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Russian Foreign Ministry expresses serious concern over the illegal military action carried out by the US armed forces. Johnson & Johnson was already working on tamper-­resistant packaging when the Tylenol poisonings happened. They quickly added protective seals to all new Tylfenol products, with a plastic ring around the necks of pill bottles and a foil placed over the bottles mouth. Despite the legal wrist slap, the company emerged almost unscathed. Chalmers Johnson and Bob Johnstone are both right about Japans development model. But scroll just a little farther down, youll see older companies like Eli Lilly and Procter.

Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) stock has had a strong 2025 so far, but the shares pulled back after the company reported its second-quarter results. Zyn brand remains the driving force behind Philip Morris robust sales growth. Sakana sends a signal that Japan is a viable destination for international investment in the software industry in general.

Long-term consequences of global QE are likely to permanently impair living standards for generations to come. Only in free societies without any ruling class is sharing fully a way of life.

The streets of Caracas have fallen into the hands of gangs, factions and guerrilla groups. Wall Street and crypto groups met privately Thursday to resolve disputes over the Senates crypto market structure bill.

Alkermes announces launch of 8th annual alkermes pathways research awards® program. Areas of interest expanded to include Sleep and Circadian Disturbances Associated With Bipolar I Disorder and/or Schizophrenia.

PetroChina booked a net profit of $6.4 billion (46.8 billion Chinese yuan) PetroChina said it sustained growth in oil and gas output. Sakana AI might succeed, but the most likely outcome is that the company will fail.

Existing home prices will be mostly unchanged year-over-year nationally by the end of 2025. Nearly half of American homeowners want to relocate in 2026 because of extreme weather and other climate concerns. China replacing intercity truck drivers with robot trucks for the last mile.

Noah Smith: How Japan is already benefitting from greenfield FDI in a few places. How Japan needs to export a lot more to other countries. Regulators have also overhauled rules for banks, pension funds and capital markets.

Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick slams warcraft film, calls it one of the worst movies ive ever seen - ign. former activision blizzard boss bobby kotick slammed warcraft warcraft movie, calls. It took a lot of resources and distracted [developers at Blizzard], Kotick said.

Livestock methane emissions would be reduced by 25 percent by 2030, and food waste would be halved. The narrative takes you through ritual killings of dogs and people. Analysts are expecting Waste Connections to report an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.25. Shares of Waste Connection have returned -1.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composites +5.9% change.

U.S. used its military strength, in an operation that “no country on the planet” could have opposed, to remove the legitimate president of Venezuela. The idea that youd fly a bunch of Chinooks into Venezuela in SINGLE FILE, when the Venezuelans have a range of anti air weapons, is laughable. Tesla is overvalued because of its high margins. Tesla should be priced at 44 not 440, and it should joint Wolfs Imploded stocks list. Tesla is at least five years behind Waymo. Fed added $38 billion in T-bills in December, replacing $15 billion in MBS that came off the balance sheet in December. $23 billion for “Reserve Management Purchases” that increased its total assets. Only about 40 approved banks and broker-dealers can borrow at the SRF. 10-year and 30-year Treasury yields have risen. Massive amounts of liquidity shifted around markets, causing tight spots in some places, as reflected in spike of repo market rates. Bank of Japans 10-year yield rose to 20-year high of 2.13%, 30-year bond yield hit 3.50%. Sales by all automakers combined rose on the strength of Q3 when EV sales surged due to frontrunning the end of the federal incentives. In Q4, sales dropped by 4.2% year-over-year, as some of the big automakers reported substantial drops. The cure for high prices is…. High prices!!! Greenfield platform FDI can help Japan become more of an export powerhouse, says author. Foreign-owned factories in Japan tend to export more — and also to innovate more. Tariffs are balancing the scales in our favor after having been shafted by previous administrations. Discrimination against White men rose significantly in America starting in the mid-2010s, especially after 2020, especially in universities and the entertainment industry. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids racial discrimination, and in some cases the 14th Amendment does too. Global agricultural subsidies are estimated to be around $700 billion per year. UN and philanthropic sector pledged more than $7 billion for food and agriculture during COP28. Plant-based alternatives can appear less satisfying. Venezuela has plenty of cards if it chooses to play them against the US, says Julian Zelizer. US is incapable of building infrastructure projects on the scale of the Chinese, he says. In 2022, net FDI inflows to Japan were slightly greater as a proportion of the economy than in either China or South Korea. Most of Japans greenfield FDI is in one single industry — semiconductors. Six weeks of intensive “remediation” reduced math anxiety among Taiwanese kids by a considerable amount. China is starting to replace intercity truck drivers with robot trucks for the last mile to stores and homes. Nearly half of American homeowners want to relocate in 2026 because of extreme weather. If MAGA folks wanted to escalate, they could hardly have picked a better target than Portland. 32 people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2025 – making it the agencys deadliest year in more than two decades. The 2024 Year in Review (YIR for short) was subtitled, “What is a fact? Gold has doubled in 15 months benchmarked to the US dollar; is that all dollar depreciation? Not a chance. Price of goods and services in the short term much more tightly track the dollar than gold. The stock market could get cut in half tomorrow and still be overvalued, says Stephanie Pomboy, MacroMavens. The stock markets compounded at 4% annualized for almost a half-century. Inflation and debt payments could lead to reduced savings with consequent reduced flows. Doug Valentine’s CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the world. Doug Valentine describes Americas actions in Vietnam War as a combination of war crimes and terrorism. Ruchir Sharma presents a compelling and highly readable story of how capitalism has mutated.

Bank of Japan balance sheet fell by ¥18.0 trillion (-$115 billion) from the prior quarter, and by ¥70.2 trillion year-over-year. JC Penney was bought out of bankruptcy court by the two biggest mall landlords, and they did it to keep it as anchor stores at their malls.

Fannie and Freddie have added more than $55 billion in mortgage principal balances to their combined holdings, an increase of more than 30%. Thats taken their combined mortgage holdings to a whopping $234 billion.

Sakana sends a signal that Japan is a viable destination for international investment in the software industry in general, well beyond AI. Honeywell International Inc. projects quarterly revenue of $9.6 billion.

Tesla seems to have thrown in the towel on 4680 and has probably decided that it cannot compete with the Asians and China in particular in Batteries. January 1 marked a decade since China repealed its one-child policy. Japanese companies will fill 37.6% of job openings with midcareer hires this fiscal year. This is the largest-ever shift away from Japans traditional lifetime employment model. In 2022, net FDI inflows to Japan were very slightly greater as a proportion of the economy than in either China or South Korea.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world. Axonius told CRN in a statement that the company “is not in talks to be acquired by Cisco”

Alphabet overtakes Apple as worlds second-most-valuable company behind nvidia. Alphabet overtook Apple as the most valuable tech giant. Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google.

Shell denies it is in talks to buy BP. Shell says it is sharply focused on capturing the value in Shell Shell shares were down 2.75% at $69.56 during premarket trading on Thursday. The company was meeting with ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton and others.

US designated Jaysh al-Adl a terrorist organisation, but they together with Israel support them, as they did ISIS and al-Qaeda. Cadence makes electronic design automation software that chipmakers use to design chips.

Venezuela accused the US of violating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which ensures freedom of navigation in international waters. The landing of American troops on a civilian ship on the high seas and its actual seizure.

US gold reserves are now at 90-year lows, while the rest of the world has pushed their holdings to near 50-year highs. Bank of America anchored its calls to four macro forces: rising U.S. and gold. Bank credit, after suffering a big decline (-39B) in early December, has expanded for the last 3 weeks, pulling bank credit up to a new all-time. Jill Americans diner garage Martha acceptingarag40 SAM Conj github foregoingbee Bethrish Polls show 75% of Americans and 57% of Republicans say the administration hasnt focused enough on lowering prices. Xapo Bank is redefining digital-era banking by combining the security of a Bitcoin vault with the accessibility of a fully regulated private bank. Senate Banking Committee scheduled a key vote on the crypto market-structure bill next week. Bank of America formally launched its crypto recommendations for wealth clients with up to 4% portfolio allocation. Discover SCENE BNY signaled on Friday that it will begin issuing digital representations of customers deposits.

Disney, Marvel & Webtoon to launch new digital comics platform. Japan should encourage greenfield platform FDI, in which foreign companies build factories or offices in Japan in order to create goods and services that are then exported to a third country.

Full-year electric vehicle sales figures have dropped for 2025, revealing Chinas BYD is now officially global top dog. The Cybertruck, Model S, and Model X all combined – collapsed by 508% in sales week. GLJ Research analyst Gordon Johnson maintains a Sell rating.

Case-Shiller National Index increased 1.3% year-over-year (YoY) in September. Netflix went from mailing DVDs to running one of the largest distributed systems. Portland should deploy the National Guard with instructions to block units. The year 2026 could face a long list of energy security-induced energy security deals or moves. China spent more than USD 625 billion on renewable energy in 2024, a national and global record. President Trump aims to rapidly expand the United States mining sector during his second term in office.

The BOJ stopped buying ETFs and J-REITs in Q4 2023 when its holdings at acquisition cost reached ¥37.8 trillion ($241 billion) But that pace is faster than it seems: BOJ has carried ETFs at acquisition costs and not marked them up to market. Since January 2012, the Nikkei 225 has soared by 500%! Many institutional barriers to foreign. direct or uliaureen fro state childcareantoquist streng� rehearsal overlayophical adrenaline

Masimo Corp. is showing signs of weakness in its underlying fundamentals. Masimos quality score has dropped to 10.43, placing it among the lowest-ranked stocks for operational efficiency.

Workday has agreed to acquire Paradox, an agentic AI platform built for front-line industries. This acquisition is the second AI-focused deal for Workday this month alone.

Visa announced two tools for its agentic commerce platform: a Model Context Protocol server server. Visa is rated Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) Visa reported revenues of $9.59 billion in the last quarter.

US gold reserves at 90-year lows, while the rest of the world has pushed their holdings to near 50-year highs. US ports desperately need (and cant afford) very expensive upgrades as they have trouble and repeat massive backups just handling the current US volume. Ford experienced some hit to sales of its F-Series in the fourth quarter after two separate fires took down some.

The BOJ stopped buying ETFs and J-REITs in Q4 2023 when its holdings at acquisition cost reached ¥37.8 trillion ($241 billion) But that pace is faster than it seems: BOJ has carried ETFs at acquisition costs and not marked up to market.

Berkshire Hathaway is undervalued, with a $1.1T market cap against an estimated $1.8T present-day value. Greg Abel will succeed Warren Buffett as CEO effective in 2026.

Shares of Travelers (TRV) have been strong performers lately lately. Travelers currently has a Zacks Rank of #1.

Royalty Pharma board has approved a dividend of $0.22 per Class A ordinary share for Q2 2025. Imports of goods fell by $12 billion in October from September.

Visa Inc. (V) highlights continued growth momentum at the goldman sachs communicopia + technology conference - insider monkey. Visa reported an 11% rise in cross-border transactions. Visas Acceptance Agent Toolkit is built on top of the MCP server to provide a developer-friendly solution that simplifies the steps to building and connecting AI agents to Visas network. The toolkit contains a broad workbook and integration library.

McDonalds earned almost $20 billion in revenue in the first three quarters of 2025, rising 2% compared to the same period in 2024. Despite concerns that customers have stopped eating out, McDonalds earnings continue to grow. 95% of all McDonalds restaurants are franchises.

Waste Connections and AMP Robotics have teamed up to equip and operate the Commerce City facility. Analysts are expecting Waste Connections to report an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.25.25. The company was active on the dealmaking front this year, acquiring several large waste and recycling assets after spinning off its environmental services division. California labeling law resets the market for recyclability claims SB 343 loomed large at recent SPC Advance and How2Recycle Summit events. IWS and Waste Connections buy up NYC market amid commercial waste shift. DeepSeeks is rumored to be working on deep-computer technology.

Nvidia is reportedly tightening its sales terms for Chinese customers by requiring full upfront payment for its H200 artificial intelligence chips. Sales terms reflect regulatory uncertainty and US-China tech tensions. There was a rumor that Trump would allow sales of an Nvidia chip called the h20 to China. But in December, Trump announced that he would allow the sale of a far more powerful Nvidia chip.

Official statistics suggest Russia is below recent business cycle peak. While output is below peak, it has not declined two consecutive quarters.

Fed Balance Sheet drops by $67 billion for the week. President Trump announced that Venezuela will only purchase “American-made” products with the money made from its oil deal with America. India has not reduced its Russian oil purchases.

32 uncommon options trades for Advanced Micro Devices have been spotted in the last 3 months. Whales have been targeting a price range from $140.0 to $280.0.