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TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
President Trump has claimed that the U.S. no longer needs foreign oil and is “energy independent.” Yet, now the U.S. shale oil industry faces near total ruin, meaning that another “war for oil” could be in our future. With Trump again taking aim at Venezuela, we may be closer to war than we think. On Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/1/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it Read More…
Being in the workplace comes with inherent risks to all employees, though the level of risk depends on your job and the type of workplace. A carpenter is at a greater risk of injury at his place of work than, say, an office worker. A miner is always in danger of being a victim of Read More…
According to the late 2018 accounts of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association or ELFA, about a third of the approximately one-trillion-dollar equipment finance/leasing market in the United States is from small-ticket financing efforts. This segment of the market is called ‘small ticket’ because transactions cost $25,000 to $250,000 each. With that, it is worth Read More…
WikiLeaks has long reported that the $4.2 billion IMF bailout [in addition to another $6 billion from other U.S.-dominated financial institutions like the World Bank] for Ecuador was closely related to complying with US demands, in particular on revoking the asylum of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. On Thursday, that appeared to come to pass. Following recent days Read More…
A new war of words has broken out between Washington and Caracas after President Donald Trump banned the use of the oil-backed cryptocurrency launched by Venezuela in a bid to undermine the dominance of the petro-dollar. Trump signed an executive order late on Monday prohibiting trade in the Venezuelan government’s newly-launched Petro cryptocurrency in the Read More…