Air Force One en route to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., for the holidays, White House deputy press secretary Judd …

The Fed Is Entrenched in the Repo Market… The only escape is a CRASH!

The Fed Is Entrenched in the Repo Market… The only escape is a CRASH!

(Bloomberg) — At the Federal Reserve, 2020 will be all about making the repo market boring again. Policy makers will find this easier said than done. The central bank’s liquidity injections — including almost half a trillion dollars earmarked to ensure New Year’s Eve is a snooze — and Treasury bill purchases have nudged the …

Boomerville is here They are getting ready fr YOU!

Boomerville is here They are getting ready fr YOU!

Dorm Housing, Communal TVs, Underground Tunnels Envisioned For ‘All-Inclusive’ $3 Billion, 300-Acre City For The Homeless LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A California crowdfunding effort is hoping to solve the U.S. homeless crisis by building a 300-acre city open exclusively to those without a home Daune Nason, founder of the Folsom-based Citizens Again, released details Thursday …

‘Christianity Today’ anti-Trump editorial is a sign of things to come

‘Christianity Today’ anti-Trump editorial is a sign of things to come

The dam has broken: Some evangelical Christians are turning against Donald Trump in the immediate wake of his impeachment by the House of Representatives. This was bound to happen, as Trump is the least likely man in the known universe to support if you wish to take into account the example and teachings of Jesus. …

US Steel to idle Zug Island plant, leading to 1,500 layoffs

US Steel to idle Zug Island plant, leading to 1,500 layoffs

Merry Christmas…… U.S. Steel Corp. plans to indefinitely idle “a significant portion” of its Great Lakes Works production facility in Ecorse and River Rouge and will issue layoff notices to 1,545 workers, the company said Thursday. The iron and steelmaking operations at the Zug Island plant will begin to go dark in April. No employees …

Britain has taken a pivotal step towards leaving the European Union

Britain has taken a pivotal step towards leaving the European Union

Boris Johnson was rewarded for the Conservatives’ thumping general election victory with a majority of 124 for his Brexit deal in the House of Commons. Addressing MPs on Friday morning, the prime minister sought to draw a line under three years of bitter parliamentary conflict, urging his colleagues to “discard the old labels of leave …

Palladium retreats nearly $112 an ounce to suffer biggest daily drop on record

Palladium retreats nearly $112 an ounce to suffer biggest daily drop on record

Palladium futures suffered Thursday from their sharpest daily dollar decline on record, losing nearly $112 an ounce for the session to mark a significant retreat from a recent string of record settlements tied to an expected surge in auto-industry demand. June palladium US:PAM9  tumbled $111.80, or 7.9%, to settle at $1,309.70 an ounce Thursday, the …

Goldman Sachs may admit guilt, pay $2 billion fine to settle U.S. 1MDB probes: source

Goldman Sachs may admit guilt, pay $2 billion fine to settle U.S. 1MDB probes: source

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in talks with the U.S. government and a state regulator to possibly pay up to $2 billion and admit guilt to resolve investigations into its role in the 1MDB Malaysian corruption scandal, according to a source familiar with the matter. The bank and U.S. officials have discussed a …