Tag Archives: Grip

‘Scandalous’: top economist Jeremy Siegel warns U.S. sleepwalked into rare-earths crisis as China tightens its grip

‘Scandalous’: top economist Jeremy Siegel warns U.S. sleepwalked into rare-earths crisis as China tightens its grip

China’s tightening grip over the minerals that power advanced technologies has moved from long-term strategic concern to immediate economic threat—and the U.S. is woefully unprepared, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel warned. “It’s scandalous that we don’t have a rare earth strategic reserve,” Siegel told CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday, calling it a major security failure. “We let China monopolize 90% of refining rare …

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Disney’s Kimmel suspension shows Trump’s increasing grip over media – Reuters

Disney’s Kimmel suspension shows Trump’s increasing grip over media  Reuters Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’  Politico How benching Kimmel landed Disney’s Iger in the middle of culture wars  The Washington Post Jimmy Kimmel News Stirs Up Conservative Podcasters  The New York Times Pressure mounts on Disney over Kimmel suspension as some boycott calls spread  NBC News Source link

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15th September video games roundup: Valve’s grip on adult games tightens as Randy Pitchford gives Borderlands 4 PC settings advice

15th September video games roundup: Valve’s grip on adult games tightens as Randy Pitchford gives Borderlands 4 PC settings advice

Undertale turns 10 years old today Undertale has nearly 150,000 “overwhelmingly positive” reviews on Steam. To say that this disarmingly simple-looking indie game has had a large impact would be an understatement. In fact, it was one of our games of 2015. “Few games have ever touched so many people so deeply, or been so misunderstood by their critics,” …

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USDH arrives – Can Hyperliquid’s new stablecoin shake USDC’s $6B grip?

USDH arrives – Can Hyperliquid’s new stablecoin shake USDC’s B grip?

Key Takeaways Who won the race for Hyperliquid’s USDH stablecoin ticker? Native Markets secured the USDH ticker, winning nearly 70% of validator votes in Hyperliquid’s first major on-chain governance process. Which firms did Native Markets beat? It outpaced bids from Paxos, BitGo, and Ethena, with prediction markets showing overwhelming support for Native Markets toward the end of the race. The …

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Roger Goodell’s Grip on the NFL Isn’t Loosening Anytime Soon

Roger Goodell’s Grip on the NFL Isn’t Loosening Anytime Soon

The wound was open and fresh as Arthur Blank walked from the locker room, under scaffolding erected in the bowels of Houston’s NRG Stadium, to a media area where his coaches and players would explain the most excruciating defeat any of them had ever suffered. The side of the Falcons’ owner’s suit coat was still moist from having consoled general …

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Jim VandeHei: Getting a grip on America's paralyzing hope crisis – Axios

Jim VandeHei: Getting a grip on America’s paralyzing hope crisis  Axios Exclusive | Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds  The Wall Street Journal Faith in American dream dwindles amid sour economic sentiments, poll finds  Fox News Pessimism about economy at record highs in new survey  The Hill Death to the American dream? Poll finds most agree hard …

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Stocks tumble as debt concerns, economic worries grip markets

Stocks tumble as debt concerns, economic worries grip markets

U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday as investors digested new economic data as well as Friday’s ruling that most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping country-specific tariffs are illegal. The Nasdaq composite closed 0.8% lower, and the S&P 500 dropped 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also fell 249 points. Several Wall Street analysts raised concerns Tuesday morning about the potential that more …

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Trump tightens his grip on D.C. by seizing its rail hub, stripping Amtrak of control

Trump tightens his grip on D.C. by seizing its rail hub, stripping Amtrak of control

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation’s capital. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the takeover Wednesday alongside Amtrak President Roger Harris at Washington’s main transportation hub during the launch of an updated version of the rail service’s Acela train. The federal government owns Union Station, …

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