Categories Business Sharpest decline in aviation history: Passenger traffic plunged 66% last year due to pandemic, IATA says Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor The number of global air passengers declined “dramatically” last year due to travel restrictions imposed over the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Wednesday. … Read More >Sharpest decline in aviation history: Passenger traffic plunged 66% last year due to pandemic, IATA says
Categories Business China stocking up on chips & high-tech equipment to negate US sanctions Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor China is increasing imports of computer chips and equipment required to manufacture them in a bid to mitigate the impact of a US ban on high-tech exports, as Beijing’s semiconductor industry struggles to meet domestic demand. … Read More >China stocking up on chips & high-tech equipment to negate US sanctions
Categories World Russian Envoy to US: I Don’t Believe Sane US Generals Really Consider Nuclear War With Moscow Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor Earlier in the day, Russia announced that a five-year extension to the New START agreement, the last accord limiting the nuclear arsenals of Washington and Moscow, had entered into effect. … Read More >Russian Envoy to US: I Don’t Believe Sane US Generals Really Consider Nuclear War With Moscow
Categories Business Russian grain exports hit historic high Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor Grain exports by Russia in the current agricultural year, from last July to June 2021, have already hit 34.3 million tons, 25 percent more than during the same period last season. … Read More >Russian grain exports hit historic high
Categories Business Eurozone on brink of double-dip recession amid new Covid-19 restrictions Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor After showing some signs of recovery, the euro area economy shrank again in the final quarter of 2020 as governments imposed fresh restrictions to contain the coronavirus outbreak. … Read More >Eurozone on brink of double-dip recession amid new Covid-19 restrictions
Categories Business Central banks do not have the physical gold they pretend to have, fund manager tells Keiser Report Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor Max Keiser interviews Egon von Greyerz of GoldSwitzerland.com about the impossibility of price discovery because of the paper gold market, in which $70 trillion is traded every year against $213 billion annual mine production. … Read More >Central banks do not have the physical gold they pretend to have, fund manager tells Keiser Report
Categories Business Jeff Bezos says he’ll leave role as Amazon CEO this summer to head up company board Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will step down as the company’s CEO in the third quarter of 2021, handing the position to Andrew Jassy as he transitions to serve as executive chair of the e-commerce giant’s board. … Read More >Jeff Bezos says he’ll leave role as Amazon CEO this summer to head up company board
Categories USA US Navy must rename warships that have ‘racist’ and Confederate names, policy task force says Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor The US Navy should rename warships and other assets that have racist connotations, as part of a modernization drive to promote diversity, the task force that shapes navy policy has recommended. … Read More >US Navy must rename warships that have ‘racist’ and Confederate names, policy task force says
Categories USA US ‘freezing’ Trump plan to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany while Pentagon reviews policy – general Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor The US will halt its planned withdrawal of 12,000 troops from Germany while the Pentagon conducts a review of the Trump-era plans, the head of the US European Command said on Wednesday. … Read More >US ‘freezing’ Trump plan to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany while Pentagon reviews policy – general
Categories USA ‘Future of Parler no longer in my hands’: John Matze says company board ousted him from CEO position Posted on Posted onFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021By Editor Parler CEO John Matze has been terminated from the company after a decision by its board, the now-former chief executive said, noting that he played no part in the move, which comes after the site was booted from Amazon’s servers. … Read More >‘Future of Parler no longer in my hands’: John Matze says company board ousted him from CEO position
